<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>I can probably invite a number of individuals to my Rapid Prototyping shop tours I am putting together at the end of Jan... the list is still TBD but will be posted here...</div><div><a href="http://student.mit.edu/searchiap/fs-6-S192.html">http://student.mit.edu/searchiap/fs-6-S192.html</a></div><div>note that the referenced visit to Artisan's Asylum will probably not happen since they have not responded to any of my enquiries. I can probably line up some other locations if we get a wellspring for certain locations... I'll wait until Tom has some feedback and see if I can get something lined up if he needs it...</div><br><div><div>On Dec 29, 2012, at 4:26 PM, Tom Metro wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Ming kuo wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">I volunteer at the Southend technology center. We have a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">vinyl cutter with copper...<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I think some of you would benefit from visiting this center as we have<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">shopbot, laser cutter and modela PCB.<br></blockquote><br>Is there interest in doing a group "field trip" to places like the above<br>mentioned Southend technology center<br>(<a href="http://www.tech-center-enlightentcity.tv/">http://www.tech-center-enlightentcity.tv/</a>)?<br><br>The Artisan's Asylum (<a href="https://artisansasylum.com/">https://artisansasylum.com/</a>) would be the other<br>obvious destination. I'm not sure where else. While there are maker<br>spaces in RI, CT, and NH, I'd rather stuck to stuff in the Greater<br>Boston area.<br><br>MIT Media lab? iRobot? (or one of the several other robotics companies<br>in the area) Machine shops? Hacker-friendly suppliers of materials<br>(metal, plastic, wood)? Scrap yards? :-)<br><br>If there is enough interest I'll put together a list of suggested<br>destinations on some service where members can rank the choices. Then<br>I'll see if I can make arrangements to make a visit happen to the top<br>choice sometime early in 2013.<br><br>This is a small list, so at best I'd expect 8 or 10 people to express<br>interest and maybe 5 to actually be able to make it to the tour. So if<br>you have some interest, don't assume enough other people will speak up.<br><br>Post location suggestions and other commentary to the list. Send "yeah,<br>I'm interested" messages to me directly. Thanks.<br><br> -Tom<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Hardwarehacking mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Hardwarehacking@blu.org">Hardwarehacking@blu.org</a><br>http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>