Seven of us participated in the Dirty Santa Gift Exchange this year. It was great fun and this year there was no real gotcha gifts. The was an electric disc shooter, a quad copter, an uno kit, a intro to microcontroller kit, a Walgreens gift card, an Arch Reactor coffee mug, and a line following robot kit. Derek had to change the rules so, "he wouldn't get screwed over."
Please bring a dish to share at our annual Hacksgiving Pot-Luck on Tuesday, November 22!
The new Bridgeport Mill is here. There will be classes. This is an expensive sensitive machine so hands off until you have been trained.
Pictures Below are from the move:
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The Show Me Show Off! October 15, 2016 12 noon-3pm
This is our chance to show off who we are and what we do! Check out our new larger and functioning Space.
https://www.facebook.com/events/312443362445482/
On Monday night new direct wireless internet was installed and turned on. We now have fast speed and added bandwidth.
This picture was taken with a Canon AE-1 Program 35mm camera at 6:30-7 on 9/1/2016
Photo by Apollo Timbers
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Jonathan brought in his 3d Scribble Pen Giant Marble Run to the space tonight. It was the biggest one I have seen.
The team of people working on the Internet of Things Microscope have won a first round prize for their work! They are now qualified for the final round that will be decided in October!
Here is a link to the project:
https://hackaday.io/project/11429-internet-of-things-microscope
If you are interested in participating, we will be meeting Thursday nights now through the end of the competition.
http://hackaday.com/2016/07/18/hackaday-prize-20-projects-that-make-us-all-citizen-scientists/
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The team met up again this week and is trying to nail down design ideas for a nice travel case. It seems tricky to balance lightweight and ease of use with beautiful design elements. One idea is to put the pi and hat in a box under the microscope. The box could also hold the LED in place but it also adds weight and when one of your ideas is to make it lightweight for carrying out in to the field adding weight is not ideal but putting everything together in a nice package is ideal. Come next Thursday to see what happens or to add your great ideas.
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