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What is NextFab’s Accessibility Hackathon? It’s an exciting event that lets you flex your intellect, meet inspiring people, and make real stuff. And, you can help fellow humans in the process! Community-Based NextFab has hosted a number of hackathons in the past, partnering with organizations like Jefferson University and Independence Blue Cross. Last June (2017), NextFab’s […]
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Getting Started A first visit to NextFab is more often than not a “WOW!” moment. The excitement of seeing what’s being done, what can be done, and what one imagines doing is truly inspiring. However, when the time to act on that inspiration comes, it can be daunting. The potential to make just about anything […]
You made it, it works and it’s awesome, but now what? You want to sell it but how do you get from the shop bench to the shopper? Fortunately, NextFab has a number of resources to help you get from making to selling. Maker’s Market One of the simplest ways to get selling is through […]
“Oh, $#*%!” Things sometimes go horribly wrong, but sometimes a big mistake leads to a bigger breakthrough and our errors sow the seeds of our biggest successes. Join NextFab staff on January 25th for a discussion of things gone gloriously wrong. Our panel consists of Jessica Eskow, electronics engineer and artist; John Haggerty, woodshop guru […]
As we welcome the New Year, NextFab’s Washington Avenue woodshop is getting an upgrade. The shop’s workbenches and router table have served dutifully since the opening of the space, but through the rigors of use had become less-than-ideal work surfaces. The need for replacement opened an opportunity for evolution and the woodshop crew designed and […]
NextFab’s RAPID Hardware Accelerator is more than just a business incubator or a product development program. The RAPID program has become a magnet for innovative thinkers and doers who are actively designing the future. The current, Fall 2017 cohort are such a diverse and interesting group that I wanted to dig a little deeper into […]
NextFab’s RAPID Hardware Accelerator is more than just a business incubator or a product development program. The RAPID program has become a magnet for innovative thinkers and doers who are actively designing the future. The Fall 2017 cohort were such a diverse and interesting group that I wanted to dig a little deeper into who […]
Laate Olukotun, NextFab’s Director of Marketing for the last two and a half years, and longtime member, has moved on to pursue an exciting new opportunity a little closer to his North Jersey home. It’s hard to explain exactly what Laate has meant to NextFab due to both the scope of his work and all […]
NextFab member Sarah Juanita is a dynamic artist working between Baltimore and Philadelphia. Her work feels simultaneously futuristic and ancient, techie and earthy. Unsurprisingly, her process follows the same duality- she uses high tech tools (primarily a laser cutter) and natural materials such as reclaimed wood and metal. “Too much of what we wear isn’t […]
Community First NextFab’s Wilmington, Delaware location, which opened in June of this year, is an exciting extension of NextFab’s commitment to community involvement. The genesis of the Wilmington location was itself a community development effort. Our latest location was willed into existence through the collective effort of many teams, including the incredible contributions of our forward-thinking […]
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