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Make:PDX January Meeting – ROBOTS!

Happy new year everyone!
Make:PDX will be kicking off 2010 with a meeting focused on Robots. Specifically the Portland Area Robotics Society (PARTS – http://portlandrobotics.org)
PARTS will be describing their group and some members will have the robots they have built on display.
Also, the Oregon Robotics Tournament championships are coming up in February and are always looking [...]

End of Summer BBQ Pot Luck – September 26th 3:00 @ TechShop

The Days are getting shorter and the infamous Oregon winter looms large just over the horizon. So while there is still time let’s get together and celebrate another summer’s worth of projects done by getting together and eating ourselves silly! Show off your culinary prowess and bring your favorite dish for every one [...]

Make:PDX part deux

May ended up being a busier month than anticipated and ultimately disrupted our plans to hold contiguous monthly meetings. However, everything is back on track for an excellent meeting for the month of June!
We have lined up a speaker from the active and inventive local electronics gurus, DorkbotPDX. They regularly have meetings at various locations [...]

Artisans Pavilion at Portland Rose Festival

This weekend starts the 102nd Rose Festival and with it an all new Artisans Pavilion with 40+ local vendors. Stop by and check it out.
Thanks go to Handmade NW and DIYAlert for the tip!

Portland TechShop Grand Opening!

This Saturday TechShop is officially opening it’s doors!
Starting at 3pm, be there for demonstrations of the furnaces, Laser Cutter, and other fun stuff!
Also, they’re still looking for helpers in various areas.
from portlandtechshop.com:

We are still looking for helpers. We have another position open now as well. We are looking for people to help staff the front [...]

First Meeting: Huge Success

Here’s to a great first meeting!  Our turn out was huge, around 75 makers came down to say hi.
As promised Denney Cole and Wm Leler were our speakers.  Every one at the meeting got a tour of Tech Shop and the Open Tech Space.  We got a surprise speaker too;  the First team from Hillsboro [...]

MakePDX Begins 4.5.09!

MAKE STUFF IN PORTLAND!
The goal of MakePDX is to connect, inspire and grow a local community of people who make things.
Builders. Crafters. Artists. Cooks. Geeks. Hackers. Anyone who makes or wants to make anything!
Who are you? What do you make?
We are new.    Teach.     Learn.     Join us.
3pm – 6pm @ TechShop 10100 SW Allen BLVD., Beaverton, [...]

DorkbotPDX Meeting 3/16/09 – Tonight!

What is DorkbotPDX:
Dorkbot PDX has crawled out of the womb and is in the now permanent (revolutionary) process of defining itself. We are a community of creative types who enjoy experimenting, finding art in technology and pushing the limits of whatever is in front of us. We meet on an regular, informal basis every other [...]