First Radio

The the magic they bring and the powerful way they forever changed the world, radios don’t have to be that complicated. Joshua Made his first radio with some wire, and…

Charlotte Mini Maker Faire

Hackerspace Charlotte puts on MakerFaire Charlotte with Discovery Place. You could call it the greatest show-and-tell on earth, where “makers” — crafters, educators, tinkerers, tech enthusiasts, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs,…

Maker Camp at Discovery Place

Since it started in 2012, over a million campers connected through Maker Camp and shared their experiences with other campers in the Maker Camp community. Maker Camp is a great…

Discovery Place

Hackerspace Charlotte and later Makerspace Charlotte have had a great relationship with Discovery Place. We created several lab events including LED blinkies, RC Hovercraft, Compressed Air Rockets with parachutes, as…

Raiders 2021

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Light bulb vs. Liquid Nitrogen

So incandescent lightbulbs are often made with a tungsten filament and the surrounded by arguing gas, to keep the tungsten from burning when it gets so hot it glows. And…