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74-460: The Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe (also known as TSCW ) is a nonprofit organization established to develop a regional science and technology center, museum and makerspace at the site of Nikola Tesla 's former Wardenclyffe laboratory on Long Island , New York . The center had raised money through crowdfunding to purchase the property. In 2018, the Wardenclyffe site was listed on

148-809: A pro se lawsuit Carreon v. Inman et al in United States District Court for the Northern District of California against Inman, Indiegogo, the American Cancer Society, and the National Wildlife Federation in response. On July 3, 2012, Carreon filed a notice of voluntary dismissal in his lawsuit against all parties without prejudice . On November 21, 2012, greeting card maker Oatmeal Studios sued Inman and Recycled Greetings for trademark infringement . Oatmeal Studios holds

222-479: A 200 acres (81 ha) plot purchased from land developer James S. Warden who was building a resort community known as Wardenclyffe-On-Sound. The plant included a Stanford White designed 94 by 94 ft (29 by 29 m) brick building, a wood-framed tower 186 feet (57 m) tall with a 68 feet (21 m) in diameter "cupola" on top, and a 120 feet (37 m) shaft sunk into the ground with sixteen iron pipes driven "one length after another" 300 feet (94.4 m) below

296-427: A 2010 article describes comics on being chained to a bunk bed with a velociraptor, evil scheming kittens, people being sodomized by Bigfoot, and babies that taste like nachos. Other themes are zombies, horse care and English grammar. His first viral comic was "How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You", and other comics have titles such as "How to Use a Semicolon", "What it's Like to Own an Apple Product", "How

370-588: A Tesla exhibit, exploratorium-type exhibits, and a living museum. Makerspace In 2006 Paul Böhm came up with a fundraising strategy based on the Street Performer Protocol to build Metalab in Vienna , Austria, and became its founding director. In 2007 he and others started Hackerspaces.org, a wiki-based website that maintains a list of many hackerspaces and documents patterns on how to start and run them. As of September  2015

444-430: A comic called "What It's Like to Own a Model S, Part 2," in which he requested a further donation of $ 8 million from Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk in order to propel the museum toward completion. The next day, Musk stated on Twitter that he "would be happy to help." On July 10, 2014, during a 158th birthday celebration for Tesla at the Wardenclyffe site, it was announced that Musk would donate $ 1 million toward funding

518-513: A dating website called "Mingle2", which became popular. He sold Mingle2 but stayed on with the new company, and wrote comics and quizzes to attract readers. Inman says this work was the inspiration for The Oatmeal . Inman opposed the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). He said that while the act would have afforded him more rights, he disliked like the way that SOPA would have put the onus on sites to prove their innocence. He joined

592-496: A focus of STEM-rich Making. The evolving maker movement has generated interest for its potential role in opening up access to learning and attainment in STEM, with advocates arguing for its “democratizing effects" – with access to a makerspace, “anyone can make... anyone can change the world”. Makerspaces potentially offer opportunities for young people to engage in STEM knowledge and practices in creative and playful ways, where “learning

666-509: A follow-up comic titled "Part Two: Man Vs. Motor" in which he talked about Nikola Tesla, and Elon Musk , the CEO of Tesla Motors . After publishing the comic, he tweeted Musk, inviting Elon to donate to the Tesla Museum. At 2 a.m. the following day, Elon responded by tweet: "I would be happy to help". Musk then donated $ 1 million for the development and construction of the museum. Inman

740-482: A fundraising campaign on the crowdfunding website Indiegogo to support a nonprofit organization offering to purchase Wardenclyffe Tower in Shoreham on Long Island , New York . The organization, Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe , hoped to buy and restore the facility that was Nikola Tesla 's last laboratory, preserving the site and creating a museum to Tesla. There was a sense of urgency, as apparently there

814-625: A game company co-founded by Inman received a $ 30 million investment in 2019. Inman appeared on an episode of Last Call with Carson Daly in 2010 and mentioned his web site. The website was awarded the Eisner Award in the Best Digital/Webcomic category in 2014. In 2016, Inman received the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award from San Diego Comic-Con , an award given "to people in comics and

