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We recently attended the Halifax Mini Maker Faire 2015, and took freelance journalist Gareth Halfacree along for the ride. This series of Focus On features is designed to offer a sampling of who you can expect to see at a Maker Faire event, why they're there and what it is that drives them.It's no surprise to see Bob Stone at the Halifax Mini Maker Faire, representing - as he so often does at such events - York Hackspace. "It's a loose collective of people who come together to make interesting things and learn how they're made," he explains of the group....

We recently attended the Halifax Mini Maker Faire 2015, and took freelance journalist Gareth Halfacree along for the ride. This series of Focus On features is designed to offer a sampling of who you can expect to see at a Maker Faire event, why they're there and what it is that drives them.At first glance, John Waltham's table in Eureka's theatre seems out of place. Situated across the room from Leeds and York Hackspaces and their high-tech, LED-bedecked creations, John's spread could be confused for a bring-and-buy sale of second-hand children's toys. There's at least a partial truth to this:...

We recently attended the Halifax Mini Maker Faire 2015, and took freelance journalist Gareth Halfacree along for the ride. This series of Focus On features is designed to offer a sampling of who you can expect to see at a Maker Faire event, why they're there and what it is that drives them.At the top of the hill that forms part of the grounds of the Eureka children's museum there's an old station house, the rear of which is clad in glass looking out over the railway line it once served. It's here that Torben Steeg, freelance education consultant and...

Ahead of our visit to Maker Faire Shenzhen 2015 later this month, we've had our mind on the amazing array of electronic components that you can get in China - and we're not alone. China in general, and Shenzhen specifically, is generally regarded as the heart of the electronics industry, providing everything from completed devices ready for resale through to individual components other manufacturers have long since stopped supporting. Opportunities for bargains are always present, but so too is the risk of being ripped off: back in 2010, our friends at SparkFun famously received chips with no active components at...

We're back from the Halifax Mini Maker Faire 2015, handily sited just down the road at the national children's museum Eureka, and we had an absolute blast. As always, it's thrilling to meet up with friends new and old, and to chat to our customers about the things they're building with our kits and creations - and this time around, as an added bonus, we had tame journalist Gareth Halfacree along for the ride.For those who didn't make it along, Halifax Mini Maker Faire combines the attractions of Eureka with the usual Maker Faire fare, and as a result brings...