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!

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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
• Akihabara district of Tokio (WP)
• Open Hardware Definition 1.0
• japanese hackerspace
• freaklabs
• freaklabsstore
• adafruit industries
• evil mad scientists
• cornfield electronics
• Jimmie P Rodgers
• Lady Ada
• Make Magazine
• Make Projects
• NinjaCon a Hacker conference in Vienna
• noisebridge San Francisco Hackerspace
• metalab project emebedded Tor Node
• video tour through Akihabara
• videos of make tokyo 06 here and here
• fotos set from Mitch at Maker Tokio Meeting 06