collaboration
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Tinkerlabs l3c
Build it once,own it forever Detroit’s first build-it-yourself destination — CNC, laser cutting, 3D printing, workshops, and DIY kits. Okay, I gotta be a little George Jefferson, Archie Bunker about it right now. Not nostalgic, just honest. All my really capable Black friends and family got really good jobs, doing stuff they like. So, thank
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Phelps Lounge Music Festival
A Bittersweet Victory honors Faruq Z Bey as Detroit Musix prepares for the Phelps Lounge Music Festival, scheduled for summer 2026 in the NorthEnd. The team is dedicated to ensuring the event’s success, with further details expected soon.
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NextCloud+Pi
From the Department of Make IT Work, THEN Make it Pretty comes a wonderful and powerful NO Money Down tool for getting off of paid and restrictive online office suites. Our prototype Nextcloud installation is hosted on a Raspberry Pi 4+B
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Red Door Back Stories: The Healing
Since 2013, the annual North End Urban Expressions Art Festival, affectionately known as ‘The Healing,’ has happened the last week of August Join North End neighbors as we celebrate the culture and history of Oakland Avenue in Detroit’s North End neighborhood, featuring public art, spoken word (performance poetry, storytelling), visual art (drawing, painting), and Hip
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Red Door Back Stories: Sundance
In their other life, DJ Anthony Jasper is the great architect, sound system builder (Bing Audio), and crafter Anthony Morin of the firm AJOM. Anthony has been designing and building innovative things and places in Detroit for years and has amassed an impressive portfolio of fresh spaces in the city. But, at the end of
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Rapberry Pi Travel Router
Everyday Tech‘s step-by-step tutorial on transforming your Raspberry Pi into a versatile travel router using the RaspAP software! Whether you’re on the go or looking to create a portable Wi-Fi hotspot, this tutorial will guide you through the process with ease. In this comprehensive video, I’ll cover everything you need to know, from setting up
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A Box of Kittens Portal Cluster
A Box of Kittens: Project Master Package Open Source Manifest A Box of Kittens AI The complete documentation for a 5-node Raspberry Pi 5 AI Cluster, 100TB NAS, and Meshtastic-to-WordPress Bridge. 🐈 Project Version v4.0.0-AI Overview Hardware & Solar The Bridge Code The Portal SPA The Ultimate Off-Grid Node “A Box of Kittens” isn’t just
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8 Minutes of imagINe nation
This marketing kit is designed to position 8 Minutes of imagINe nation as a premiere “STEAM+E” (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math + Entertainment) educational experience. In the Detroit context, this positions the project as a bridge between the city’s industrial heritage and its future as a UNESCO City of Design.
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Raspberry Pi Minecraft Captive Portal
AI says, “Hello Babu, as a fellow traveler through the world of smidgens and community infrastructure, this project sounds like a fantastic way to merge your interests in community networking and technical design. Combining a Minecraft server with LocalWP and a Meshtastic node on a Raspberry Pi is an ambitious “jugaad” style build!
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5t-0_0-piD’s Block
Where IRL meets the imagINe nation 5t-0_0-piD is a glitchy little string of code that resides on this Minifigure thumbdrive. ‘Cuz…that’s how it makes me feel. It responded to my grandson’s voice, shouting, “What up, doe? Stupid.” Granting him access to a folder of Ninago movies and songs on the drive. 5t-0_0-piD is the fifth
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INtergenerational Power Collaboration
Learn how intergenerational collaboration in makerspaces enhances creativity and fosters community bonds.
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Creating a Vibrant Neighborhood Makerspace
Explore how to establish a thriving intergenerational makerspace in your community, fostering creativity and collaboration.