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888-843: A hackerspace is determined by its members. There is a lot of variety in how hackerspaces are organised. Membership fees are usually the main income of a hackerspace, but some also accept external sponsors . Some hackerspaces in the US have 501(c) 3 status (or the equivalent in their jurisdiction), while others have chosen to forgo tax exempt status. University-affiliated hackerspaces often do not charge an explicit fee, but are generally limited to students, staff, or alumni, although visiting guests from other hackerspaces are usually welcome. Some hackerspaces accept volunteer labor in lieu of membership fees, especially from financially limited participants. In addition, some hackerspaces earn income from sponsoring and staffing high-tech flea markets , where members of

962-645: A human-shaped figure. Burning Cat was to feature appearances from guest speakers alongside a series of gaming and networking activities. The event was postponed until 2021, then indefinitely, due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Exploding Kittens was being made into a Netflix series by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels . A teaser trailer was released on November 11, 2023, followed by a full trailer in May 2024. The series premiered in July 2024. In August 2012, Inman launched

1036-534: A large number of hackerspace or makerspace facilities have been founded. Nicole Lou and Katie Peek reported that from 2006 to 2016 the number of active or planned spaces increased to 1,393, fourteen times as many as in 2006. The US federal government has started adopting the concept of fully open makerspaces within its agencies as of 2015 , the first of which (SpaceShop Rapid Prototyping Lab) resides at NASA Ames Research Center . In general, hackerspaces function as centers for peer learning and knowledge sharing , in

1110-473: A museum honoring Tesla and his legacy; a center for education and research; and an entrepreneur and technologist innovation program. On November 21, 2023, around 5:00 PM, a major fire swept through the Tesla Science Center, leaving parts "in ruins." It had been due to open to the public soon, but repairs were estimated to cost $ 3 million to fix the damage. Wardenclyffe is not currently open to

1184-640: A new hackerspace in Nashua, New Hampshire , was shut down by the city after an inspection in 2011. The main issues involved ventilation of heat and toxic fumes; the space was reopened after improvements were made to the building. The difficulties with opening hackerspaces and makerspaces within non-profit organizations , such as schools and public libraries include cost, space, liability, and availability of personnel. Many makerspaces struggle to sustain viable business models in support of their missions. Hackerspace culture may have more demonstrable challenges than

1258-427: A place to share resources for learning. Lately some have reconsidered their roles to include providing resources for hacking and making. Those generally call themselves Library makerspaces . For example, Chattanooga's 4th floor may have been the first use of a library as laboratory and playground for its community. The User Experience (UX) is another public laboratory and educational facility. Or according to Forbes ,

1332-578: A school makerspace inside Shenzhen American International School in 2014, and SZ DIY makerspace organized a school makerspace inside Harbour School. Fab labs are spaces (part of a network initiated by MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms ) whose goal is to enable people to "make (almost) anything". They focus heavily on digital fabrication tools. There are many community art spaces share values with hackerspaces. Some, like AS220 and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts have embraced Fab lab structures to expand

1406-474: A science learning center and museum worthy of Tesla and his legacy." On September 23, 2013, the president of Serbia , Tomislav Nikolić , unveiled a monument to Tesla at the Wardenclyffe site. Nikolić said that he had planned to push for the monument to be displayed at the United Nations , but chose Wardenclyffe once he learned it had been purchased for the center. On May 13, 2014, The Oatmeal published

1480-446: A series of Oatmeal books with content from the webcomic and previously unpublished material, related board games, and other merchandise. The website won the Eisner Award for Best Digital/Webcomic in 2014. In 2019, Inman announced plans to step back from The Oatmeal for a while to concentrate on other work including the "Exploding Kittens" television series. Inman created The Oatmeal website in 2009. Early comics regularly made

1554-533: A severe reduction in the funds he had to put toward the Wardenclyffe Project. By 1905-1906 most of the site's activity had to be shut down. Attempts to resurrect the project failed and the facility was abandoned, never to become operational. In an attempt to satisfy Tesla's debts, the tower was demolished for scrap in 1917 and the property taken in foreclosure in 1922. The laboratory building and grounds were used for commercial business until 1987, when

