Marin Hacker Space http://marinhackerspace.org/wordpress Improving the World One Hack at a Time Sat, 12 Apr 2014 00:08:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.32 VFX in Marin http://marinhackerspace.org/wordpress/2014/04/vfx-in-marin/ http://marinhackerspace.org/wordpress/2014/04/vfx-in-marin/#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2014 00:05:57 +0000 http://marinhackerspace.org/wordpress/?p=22 Visual Effects companies in Marin

  • Whiskeytree – 914 Mission Ave. San Rafael, Ca
  • 32Ten Studios – 3210 Kerner Blvd., San Rafael, CA
  • Lucas Animation – Skywalker Ranch, Lucas Valley Rd.
  • Digital Domain SF- 1100 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur
  • Autodesk – San Rafael (makes DCC tools Maya, 3d Studio Max, & more)

Defunct

  • Disney Imagemovers Digital – Hamilton Hangars, Novato
  • Matte World Digital – Digital Dr., Novato, CA
  • ILM – Kerner Blvd., San Rafael
  • Sony Pictures Imageworks – Hamilton Hangars, Novato
]]> http://marinhackerspace.org/wordpress/2014/04/vfx-in-marin/feed/ 0 What’s the Best Tech in Marin County? http://marinhackerspace.org/wordpress/2014/02/whats-the-best-tech-in-marin-county/ http://marinhackerspace.org/wordpress/2014/02/whats-the-best-tech-in-marin-county/#comments Sat, 01 Mar 2014 06:36:12 +0000 http://marinhackerspace.org/wordpress/?p=15 The best tech in Marin county?  It seems like a lot of tech has come and gone in Marin County.  A history of Marin County tech would be interesting; WordStar, anyone?  But that’s a topic for another day.  What is the best tech going on right now?  Here’s my off-the-cuff list:

  • Skywalker Sound, Lucas Valley – perennial winner of Oscars, does every Pixar movie, best in class for movie sound.
  • Lucas Animation, Lucas Valley – OK, I hate to harp on Lucasfilm, but computer animation still (?) being done at Big Rock Ranch is pretty cool.
  • Autodesk – AutoCAD, 3DS Max, and Maya, oh my!
  • Glassdoor, Sausalito – Marin’s coolest social media site.  Like it or hate it, it’s right up there with the best of them.
  • Imagemovers Digital, Novato – OK they’re now closed, but they still have an awesome server farm and converted hangar with a control tower on top.  I think another company is moving in there.  Anybody know what it is?
  • BioMarin, Novato – making genetically engineered cures for rare diseases.  Not my area of expertise, but cutting edge.  They are also generating spin-offs like Ultragenyx.
  • Sutter Instruments, Novato – they’ve been around a long time.  They make equipment that makes pipettes for injecting material into cell nuclei?  that’s certainly an enabling technology …
  • Buck Institute on Aging – Cutting edge research on aging, genomics, stem cells.  I think they’re very well  respected in their space.
  • BioSearch, Novato – they’ve been around longer than BioMarin, I think.  Some sort of genetic equipment/product.
  • Las Gallinas Sanitary District, San Rafael – not that glamorous, but they have a big water recycling plant and a large solar array to power their facilities.

I know there must be lots more, but that’s all that comes to mind.  What else should be on this list?

 

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What a particle really looks like

]]> http://marinhackerspace.org/wordpress/2014/02/possible-logo-hmm-maybe-too-simple-any-ideas/feed/ 0 Relaunch of Marin Hacker Space http://marinhackerspace.org/wordpress/2014/02/relaunch-of-marin-hacker-space/ http://marinhackerspace.org/wordpress/2014/02/relaunch-of-marin-hacker-space/#comments Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:46:37 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3 This is the relaunch of Marin Hacker Space. We’ll be welcoming people and resources to make MHS a reality.

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