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Video tour of Noisebridge hackerspace in San Francisco

David Pescovitz at 1:03 pm Wed, Jan 26, 2011

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KQED-PBS's QUEST visited San Francisco hackerspace Noisebridge, co-founded by virtual reality pioneer Mitch Altman, who is best known today as the brain behind TV-B-Gone. "Science on the SPOT: Open Source Creativity - Hackerspaces"

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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Anonymous

I’ve had a hackerspace startup in the hopper for a long time now. It has to wait until I graduate college and move to a big city, though.

This video really helped with generating floor plan designs and with introducing me to some really awesome core principles of Noisebridge. I’m hoping that one day we can be as successful as they are. Mitch is an inspiration.
AceJohnny

Noisebridge is one of the reasons I’m moving to the Bay Area. Next stop is to visit the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View.
Anonymous

Wow thanks, I just found a new place to hang out in Tokyo!
Jack Daniel

That looks pretty awesome! Now to find one in my hometown…