Kansas City’s Hacker Space
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We would like to show our appreciation to a few of our members and their outstanding contributions to the space and for their representation of the hacker-space movement.
Craig Berscheidt and Michael Curry are our Makers of the Year:
Craig Berscheidt’s has worked very hard this year to get the CCCKC CNC up and running. And he dedicated much of his time, equipment and know-how to the 3D Printer community within CCCKC.
Michael Curry has been an outstanding representative of our hacker space and the hacker space and 3D printer movements across the nation. His work has appeared several times in well known maker/hacker blogs/sites and his design for an automated talking version of Steven Colbert’s head closed the Colbert Show on Comedy Central.
Craig and Michael will receive a one month membership voucher.
The CCCKC Mission Award goes to Chris Wilkson who, at great personal cost, has been giving members of the space lessons in analog electronics and general advice on electrical projects whenever they require his help.
For his self-less contributions to the space and it’s members we will be providing Chris with a full year membership.
Awards were presented to these members at the 2011 KC Maker Faire at Union Station.
Bre Pettis is a hackerspace legend, and friend of CCCKC. He is founder of not only the NYC Resistor (Brooklyn’s hackerspace) but also of Makerbot industries. He has been at the forefront of the 3D printing revolution, and for that he should be commemorated in statue. However, marble doesn’t quite suit him, but I think ABS plastic is fitting. Also, there should be an Arduino involved somehow. With that in mind, I give you the Bre Pettis Talking Head:
To download and make your own, see the post on Thingiverse.
Come to Thursday’s meeting to find out about this awesome opportunity to tell KC why we feel being part of a hackerspace is important. A representative from America: Now and Here will be stopping by to talk about the project. If your interested in taking part in the discussion or demoing contact Joel or Richard. Otherwise come and represent and/or demo something at the event. More info about the project is below. This event will be videotaped and archived for use online and as aprt of the bigger project that tours the nation in 2012. Kansas City is the first stop, then they move on to Detroit, and then Chicago.
http://kansascity.americanowandhere.org
America: Now and Here
America: Now and Here is a cross-country journey of art and ideas. Through art created by 150 of this country’s most celebrated artists – visual artists, musicians, playwrights, poets, and filmmakers – Americans are invited to come together for timely dialogues about America, now and here.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/arts/design/eric-fischls-america-now-and-here-project.html
Come to the Art Incubator tomorrow afternoon to get a small sampling of the projects you can find in June at the full KC Maker Faire.
Several CCCKC and MakeKC members will be on hand to promote the coming event and talk about they’re projects. If you’re considering bringing something to the full Maker Faire, or you’re curious about CCCKC or you just want to see some really cool projects come down and find us.
If you manage to find the Art Incubator, we will be on the third floor in the South West corner.