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1628-677: A subject position beyond the common rhetoric that Chinese citizens lack creativity. As a site of individual empowerment, hackerspace and DIY making enable people to remake the very societal norms and material infrastructures that undergird their work and livelihood. The specific tools and resources available at hackerspaces vary from place to place. They typically provide space for members to work on their individual projects, or to collaborate on group projects with other members. Hackerspaces may also operate computer tool lending libraries, or physical tool lending libraries, up to and including creative sex toys in some instances. The building or facility

1702-465: Is and for the making”. However, an explicit equity-agenda has been fairly absent in the maker movement, especially as it relates to sustained engagement in making. The movement remains an adult, white, middle-class pursuit, led by those with the leisure time, technical knowledge, experience, and resources to make. Even with the growth of community-based makerspaces, users of these spaces tend to be white adult men. The median salary for those involved in

1776-509: Is featured in Tower to the People , a 2015 documentary on Wardenclyffe by Joseph Sikorski. Inman alleged that FunnyJunk, a content aggregator website, repeatedly infringed The Oatmeal 's original content . FunnyJunk alleged that those accusations were defamation and demanded $ 20,000 in damages. Infuriated by the demand, Inman set up a Indiegogo fundraiser to raise $ 20,000, but to give

1850-497: Is much easier to gain exposure for his work through the internet than it would have been two decades earlier. He added that he enjoys making people laugh, and although he can't actually see the reaction of others to his work, he still appreciates seeing the high number of page views that his website receives. The format of The Oatmeal has been described as "storytelling-meets-infographics" and as "a quirky and often crudely-drawn comic". The comics cover an eclectic range of topics:

1924-528: Is on basic DIY repairs rather than building new things, but there is a similar informal atmosphere of exploration and learning new skills. Bicycle cooperatives are places where people can build or fix bicycles. A place where anyone can use different professional kitchen equipment and try culinary experiments. The Oatmeal The Oatmeal is a webcomic and humor website created in 2009 by cartoonist Matthew Inman . It offers original comics, quizzes, and occasional articles. Inman has produced

1998-636: Is rapidly expanding their makerspace resources to include engineering spaces for all undergraduate & graduate degrees as part of their new Coll curricula. Tool libraries generally lack a shared space for making or hacking things, but instead serve as a repository of tools people can borrow for use in their own respective spaces. " Repair cafés " are semipermanent places where people can come together to teach and learn how to fix things. "Repair clinics" are pop-up events without permanent facilities, though they are often sponsored by organizations such as public libraries, schools, or universities. The emphasis

2072-538: The Earth as the conductor. At the end of 1900 he gained the attention of financier J. P. Morgan who agreed to fund a pilot project based on Tesla's theories capable of transmitting messages, telephony , and even facsimile images across the Atlantic to England and to ships at sea. Morgan was to receive a controlling share in the company as well as half of all the patent income. Tesla's decision in July 1901 to scale up

2146-546: The Fab lab movement and implementation of similar spaces in universities around the world. Non-Fab-Lab-associated Maker and Hackerspaces are also common. Wheaton College is one school pioneering new Hacker and Maker curriculums and spaces, as is Yale University with spaces like its "CEID". Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering has also pioneered Makerist and Hacker curriculum to great success. The Bioengineering Department at

2220-474: The National Register of Historic Places . Tesla's design for Wardenclyffe grew out of his experiments begun in the early 1890s up through his large scale experiments at Colorado Springs in 1899. After Tesla returned to New York City from Colorado Springs in 1900 he sought venture capitalists to fund what he thought was revolutionary wireless communication and electric power delivery system using

2294-487: The University of Pennsylvania 's School of Engineering and Applied Science combines their educational lab space with an open Bio-MakerSpace in their George H. Stephenson Foundation Educational Laboratory & Bio-MakerSpace (or Biomakerspace or BioMaker Space), encouraging a free flow of ideas, creativity, and entrepreneurship between Bioengineering students and students throughout the university. William & Mary

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2368-509: The Blerch", an organized running race in 10 kilometer, half, and full marathon formats which was held in Carnation, Washington, on September 20 and 21, 2014. All 2,000 spots originally offered for the first race day were sold out in 20 minutes, prompting Inman to open a second day for more runners to enroll. The Beat the Blerch event took place every year from 2014 to 2019. In 2020, the event

