protoCentral is another open source hardware design studio we visited in Bangalore. They started out doing work for India’s military, building sensors and wireless gear. After using open hardware for some years himself, Ashwin decided to start distributing open hardware from SparkFun, Seeed Studio, and Arduino a few months ago. They are just now branching […]
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Global Geek Tour India: Tenet Technetronics tour
In Bangalore we had a chance to visit Tenet Technetronics, an open source hardware designer and distributor. Cool thing about their office is that it’s entirely built by the development team. They designed and fabricated all the furniture and installations in their office. Tenent Technetroncis is selling open hardware like crazy, next year they hope […]
WORKSHOP VIDEO: Bangalore SP Road, hackerspace and open hardware manufacturers
This week the Geek Tour of India continues with a two day electronics tour of Bangalore. We visit the local hackerspace, some open hardware manufacturers, and the impressive SP Road electronics market. We start out at the Jaaga co-work center in central Bangalore, and meet up with 20 readers and forum members. The hackerspace is […]
GEEK TOUR INDIA: Mumbai’s Manish and Lamington Road markets
Our first stop on the Global Geek Tour of India is Mumbai. Originally we weren’t going to tour Mumbai, but some scheduling issues left us there for an extra day. This gave us this amazing opportunity to visit Manish and Lamington Road electronics markets in Mumbai. We started our Mubai adventure at the picturesque Mumbai […]
WORKSHOP VIDEO: Mumbai’s Manish and Lamington Road markets
Sorry: the post went live before we finished the video…Should be working in a second. Originally we weren’t going to tour Mumbai, but some scheduling issues left us there for an extra day. This gave us this amazing opportunity to visit Manish and Lamington Road electronics markets in Mumbai. Manish market has replacement parts for […]
GLOBAL GEEK TOUR: rhydoLABZ in Kochi, India
Visiting rhydoLABZ in Kochi for our final geek tour stop in India. Many say rhydoLABZ is the Sparkfun of India. rhydoLABZ tour group. Thushar and wife, Aaron from oomlaut, and own More pics below the fold.
GLOBAL GEEK TOUR: At Cerebra Tech PCB assembly in Bangalore, India
At Cerebra Tech PCB assembly in Bangalore, India. Follow the pics live with our twitter feed, or wait for them to pop up on the blog. More pics below the fold.
GLOBAL GEEK TOUR: Day two begins Bangalore, India
Global Geek Tour Bangalore day two. Assembly at NSK electronics. Follow the pics live with our twitter feed, or wait for them to pop up on the blog. More pics below the fold.
GLOBAL GEEK TOUR: OS presentation in Bangalore, India
Giving a talk on open source hardware to a really generous audience at the Center for Internet and Society in Bangalore. Watch for live updates of our Global Geek Tour of India on twitter. If you hate the social media craze wait for it to pop on the blog.
GLOBAL GEEK TOUR: SP road market in Bangalore, India
First stop on the Bangalore tour is SP Road! Follow the pics live with our twitter feed, or wait for them to pop up on the blog. More pics below the fold.
GLOBAL GEEK TOUR: Lamington market Mumbai, India
Heart of Lamington market . Oldest street. Many big names in India got started here. Follow the pics live with our twitter feed. More pics below the fold.
Mumbai’s Manish Market on our Global Geek Tour of India
Here are the first images from our Global Geek Tour of India. This batch of images was taken at the Manish market in Mumbai. We are twitting the pictures as we take them, so tune in to our twitter account, or wait till we post them on the blog. Check out lots of pictures below […]
Global Geek Tour India 2012 update
Quick update on the India trip happening next week. So far 24 people are meeting up for a tour of wholesale markets, factories, and resellers in India. Our friends on the Oomlout team in the UK, persuaded by a flight in an A380, are joining us on the Bangalore and Kochi legs too. There’s a […]
Outtakes from the New York Trip
This a collection of interviews that didn’t make the final cut in our Global Geek Tour of New York video.
JOIN US: Global Geek Tour of India coming soon
There’s a growing community of makers and hackers in India. In fact, we have a bunch of community members, readers, and customers from India here at Dangerous Prototypes. Yet as Maker Faires are sweeping the Americas, East Asia, Europe, and even the Middle East, India has yet to pop up on the radar. On our […]
Video #42: Maker Faire New York sync gag full version
After we interviewed Cameron from Suspect Devices at Maker Faire, our friend Chris from Rocket Brand Studios cornered us for a recursive interview. The video is crowd sourced and we collected as much footage from bystanders as possible. A very short version of this unique event was included in “The New York Trip” video, but […]
VIDEO #41: New York Trip OHS, Geek Tour, Maker Faire 2012
New York Global Geek Tour 2012 is presented in the video above. We follow our fearless leader as he finds his place in the Big Apple. There’s food, toys, and geeks aplenty. The tour starts with the East Village food crawl. Watch a merry band of hackers battle good food and drinks. We hit Oh! […]
Global Geek Tour New York 2012
The tour begins! Follow the pics live with our twitter feed. More photos below the fold.
2012 East Village New York food crawl
Yesterday we got together with some fellow hackers and descended on the East Village for a food crawl. Here are some pictures we shared via our Twitter feed. Check out more pics below.
Global Geek Tour New York schedule
The New York Global Geek tour runs from September 26th (Wednesday) until the 30th (Sunday). If you’re in town for the Maker Faire or Open Hardware Summit and you’d like to join us for a tasty food crawl (Wednesday) or a tour of NYC electronics stores (Friday) please contact us for more info. Full schedule […]