Dremel
Mt Prospect, IL
dremel.com
From power tools to the Idea Builder™ 3D printer, regardless of what the task may be, the Dremel brand is dedicated to empowering makers through precision and project enjoyment with versatility and creativity.
Dun4Me
Hutto, TX
dun4me.com
Dun4Me is the marketplace for custom made items built to your exact specifications by talented Craftsmen. Get bids on your projects for Free, No Obligation!
Electroninks
Austin, TX
Makeblock
Shenzen, China
Makey Makey
Santa Cruz, CA
makeymakey.com
Ever played Mario on Play-Doh or Piano on Bananas? Alligator clip the Internet to Your World.
National Instruments
Austin, TX
ni.com
NI provides powerful, flexible technology solutions that accelerate productivity and drive rapid innovation. From daily tasks to grand challenges, NI helps engineers and scientists overcome complexity to exceed even their own expectations. Customers in nearly every industry—from healthcare and automotive to consumer electronics and particle physics—use NI’s integrated hardware and software platform to improve our world.
Raspberry, Pi
Cambridge, United Kingdom
raspberrypi.org
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a registered educational charity with a mission to advance the education of adults and children, particularly in the field of computers, computer science and related subjects. The foundation offers a $35 computer board called Raspberry Pi, which can be used in electronics projects, and for many of the things that a desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games.
It’s designed to be used by kids all over the world to learn programming. To further that goal, The Raspberry Pi Foundation offers free resources for teaching, learning, and making with the board. With over 7 million Raspberry Pis sold worldwide, the learning computer has reached beyond just education. Hobbyists, makers, tinkerers, prototypers, and professionals alike have utilized Raspberry Pi in their own work.
Silicon Labs
Austin, TX
silabs.com
Silicon Labs is a leading provider of silicon, software and tools for the Internet of Things, Internet infrastructure, industrial automation, consumer and automotive markets. Silicon Labs’ world-class engineering teams, with unsurpassed software and mixed-signal design expertise, make the complex simple, and provide customers with the right power, size, connectivity and quality needed to create solutions that transform industries and change the world.
SparkFun
Boulder, CO
sparkfun.com
SparkFun Electronics is an online retail store that sells the bits and pieces to make any person's electronics dreams become a reality. Since 2003, SparkFun has shared its passion for D.I.Y. and hobbyist electronics by providing parts, knowledge, and inspiration to help fuel exploration of embedded electronics. By "Sharing Ingenuity," SparkFun hopes to help anyone unleash their inner inventor. No matter what your vision is, our products and resources are designed to make the world of electronics more accessible to the average person.
SparkFun currently offers more than 2,200 products designed to fuel electronics enthusiasts in creating their D.I.Y. embedded electronic systems. Our products include over 500 unpatented opensource circuit boards and electronics kits that are both designed and assembled here in Boulder, Colorado. SparkFun currently employs over 150 passionate, creative, and hardworking members of the greater Boulder/Denver community.
In addition to products, SparkFun, through our Department of Education, is using electronics as a creative medium and hands-on learning tool, with products and curriculum designed to develop foundational skills for students to explore the world of electronics, increase investment and ownership in education, and plant the seeds of inventorship in today's youth.
Spellbinders Creative Arts
Phoenix, AZ
TechShop
Round Rock, TX
techshop.ws
TechShop® is a playground for creativity. Part fabrication and prototyping studio, part hackerspace and part learning center, TechShop provides access to over $1 million worth of professional equipment and software. We offer comprehensive instruction and expert staff to ensure you have a safe, meaningful and rewarding experience.
Each of our facilities includes laser cutters, plastics and electronics labs, a machine shop, a wood shop, a metal working shop, a textiles department, welding stations and a waterjet cutter. Members have open access to design software, featuring the entire Autodesk Design Suite. Huge project areas with large work tables are available for completing projects and collaborating with others. Free coffee and fresh popcorn are always available for your enjoyment. We also offer a number of experience-driven corporate events developed specifically to bring teams together and engage them in the act of making.
Anyone may attend classes. For a monthly or annual fee, members can reserve and use TechShop's to ols upon successful completion of equipment- specific Safety and Basic Use (SBU) classes. Talented staff members are available full time to help develop ideas and improve technical skills.
Whatever your background or skill sets, come in and prepare to be inspired!
Community Participants
Thanks to our community participants:
American Welding Society // Anderson High School Robotics // Art Hacker // ATX Hackerspace // Bleep Labs // Borgfest // Bot Party // Calder Kamin: Mind-Full, Impact Proof, and Plastic Planet // Capitol Area Council, Boy Scouts of America // Central Texas Droids // Delptronics // Emoters // e-NABLE: Enabling the Future // FIRST in Texas // FOSS@MAGIC // Girls In Tech Austin Chapter // [Girlstart](http://www.girlstart.org] // Haddad TechnoJewelry // Hill Country Science Mill // kPower // Liana Tomchesson // Lumo Interactive // Maker Faire Austin // New York's Next Top Makers // NI Hobby Electronics Club // Open Source Hardware Association // Parihug // Play-Well TEKnologies // Ponytrap // PopUp Play // Prophase Biostudios // re:3D // Roboticelli painting robot // St. Gabriel's Catholic School/STEAM by Design // TexLUG // The Mini Maker // The Robot Group // Thinkery // UT Austin - iGEM team // VOV Technology // WindyCitySDR
