Tuesday, July 1, 2014

I seem to be in West Africa

I seem to be in West Africa... I'm in West Africa for four weeks, working at a project called GE Garages. GE Garages is a program sponsored by GE to expose people to advanced manufacturing techniques, and to let them get hands on experience with these tools (software and machines), and to help connect the local entrepenuers and makers.
We're halfway thru our stay. The first week was the setup week, and last week was the first week of regular open hours. We've already seen a couple of schools come thru, several panel discussions and lots of local Makers.
The space we are occupying is great - it is on the fifth floor of GE Nigeria Headquarters, in a space that had not been occupied yet.
Four of us from TechShop are providing the technical presence, with support from GE and a few locals as well.
Here are a few pictures of the site. I'll add more once I take more photos.

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