Located in an historic pipe organ factory in the Eastern Mission, Other Machine Company nearly collapsed after the government’s shutdown last year, but on Valentine’s Day, it shipped its first computer controlled mills. The company started in 2012 as a team within Otherlab, a small tech firm specializing in robotics and alternative energy. Many of Otherlab’s projects […]
Author Archives: Chris Schodt
Chris Schodt built a running motor before turning 10. By 26, he pivoted — just slightly — from a career in science to writing about it as a journalist. The St. Paul, Minn., transplant hopes to uncover the “upstarts and weirdos” of the Mission’s burgeoning tech/science scene.