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The UK's maker movement has a new home by the Thames
Cromatica is a Bluetooth speaker and lamp combo. That's kinda cool. It's also based on arduino, so you can hack it to respond to your own wishes. Even better! It's also not bad to look at, thanks to its stylish, Italian design. But the big story with Cromatica is that it's the first product to come out from a new crowdfunding platform that's designed specifically for homegrown tech hardware -- a project that could invigorate the already lively maker community in the UK. Somewhere deep in the belly of London's iconic Somerset House, via an inconspicuous trade entrance, you'll find Makerversity -- a space where makers can transform ideas into products, or at least into prototypes. What really turbo-charges things, however, is the fact that Makerversity is working with with a crowdfunding platform, called Crowdrooster, which sits inside the same wing of the building. This potentially makes a small corner of WC2 the new hotbed for indie product designers, builders, makers and glue-fingered entrepreneurs.
