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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
This Saturday at the World Trade Center in downtown Portland the Micro-Enterprise Inventor’s Program of Oregon will be holding an Inventor’s Showcase with the title “Innovation Begins at Home”. Stop down and check it out!
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!
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 [...]
The Oregon Potters Association is having a free event at the Oregon Convention Center next week. This is the largest show of pottery and ceramics of its kind with over 150 booths and artists!
April 24th, 25th, and 26th – Doors open 10-9 Friday [...]
From KTAU.com
PORTLAND, Ore. – Nissan is bringing their electric car prototype to Oregon, and it’s letting the governor and the CEO of PGE be some of the first to drive it.
The test vehicles, which have large letters “EV” for Electric Vehicle on the sides, are based on the Nissan Cube series of cars, which Nissan [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
