"Even when our eyes are closed, there's a whole world out there that lives outside our selves and our dreams."~ Edward Elric
Fooosh!
Two transformers, Three attempts and One transmutation circle later we have ignition!
Ice to fire! I just wish I hadn't burnt my thumb doing it.
Ah, good old O2 in a bottle.
This week was planned to be a bit... more fundamental than most weeks. A lot of improvements going on here!
Next Thursday, we're either working on Adamo, mounting a projector to make a D&D screen or a freeform build-your-own-thing lab. VOTE NOW
Friday, January 28, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Thursday Meeting in Review
Adamo(the first pizza bot) now has a functioning actuator. We put the pizza plate on the motor and hooked it up to a mouse. We also have a bunch of pictures. We will have a welcome video to the hackerspace soon, right now we have someone editing it. We have a film student. I like artists ^_^
The hackerspace is in the process of getting a paint job. We used low VOC and we have a HEPA filter on top of it all.
Ferret completed a WICKED display sign for the front window. It's an old optiplex that's been better re purposed as a lamp. It runs on 4.5 Watts of LEDs!
Saint has built a high-definition projector from a magazine magnifier, LCD and a construction light(yes, he already has the McGyver nickname). We're mounting it in the ceiling so we can project down onto a table.
If you contact us via phone, please leave a phone #. We don't devote the extra time to tracking your unknown #s down.
The Battle Robots competition may be able to get a couple acres by Canyon Ferry. We would do this on private property, so I am trying to get a sliver of pro-bono help from a lawyer. We need to have attendees/competitors sign waivers so our potential sponsor doesn't have to worry about liability.
What else happened in the past 13 days... Ah! Yeah! Congratulations to Saint for getting hired on as an instructor at the local U of M! He's also been delegating a bit more so I(Ferret)'m chatting you up instead.
We have a very organized and impressive newsletter this go around. Sign up for it on the website( http://mthackers.com/Contact.html). The membership goal for September 30th is 45 members. This means less than 3 members every other week We are on track to have $60k for the hackerspace by the end of December.
That's all folks!
The hackerspace is in the process of getting a paint job. We used low VOC and we have a HEPA filter on top of it all.
Ferret completed a WICKED display sign for the front window. It's an old optiplex that's been better re purposed as a lamp. It runs on 4.5 Watts of LEDs!
Saint has built a high-definition projector from a magazine magnifier, LCD and a construction light(yes, he already has the McGyver nickname). We're mounting it in the ceiling so we can project down onto a table.
If you contact us via phone, please leave a phone #. We don't devote the extra time to tracking your unknown #s down.
The Battle Robots competition may be able to get a couple acres by Canyon Ferry. We would do this on private property, so I am trying to get a sliver of pro-bono help from a lawyer. We need to have attendees/competitors sign waivers so our potential sponsor doesn't have to worry about liability.
What else happened in the past 13 days... Ah! Yeah! Congratulations to Saint for getting hired on as an instructor at the local U of M! He's also been delegating a bit more so I(Ferret)'m chatting you up instead.
We have a very organized and impressive newsletter this go around. Sign up for it on the website( http://mthackers.com/Contact.html). The membership goal for September 30th is 45 members. This means less than 3 members every other week We are on track to have $60k for the hackerspace by the end of December.
That's all folks!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Most of the Competition Rules by 4AM!
Sorry, I haven't posted the competition rules. I(Saint) am doing that now. Oh! We are also trying out a new Events Coordinator! She has a history of excellent event planning and consistent communications. The battle bots will be a challenging task to manage. I hope to do what I can to help, but I'm doing so many other super cool things. We've ratified our by-laws and we're positioning ourselves for 501(c)3 status with the feds. We have(officially) a Treas, Sec, Pres, VP and Committee Manager as of Jan 6th. I've also been spending some time getting a good chunk of funding, getting materials for a pizza-cutting robot, setting up our year's accounting and training key members so I can soon delegate some opportunities.
I will have the full rules posted to the site by ten this morning. Check back then!
http://mthackers.com/Compete
I will have the full rules posted to the site by ten this morning. Check back then!
http://mthackers.com/Compete
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Redecorating and minor setup
So we need to redecorate. No problem, we have the people to do that now. We also should set up our computers so we can have a better chance to maybe get DC406 to guest appear at MEH for one of their monthly meetings.
We finally got on Google Maps and we've also got a call button(as you may have noticed).
There are now 12 mehmbers in Meh and we'll only get more. We've gotten some great funding ideas and a couple small programming contracts.
Next Thursday will be on Ormandy's Java exploit. Often times people will make their computer *too* paranoid: Denying update access through a firewall is a sure way to open holes. Check out DC406 for more advanced hacking. We will go through setting up, installing and using Virt-ICE.
I wanted to have a "build your own projector" tutorial, but... I uh... I melted the Fresnel lens(Sorry T_T).
Oh! I also built another logo on a whim. I'm working on a Holiday Robot Gladiator flier. I want to have it done before the rules are hashed out.
Holiday Robot Gladiator competition rules are going to closely follow the original battle bots. We hope to have the rules reviewed and posted by noon on the 8th.
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