{"id":1659,"date":"2008-06-09T21:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-09T21:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashwinl.com\/ideas\/techshop-where-do-it-yourself-inventors-do-rd\/"},"modified":"2008-06-09T21:10:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-09T21:10:00","slug":"techshop-where-do-it-yourself-inventors-do-rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashwinl.com\/ideas\/techshop-where-do-it-yourself-inventors-do-rd\/","title":{"rendered":"TechShop: Where do-it-yourself inventors do R&amp;D &#8211; Los Angeles Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fi-techshop9-2008jun09,0,4318650,full.story'>TechShop: Where do-it-yourself inventors do R&amp;D &#8211; Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"link_description\">\n<p><b>Have to find a way to get something like this in Ann Arbor.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Since opening in October 2006, TechShop has attracted 300 members, each paying $100 a month for hands-on access to the sophisticated tools. The operation also sells supplies and charges for classes.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&rsquo;s like a health club,&rdquo; said TechShop founder Jim Newton, a former science advisor for the TV show &ldquo;Myth Busters.&rdquo; &ldquo;But instead of exercise equipment, we have welders and laser cutters and sheet-metal equipment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Now TechShop is poised to expand. Newton, 45, plans to open 11 additional locations in the coming year. Soon, TechShops may appear in markets as diverse as Austin, Texas; Orlando, Fla.; and Los Angeles.&ldquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TechShop: Where do-it-yourself inventors do R&amp;D &#8211; Los Angeles Times Have to find a way to get something like this in Ann Arbor. &ldquo;Since opening in October 2006, TechShop has attracted 300 members, each paying $100 a month for hands-on access to the sophisticated tools. The operation also sells supplies and charges for classes. &quot;It&rsquo;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-link"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwinl.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwinl.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwinl.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwinl.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwinl.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwinl.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwinl.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwinl.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwinl.com\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}