TA25 – Japanese Hackerculture

In this episode we talk about the Japanese Hackerculture, it's
maker scene and how to do cool things with Micro Controllers. My
guests are Mitch Altman from San Francisco and Akiba from Tokio. I
hope you enjoy the show! topics: * the rise of the Hacker/Maker
idea (in Japan) * cultural differences * hackerspaces scene today *
hackerculture and it's relation to japanese culture * Geeks in
Japan * the Tokio district of Akihabra * net-neutrality, censorship
and net-politics * creative Commons and open Hardware Definition
1.0 * how to start making cool things with Microcontrolers links: *
list of hackerspaces hackerspaces.org/wiki/List_of_Hacker_Spaces *
Akihabara district of Tokio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihabara
* Open Hardware Definition 1.0
http://www.openhardwaresummit.org/2011/02/10/open-hardware-definition-1-0-released/
* japanese hackerspace http://456.im/ * freaklabs
http://www.freaklabs.org/ * freaklabsstore
http://www.freaklabsstore.com/ * adafruit industries
http://www.adafruit.com/ * evil mad scientists
http://www.evilmadscientist.com/ * cornfield electronics
http://www.tvbgone.com/cfe_main.php * Jimmie P Rodgers
http://jimmieprodgers.com/ * Lady Ada http://www.ladyada.net/ *
Make Magazine http://makezine.com/ * Make Projects
http://makeprojects.com/ * NinjaCon http://2011.ninjacon.net/ *
noisebridge https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge * metalab
project emebedded Tor Node http://metalab.at/wiki/Embedded_Tor_Node
* video tour through Akihabara:
http://freaklabs.org/index.php/Blog/Misc/FreakLabs-Does-A-Video-Tour-Of-Akihabara.html
* videos of make tokyo 06 (part one):
http://tokyotek.com/make-tokyo-06-hightlights-video/ * videos of
make tokyo 06 (part two):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb1j8s1-z1w * fotos set from Mitch
at Maker Tokio Meeting 06
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cibomahto/sets/72157625490252076/