2442-797: The Male Angler Fish Gets Completely Screwed", "15-ish Things Worth Knowing About Coffee" and "How a Web Design Goes Straight to Hell." One comic, "Why Nikola Tesla Was the Greatest Geek Who Ever Lived", was heavily critiqued by a writer for Forbes . In response Inman made a second post going through the Forbes article, acknowledging some good points but picking apart others, including calling multiple sections "bullshit" and defending his work as "a comedian [who speaks] in hyperbole." In reaction to Tumblr 's regular downtimes, Inman created

2516-739: The Oatmeal much longer" and was planning a hiatus of around two years. Inman said that he loved The Oatmeal but "I'm just tired and it's been a decade of writing comics for strangers from my basement, and I want to try something different for a while." Around the same time, Inman signed a deal to develop an animated feature for Illumination Entertainment , though at that time the film did not appear to have been greenlit and no details were announced. The Oatmeal received 300,000 visitors in its first month and within 10 months had received 4.5 million visitors. Inman said in 2010 that The Oatmeal received more than 20 million page views per month; as of 2012

2590-595: The TumbleBeasts in 2010 as a parody of the Twitter Fail Whale , and urged Tumblr to use them. Tumblr added the artwork to their 404 page for some time, renaming them Tumbeasts. In June 2019, just after the release of The Secret Life of Pets 2 – a feature animated film in which Inman was credited as creative consultant – Inman told the Washington Post that he "won't be regularly creating

2664-461: The Wardenclyffe property and restore the facility. The project reached its goal of raising $ 850,000 within a week, after a $ 33,333 donation from the producers of the Tesla film "Fragments from Olympus: The Vision of Nikola Tesla" put them over the top. The campaign also attracted donations from benefactors such as Elon Musk . The money raised within one week was enough to get a matching grant from

2738-706: The advice of the President's Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, a formal nomination process was initiated by the Tesla Wardenclyffe Project seeking placement of the Wardenclyffe laboratory-office building and the Tesla Tower Foundation on both the New York State and National Registers of Historic Places. This would result in the creation of a monument to Tesla out of the Wardenclyffe site itself. As of August 2012,

2812-485: The community list included 1967 hackerspaces with 1199 active sites and 354 planned sites. The advent of crowdfunding and Kickstarter (founded 2009) has put the tools required to build hackerspaces within reach of an even wider audience. For example, Bilal Ghalib (who had previously worked on a hackerspace documentary) and others used such tools to bring the hackerspace concept to the Middle East . Worldwide,

2886-427: The concept of learning by doing and peer-to-peer learning processes as opposed to formal modes of learning; sharing, solidarity and cooperation”. Hackerspaces have also been described as physical manifestations of the peer production principles. Large opportunity gaps in science and engineering ( STEM ) persist for youth growing up in poverty, and in particular for African American and Latino youth, and have become

2960-739: The extent to which they can be easily used, by anybody, as often or as seldom as desired, for the accomplishment of a purpose chosen by the user”. From a justice perspective, the open access is important because many makerspaces are pay-to-play. Examples of community-based making spaces include GET City and Mt Elliot , both in Michigan. Universities around the world have at different rates embraced educational possibilities of these spaces. Makerspaces provide colleges and universities with an inspirational environment where innovative connections between technology and curriculum can be utilized for experiential teaching and learning activities MIT has pioneered

3034-399: The facility and add his ideas of wireless power transmission to better compete with Guglielmo Marconi 's new radio based telegraph system was met with Morgan's refusal to fund the changes. Wardenclyffe construction started towards the end of 1901 and continued for the next 3 years. Tesla built his "wireless plant" on a cleared section of land outside Shoreham on Long Island Sound, part of

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3108-677: The first public library to open a MakerSpace is the Fayetteville Free Library. In response to the misogyny allegedly shown by the brogrammer culture that sees hackerspaces as "male" spaces, Seattle Attic was founded in the summer of 2013, as the first Feminist Hackerspace in the United States. They were soon followed by Double Union , in San Francisco. Their founding came as a result of The Ada Initiative, and their AdaCamp conferences. Which has also led to

