John Carpenter

TechNexus will use Tuesday night's official opening of its new downtown shared working space to roll out what it calls a "national pivot," creating and connecting a nationwide network of...

Chris Mantz just wanted some cool glasses. So, in true "maker" fashion, he started cutting up a skateboard. Four years and several entrepreneurial twists and turns later, West Loop-based Drift...

On one end of the maker spectrum are the tinkerers, folks in their basement or garage, cutting and sanding on nights and weekends, dreaming of the $5,000 Kickstarter that will...

There was this guy on YouTube scrambling an egg without cracking it, and Chicago resident Geraint Krumpe couldn't stop thinking about it. That was a year ago, around Easter, and...

The idea for Maria Boustead's maker business began with pain, literally. She liked riding her bike to work, but the bags she carried on it either didn't look good, fell...

The bustle of 1871 swirled around Pavan Bapu as he opened a cardboard box and pulled out his product — a block of wood and what looked like a large,...

With college dormitories come roommate conflicts. But one Chicago startup hopes that its digital tools and advice will appeal to colleges looking to help students solve those problems. Roompact, fresh...

Craighton Berman cranks the handle of his coffee grinder as fast as he can, looking up apologetically at the photographer and reporter who wait. "You have to keep going until...