A growing community of makers–people who like to work on art- and science-based DIY projects–is blossoming in the U.S. But not all of them own the pricey tools necessary to work on their projects.

If you walk into any of the TechShop locations, you will see a group of inventors building great things. Jim McKelvey created a prototype for the multi-billion dollar credit card processor called ...

"It has never been cheaper to start a company in all of human history." So says Mark Hatch, CEO of TechShop, a center for innovation and invention. What TechShop offers is the space, the tools and ...

Last month I visited TechShop in Portland, OR. For those not familiar with TechShop, imagine a machine shop with a start-up incubator culture operating under a fitness club membership structure. If ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- From products you've seen on Shark Tank to those little Square credit card readers, countless inventions have been born at the playground of tools and training for makers called ...

“We describe our members as five basic categories: hobbyists, entrepreneurs, artists, tinkerers, and students,” said Hatch. Whatever category they fall into, all members have the opportunity to ...

Have you ever wanted to build something, but didn't have the tools to make it? TechShop is the place for you. TechShop -- part business incubator, part idea factory, part ongoing "maker faire" -- will ...

Someone, Mark Hatch, if I had to guess, has left a Square reader just to the left of where we've set up our cameras. It's on a table next to a small, but exceptionally diverse array of gadgets.

TechShop, a subscription-based, high-tech workshop, has opened its 20,000-square-foot space at 2110-B Crystal Drive, in the Crystal City Shops. The shop opened last Wednesday after eight weeks of ...

Durham TechShop is housed in a nondescript, low-slung brick office building on the outskirts of Research Triangle Park. Past the gear-shaped reception desk in the well-lit, airy work area (no dark ...

Inside TechShop’s office in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood, there is a red phone and a green phone. The red one is a direct line to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The green one ...

TechShop announced they have closed all 10 of their locations, including its Bay Area locations in San Jose, San Francisco and Redwood City. In a letter to Makezine, CEO Dan Woods confirmed that the ...