TechShop‘s original Menlo Park location, the makerspace where the Square credit card reader was first prototyped, has to move due to plans to redevelop the land on which the building is located. It has until October 31 to do so. Tons of members have launched products prototyped at TechShop on crowdfunding websites, so, fittingly, founder Jim Newton took to IndieGoGo today in hopes of raising $ 250,000 to ease the transition.
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