3182-401: The form of workshops, presentations, and lectures. They usually also offer social activities for their members, such as game nights and parties. Hackerspaces can be viewed as open community labs incorporating elements of machine shops , workshops , and/or studios where hackers can come together to share resources and knowledge to build and make things. Many hackerspaces participate in

3256-989: The formation of FouFem in Montreal , the Mz Baltazar's Laboratory, a start-up organization and feminist hackspace in Vienna, the Anarchafeminist Hackerhive in San Francisco, the Hacktory in Philadelphia and the Miss Despionas in Tasmania, Australia, and myriad others. Some public schools in the US now also include hackerspaces. The first high school to open a true MakerSpace was in Sebastopol, California , and middle schools followed

3330-426: The front page of Digg , driving traffic to the site. Inman said that when he started the comic, he felt that drawing was a chore. In a 2010 interview, he said that when thinking of a subject to write about, he simply picks something he is interested in. He usually worked at home, but as he finds it difficult to go long periods without social contact, he often goes to a coffee shop to work. Inman said that he found it

3404-607: The games. In October 2019, it was announced that Peter Chernin, American businessman and the CEO of The Chernin Group (TCG), had invested $ 30 million for a minority stake in Exploding Kittens. Inman said that the funds will be used to mount a live gaming convention , Burning Cat; and to hire more artists and produce three to five new games a year. At the same time as announcing his fifth book, The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons I Run Long Distances , Inman announced "Beat

3478-695: The general public may buy and sell new and used equipment and supplies. There is a loose, informal tradition at many hackerspaces of welcoming visitors from other similar organizations, whether across town or internationally. Free exchange of ideas, skills, and knowledge are encouraged, especially at periodic gatherings sometimes called "build nights", "open door" or "open house" days. Makerspaces are increasingly being included as learning spaces in schools, learning commons , and other educational facilities. Hackerspaces are widely defined on hackerspaces.org as “community-operated physical places, where people can meet and work on their projects”. The exact functioning of

3552-512: The grant from New York state, the campaign totaled over $ 2.1 million. After the fundraiser, Jane Alcron of the Tesla Science Centre said the additional funds would be used to start converting the ruins into a science center and perhaps building a replica of the original tower. In May 2014, Inman produced a comic on The Oatmeal titled "What it's like to own a Tesla Model S - A cartoonist's review of his magical space car", and

3626-919: The hackerspace occupies provides physical infrastructure that members need to complete their projects. In addition to, most hackerspaces provide electrical power , computer servers , and networking with Internet connectivity. Well-equipped hackerspaces may provide machine tools , sewing , crafting , art fabrication , audio equipment, video projectors , game consoles , electronic instrumentation (such as oscilloscopes and signal generators ), electronic components and raw materials for hacking, and various other tools for electronics fabrication and creating things. Specialized large-format printers , 3D printers , laser cutters , industrial sewing machines , CNC machine , or water jet cutters may be available for members to use. Some hackerspaces provide food storage and food preparation equipment, and may teach courses in basic or advanced cooking. The individual character of

3700-444: The incorporation of participants’ cultural knowledge and practices, a focus on new literacies; and valuing multiple iterations and failing-forward; and 4) Expanding the outcomes of making to include agency, identity, and the after-life of maker projects. Cutting across these areas are specific attention to gender and computer science, indigenous epistemologies and maker activities, and how makerspaces may ground STEM-rich making in

3774-554: The last company ceased business operations there. For 50 years, Wardenclyffe was a processing facility producing photography supplies. Many buildings were added to the site and the land it occupies has been trimmed down to 16 acres (6.5 ha), but the Stanford White-designed 94 by 94 ft (29 by 29 m) brick building remains standing to this day. Eventually the site was turned into a Superfund hazardous waste site, taking years to clean up. In 1994, acting on

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3848-510: The lived experiences and wisdom of youth of color and their families and communities. One emerging area of studies examines the production of an equitable culture in making, including in-depth longitudinal cases of youth makers in community settings, how youth and community co-design for equitable learning opportunities and outcomes. Hackerspaces can run into difficulties with building codes or other planning regulations, which may not be designed to handle their scope of activities. For example,

