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Wilmington, DE – NextFab, the region’s premier makerspace, is hosting an event to commemorate its first year in Wilmington, Delaware, to be held on October 11th, 2018 at our 10,000 square foot facility located at 503 N. Tatnall Street, Wilmington, DE – in the heart of our city’s Creative District. “We envision this anniversary event […]
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Rick Wilson is a practicing dentist and an unabashed tinkerer with many passions. His latest project is a replica of a 1927, Telechron Queen Anne 505 clock. Rick is always looking to improve things in his dental office, through modification or new design and fabrication. He is often at NextFab on Friday afternoons working on […]
Happy Birthday! NextFab’s Wilmington, Delaware location celebrated its first year in business on June 14th. I spent the day with staff and members, getting caught up on all that has happened since the opening last summer. I’ve highlighted a few members who represent the talent and character that can be found at NextFab Wilmington. Gwen […]
I was thinking about this blog while taking a morning walk. I passed a storefront with a vibrant flyer in the window. The flyer design was immediately recognizable as the work of the subject of this blog, Nate Harris. If you don’t know Nate by name, you have undoubtedly seen his work around Philadelphia. He […]
Make! In January 2005, a publisher named Dale Dougherty started a magazine called Make. Dale had a passion for seeing ordinary people materialize their ideas. Through Make magazine he hoped to inspire and support “curious and creative people” and with it he defined a movement. In 2006, Dale launched the first Maker Faire in the Bay Area. […]
Concept Chris Hariz and Utkarsh Shah (Hexmodal) were college roommates for four years at the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating, Chris went on to work for a Y Combinator startup. Utkarsh went to work for another tech company. The two had remained close friends and now had a taste of the business world. They decided […]
The Genesis of NextFab’s Robotics Program NextFab has been working toward a robotic arm for several years. It took a lot of research, training and development as well as a healthy amount of physical and mental work to get a working robotic arm to materialize. Matt Watson has been the force behind, around and inside […]
Headfirst I first spoke with Jessie Garcia, the dynamic Founder, and CEO of Tozuda, in the summer of 2016. Jessie developed a safety device that helps with early concussion detection. She had recently completed NextFab’s RAPID Incubator program and just set up her office (which amounted to a desk) at NextFab’s South Philly location. Since […]
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 […]
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 […]
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