It’s about making more than money: commercialization and the maker movement

When doing workshops in the community we use a variety of different tools and equipment, ranging from 3D printers, to littleBits, to MakeDos, to MaKey MaKeys. At these workshops we’re often asked a very natural question – “Where can I buy this?” At the MakerBus we’re fortunate to have a lot of different, and generally […]

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Making Friends in New Places – Our trips to MakerFaire Detroit and the Toronto Maker Festival

It has been a busy couple of weeks for the MakerBus team. In a two-week period we’ve participated in the Detroit Maker FaireĀ andĀ the Toronto Maker Festival. Now that we’re back in our home of London, Ontario, we wanted to write a quick post about our experiences and the loads of new maker friends we’ve made […]

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