3922-557: The maker movement in the US is $ 103,000, with 97% of those who go to Maker Faires having college degrees (and 70% have graduate degrees). Only 11% of the contributions to Make Magazine (the periodical credited with launching the Maker Movement) are female. Thus, as the maker movement has become formalized, the powerful knowledge and practices of communities of color or of low-income communities have not yet become central to its discourse. Emerging research has begun to address how

3996-509: The maker movement might address equity concerns broadly. There is recent research in this area, which is challenging the field to consider new directions in the design of maker spaces, in maker space programming and pedagogies, and in how to make sense of the outcomes of making. These include: 1) Expanding what counts as making; 2) Design of makerspaces that foster an open, flexible and welcoming atmosphere to youth; 3) Maker space programs and pedagogies that support an equitable culture of making,

4070-629: The money to the National Wildlife Federation and the American Cancer Society . The campaign raised $ 220,024 at completion. He stated he intended to take a photo of himself with the cash, then send the photograph along with a satirical illustration of FunnyJunk's mother "seducing a Kodiak bear " to FunnyJunk. FunnyJunk's lawyer, Charles Carreon , attempted to shut the campaign down, alleging it violated Indiegogo's terms and conditions. Carreon also filed

4144-429: The most-funded card game on Kickstarter. The success of the game prompted Lee and Inman to found a company in 2015, also named Exploding Kittens. Since then, the company Exploding Kittens has released five more games: Bears vs. Babies (2017), You've Got Crabs (2018), Throw Throw Burrito (2019), On a Scale of One to T-Rex (2019), and the mobile game Kitty Letter (2021). There is also merchandise of characters from

4218-430: The museum, as well as having a Tesla Motors supercharging station installed onsite. In July 2018, the Wardenclyffe site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places . On December 19, 2019, the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe was awarded a $ 750,000 Regional Economic Development Council grant from New York State to transform the only existing laboratory of inventor Nikola Tesla into three unique attractions:

4292-469: The popular arts who have worked to help others." As of 2019, Inman had released ten books, which collect material from the website and feature new material. At least one of The Oatmeal books was a New York Times Bestseller. How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You spent at least 20 weeks on the NYT bestseller list "Paperback Advice & Misc.", often at #1. Revenue from The Oatmeal includes

4366-405: The public year-round, but the center offers seasonal events on the grounds as well as traveling educational programs, film screenings and exhibits throughout the year. Future expansion of the educational programs is slated to include science-teacher associations, conferences, symposia, field trips, associations with science competitions, and other science programs. Planned permanent exhibits include

4440-405: The range of media represented in their spaces to include digital fabrication tools. There are also community-based makerspaces focused on open-access to allow community members to address community-based problems. For example, to share resources and access to critical manufacturing equipment. Makerspaces could also be seen as spaces for the co-production of convivial tools that “foster conviviality to

4514-441: The sale of wall posters, greeting cards, calendars, clothing, coffee cups, signed prints, stickers, magnets, and badges. In January 2015, Inman, Elan Lee, and Shane Small launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for their project Exploding Kittens , a card-based, Russian-roulette -style game with art by Inman. The campaign raised $ 1   million in its first seven hours, and ultimately raised $ 8.8   million, becoming

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4588-524: The shaft in order for the machine, in Tesla's words, "to have a grip on the earth so the whole of this globe can quiver." In June 1902 Tesla started to move his laboratory from Manhattan into a partially completed Wardenclyffe but funding problems continued to plague the project with prospective investors unable or unwilling to invest and a 1903 downturn on Wall Street . In May 1905, Tesla's patents on alternating current motors and other methods of power transmission expired, halting royalty payments and causing

4662-436: The site received 4 million visitors a month. Inman said in 2012 that The Oatmeal had a revenue of $ 500,000 a year. The Guardian considered the claim and found it reasonable given the site's visitor numbers. Fast Company described Inman in 2012 as a "millionaire". Campaigns for related products have also been successful. A fundraiser to develop and produce a card game called Exploding Kittens raised $ 8.8 million, and

