A growing community of makers–people who like to work on art- and science-based DIY projects–is blossoming in the U.S. But not all of them own the pricey tools necessary to work on their projects.

Durham TechShop is housed in a nondescript, low-slung brick office building on the outskirts of Research Triangle Park. Past the gear-shaped reception desk in the well-lit, airy work area (no dark ...

In an effort to get students and the community interested in science and technology, Fujitsu has partnered with TechShop to create a mobile makerspace. Housed in a moving 24-foot trailer, "TechShop ...

Someone, Mark Hatch, if I had to guess, has left a Square reader just to the left of where we've set up our cameras. It's on a table next to a small, but exceptionally diverse array of gadgets.

“We describe our members as five basic categories: hobbyists, entrepreneurs, artists, tinkerers, and students,” said Hatch. Whatever category they fall into, all members have the opportunity to ...

TechShop Detroit opened last week. TechShop is the do-it-yourself workshop and fabrication studio, based in Menlo Park, California and opening workshops around the USA. Meant to spark creativity and ...

Every mad scientist needs a laboratory. And for those who can't afford it, there's TechShop. The relatively young but increasingly popular do-it-yourself workshop, described by founder Jim Newton as a ...

"I've always done a certain amount of work with my hands, but my whole career was in software." Rich Pekelney (pictured above) is standing in front of one of many mammoth machines in San Francisco's ...

You can make almost anything at a TechShop, a fast-growing chain of co-working spaces that stock industrial water-jet cutters and 3-D printers and every other high-tech tool imaginable. But what the ...