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OSHWA Connects the Growing Open Source Hardware Community

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Open Source Hardware is a peer-to-peer DIY movement to re-imagine manufacturing. A new association aims to serve as a hub for this burgeoning community. Read more »

Repair Cafes Counter Consumerism with Fixer Movement

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At the community-based Repair Cafe in the Netherlands, folks bring broken items to be fixed by amateur and professional tinkerers alike at no charge. Read more »

How to Start a Tool Library

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A group of tool lending libraries wanted to do more to spread the tool lending concept to neighborhoods everywhere. So they created incubator workshops, a discussion list, and a free starter kit. Perhaps all these resources will give you the confidence to start building a library of your own. Read more »

Almere Oosterwold, a Vision of Collaborative DIY Urban Design

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Can a process as complex as urban planning go DIY? Dutch architecture company MVRDV is betting it can with a development built on the principle of "do-it-yourself urbanism." Read more »

The Precariat's Guide to Biking Across Europe

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No job. No smartphone. Barely any money. How Manjula Martin biked 3,500 miles across Europe and discovered an infinitely shareable world. Read more »

How to Not Pay Taxes

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Nine years ago, David M. Gross started living a more bountiful life by working less, earning less, and spending less. Here's how he did it. Read more »

How to Raise Urban Chickens [VIDEOS]

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Chickens may be the ideal animal for urban farming. A new video by ioby explains where to start. Read more »

MIT's Robot-Fabricating 3D Printer [VIDEO]

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You don't get much more Future Now than this: a 3-D printer that prototypes and fabricates specialized robots within hours. Read more »

The Cob Cat House that Community Built

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A few years ago I had to find a temporary home for my cat, Cleo. This is a story about how my cat finally came home, because my community built a home for her without money. Read more »

Noisebridge: Design Patterns for Productive Chaos

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Josh Wilson ventures into San Francisco's Noisebridge to discover a dynamic node in the emerging global network of hackerspaces. Read more »
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