Maker Raft Race Triumph!

Well, our boat was almost too good – one of our Makers in Residence, Ross Andrews, used the Shopbot to cleverly recreate a punt originally designed in the 1940s. After a week of sleepless nights piecing the craft together with the help of Mark, he emerged on Saturday morning covered […] more »

Hack on Wheels: Hackathon

We had a busy time last Saturday with 30 makers hacking the idea of what a wheelchair can be. #HackOnWheels is the brainchild of our Maker in Residence Rachael Wallach and the make-athon brought together wheelchair users, designers, engineers, and makers to design, develop and test the first open source […] more »

CRL Hardware accelerator comes to East London

Last night Machines Room was packed with people talking Hardware. CRL, London’s newest Hardware Accelerator, held an evening inviting applications to their second cohort of hardware startups. There was a really interesting discussion chaired by Mat Hunter with Alex Peet, CRL’s ex-Dyson Workshop Manager, and Matt Webb, ex Berg mentor […] more »

13/07 MLN Residency Showcase: Craig Dunlop & Peter A. Smith

Craig Dunlop (//machinesroom.org/members/CraigDunlop) and Peter A. Smith (//machinesroom.org/members/PeterASmith) have spent the last month experimenting in Machines Room as part of their Maker Library One Month Residencies. Craig is Maker Librarian in WorkSpace, Cape Town, South Africa and has spent his time learning digital fabrication techniques, building a plastic shredder, renovating an old […] more »