We Are The Black Makers!

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Monthly Archives: March, 2012

Chad Jenkins

Odest Chadwicke Jenkins is my friend and neighbor. If I really wanted to split hairs, Chad is more a scientist than a Maker. I will overlook that small technicality because … Continue reading

March 27, 2012 · Leave a comment

John Glass

John is my dopplegänger. He works at NASA. That’s cool! He is an outer-space food packaging expert, a motocrosser, and Arduino hacker. We all take packaging stuff for granted, but … Continue reading

March 22, 2012 · Leave a comment

Anthony Fudd

I was surprised when I met Anthony for the first time at the 2012 Barbot competition in San Francisco. This guy was part of the Lego Mindstorm team. How cool … Continue reading

March 22, 2012 · Leave a comment

Emeka Okafor

Emeka is Making Makers! He’s one of the main forces behind Maker Faire Africa. Emeka has the same name as a famous professional basketball player, but they are not to … Continue reading

March 21, 2012 · Leave a comment

Makeda Stephenson

I met Makeda Stephenson in India during the FAB5 conference. She is going far in the Maker world! She’s very involved in the Fab Lab network, and made very cool … Continue reading

March 21, 2012 · 1 Comment

Amon Millner

Amon Millner is another member of the Modkit team. I also first met him at Maker Faire in Austin, TX. He does a lot of cool stuff, and his students … Continue reading

March 21, 2012 · Leave a comment

Ed Baafi

I first met Ed Baafi at Maker Faire in Austin, TX. He was hanging out at the Fab Lab booth. He is part of the team behind a really awesome and powerful … Continue reading

March 21, 2012 · Leave a comment