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IKEA Goes All-In on Matter: What This Means for Your Smart Home

March 2, 2026

— Remember when every smart home device needed its own app, its own hub, and refused to talk to anything else? That era might finally be ending. IKEA just announced they’re launching over 20 new smart home devices using the Matter protocol – and upgrading their existing hub to work as a Matter controller. This
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Coil-on-Plug: The Death of Spark Plug Wires

February 23, 2026

— If you’ve ever chased a misfire on an older car, you know the drill: check the spark plug wires. Cracked insulation? Corroded terminals? Wire too close to a hot exhaust manifold? Those rubber-coated high-voltage cables were a constant source of problems. Modern cars have mostly eliminated them. The technology is called Coil-on-Plug (COP), and
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AI-Designed Proteins: When Algorithms Learn to Fight Cancer

February 16, 2026

— What if you could design a protein from scratch – one that doesn’t exist in nature – specifically engineered to hunt down cancer cells? That’s not science fiction anymore. That’s what’s happening right now at the University of Washington. — The Baker Lab Revolution Professor David Baker won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Taking Back Your Tech: The Fight for Device Ownership

February 9, 2026

— You bought it. You own it. Right? Not so fast. That garage door opener? The manufacturer can brick your smart home integration whenever they want. Your Nest thermostat? Google decides what features you get – and when they disappear. That video game you paid $60 for? The publisher can kill the servers and your
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Join Us Every Week: Anchorage Makerspace New Event Lineup

February 8, 2026

Happy New Year 2025 – Membership Updates

December 31, 2025

Happy New Year from Anchorage Makerspace! As we head into 2025, we wanted to share some updates with our community. Membership Dues Update Effective January 1, 2025, we’ve updated our membership rates. Like everything else, our costs have gone up – rent, utilities, insurance, equipment maintenance. We’ve held off on raising dues for as long
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Flameworking 101 – A Beginner’s Guide to working glass with torches

February 21, 2024

Join John Vinson & Kyle Fetters April 20th 12 PM – 4 PM Learn the basics of shaping glass in the flame. Get hand on experience working glass, ideal for beginners to get a fundamental understanding of glass art made with torches. Please bring Non-flammable clothing, long sleeve shirt, Hair tie/hat for safety. – Discover
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Happy Birthday, AMS!

December 6, 2023

🎉 A Decade of Making Dreams a Reality: Celebrating 10 Years of Anchorage Maker Space 🎉 Today is a remarkable day for us at Anchorage Maker Space – it’s our 10th anniversary! From the spark of an idea to a thriving hub of creativity and technology, our journey over the past decade has been nothing
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