The Hacktory invites you to a special event to find out about Philly's offerings in helping you make your idea or invention a success. Sponsored by the American Society of Inventors and Buchanan, Ingersoll and Rooney, the event will feature local groups that focus on building and making, including The University City Science Center, NextFab, Make:Philly, Hive76, Breadboard, The Esther Klein Gallery, IndyHall, Nikola Tesla Inventors Society.

Les Anderson, CEO of Euthanex and Medico International will share how he took his ideas and understanding of his customers' needs, and turned them into successful businesses.

The event will take place at the University City Science Center on March 24th at 6 pm. For more details and to register for this free event, click here.

Join The Hacktory as we team up with Square Peg Artery & Salvage to celebrate Philly's homegrown businesses and enterprises. The event is organized by Yelp and is free and open to anyone 21 and over. Complimentary food and drinks will be served.

You must RSVP at Yelp here to attend and be sure to stop by our table!

What: Party to celebrate Philly's crafty, organic, local businesses and organizations
When: Saturday, March 20, 8-10 pm
Where: CITYSPACE 2200 Walnut St.
Who: The Hacktory and Square Peg Artery & Salvage

Thanks to everyone who made it to our class on Saturday! We had a great time hearing about everyone's projects and learning from the Arduino master, Wil Lindsay. Keep an eye out for more classes for beginners and intermediate Arduino wizards this spring!

Hive76 and Make:Philly need your help! The Franklin Institute has requested a giant game of operation for the upcoming Bodyworlds exhibit. The project has to be up and running by November 20, so the next few weekends will be crucial work time to get it done. If you want to help out, contact Far McKon at www.hive76.com, or check out the group's wiki page here: http://wiki.hive76.org/Project_Giant_Operation.

Check out the kinetic sculptures, exploded views of machines we use every day, and over two dozen rare machines from the institute's collection.

More machines please!

Philly's up-and-coming membership-based “gym for innovators,” Next Fab Studio, is holding a logo design contest.

The best design could win $1000 cash, an NFS membership, and additional graphic design work.

Get your graphic juices flowing here