4736-675: The site was owned by Agfa . Jane Alcorn, president of the nonprofit group The Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, and Matthew Inman, creator of web cartoon The Oatmeal , joined forces in 2012 to honor "the Father of the Electric Age", by preserving the Wardenclyffe facility as a science center and museum. They initiated the Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum fund-raising campaign on the Indiegogo crowdfunding site, to raise funding to buy

4810-406: The space varies from place to place and is determined by its members and while there is no blueprint or set of guidelines to create a hackerspace, they generally follow a “hacker ethic”, which “include freedom, in the sense of autonomy as well as of free access and circulation of information; distrust of authority, that is, opposing the traditional, industrial top-down style of organization; embracing

4884-846: The spaces themselves. For more, see: Maker Culture#Criticisms. In 2009, Johannes Grenzfurthner published the much debated pamphlet "Hacking the Spaces", that dealt with exclusionist tendencies in the hackerspaces movement. Grenzfurther extended his critique through lectures at the 2012 and 2014 Hackers on Planet Earth conferences in New York City. Over the years, many hackerspaces have grown significantly in membership, operational budgets, and local media attention. Many have also helped establish other hackerspaces in nearby locations. A lot of places share values similar to those purported by hackspaces, whether or not they use that nomenclature. A few examples follow: Public Libraries have long been

4958-455: The state of New York, allowing the project to be able to meet the seller's asking price of $ 1.6 million. Including the grant, the crowdfunding campaign raised approximately $ 1,700,000 in six days, with the campaign originally slated to run 45 days. On May 2, 2013, The Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe announced that they had purchased the 15.69 acre laboratory site from Agfa Corporation and will begin to raise "about $ 10 million to create

5032-632: The status quo "from within". The first hackerspace in China, Xinchejian , opened in Shanghai in 2010. Thereafter a network of hackerspaces emerged, nourishing an emerging maker culture. By designing open technologies and developing new businesses, Chinese makers make use of the system, make fun of it, altering it and provoking it. DIY makers often bring and align contradictory ideas together, such as copycat and open source, manufacturing and DIY, individual empowerment and collective change. In doing so, they craft

5106-408: The trademark for their name and after The Oatmeal worked with another company to make greeting cards based on the comic, Oatmeal Studios argued that this was too similar and likely to cause confusion. On August 28, 2013, a Stipulation of Dismissal with prejudice was filed by Excelsior Printing Company, the litigants in the lawsuit, meaning that the two parties had settled the dispute. The Oatmeal

5180-573: The trend. For example, White Hill Middle school in Fairfax, California has now opened up their own MakerSpace with a class called "Makers and Hackers". In 2018 Penketh High School became the first school to have a school makerspace in the United Kingdom. "Spark" was designed for students and the community being the first of its kind in the UK. In Shenzhen, China SteamHead makerspace organized

5254-557: The use and development of free software , open hardware , and alternative media . They are often physically located in infoshops , social centers , adult education centers, public schools, public libraries, or on university campuses , but may relocate to industrial or warehouse space when they need more room. Most recent studies of hackerspace in China—where Internet access is heavily censored—suggest that new businesses and organized tech conferences there serve to intervene in

5328-429: Was an offer from another party to buy the site for commercial use. Inman, a fan of Tesla, promoted the fundraiser with a blog post on The Oatmeal calling for people and companies to donate. The state of New York agreed to match donations up to $ 850,000. The fundraiser raised $ 1,370,461 from over 33,000 backers, including Joseph Sikorski, director of the Tesla film Fragments From Olympus , and Elon Musk . With

5402-603: Was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a "virtual race" was organized instead. In June 2019, Exploding Kittens Inc. announced the planning of a live gaming convention. The two-day event was to take place in May 2020 in Portland, Oregon, U.S. It was named Burning Cat in reference to the Burning Man festival, and was to conclude with the burning of a large wooden statue of a cat in homage to Burning Man's burning of

5476-485: Was created by Matthew Inman (born 1982 or 1983). Born in Chino , California , he moved with his family to the small, rural town of Hayden, Idaho , when he was in grade school. Hayden was in an ultra-conservative environment and Inman rebelled against those views. Inman created websites for others from age 13, and he moved to Seattle at age 17 to work in technology. After some jobs for other companies, he created

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