July 10, 2009

“hacker spaces” are giving geek tinkerers a place to gather, create and collaborate

to tinker. Take in people’s old ipods and make new machines out of them. Rip out the resistors of discarded monitors and make a box that plays high or low-pitched music based on the weather of the city you select. Point the powerful antenna in the right direciton and talk to ham radio users on the other side of the planet. Bounce the signals off the International space station and if you’re lucky,…