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  • Open House 3.0 on March 10th

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    webmaster

    This coming Saturday, Marth 10th, is Arch Reactor’s third open house. Admission is free and all are welcome! If you’ve been waiting to check us out, this weekend is a great time–we’ll have lots of projects on display and great member turnout. What Open House 3.0 Where Arch Reactor Hackerspace2400 South Jefferson AvenueSt. Louis, MO…

  • Free to the Public Arduino Class

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    Derek Sigler

    Free Arduino Class Ardunino for Artists! 4 Sunday nights 7 to 9:30ish starting Jan 29th  at Arch Reactor. 2400 South Jefferson, Saint Louis, MO. No microcontroller, programming or electronics experience needed.  If you have an Arduino (or some clone) bring it, otherwise come and learn which would be best for you. Free, but please RSVP…

  • 2012 Fire and Ice Benefit

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    webmaster

    The Gateway Burners and Arch Reactor are teaming up for the second year in a row to present ‘Fire and Ice’. This fundraising event will take place on January 21, 2012 at the William A. Kerr Foundation Building at 21 O’Fallon Street, Saint Louis, MO 63102. The event runs from 7:00 pm until Midnight and…

  • RepRap Mendel build

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    Chris Weiss

    Bob built this 3D printer in the space.  The plastic parts were all printed using the Makerbot.  The sections of hte video with tons of people are the regular Tuesday meetings.     youtube://v/CLdWMNxkPzQ

  • Thanks for coming out for the Geek Garage Sale

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    Ryan Hendrickson

    We had a great time talking and showing people around at the Garage Sale. We didn’t mind the new funds pushing us a bit closer to our 501c3 fee. Hope to see some of you guys back soon.

  • Exploring the Tech DIY of ‘Hackerspaces’ on Science Friday

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    Chris Weiss

    This afternoon the topic on Science Friday on NPR was “Exploring the Tech DIY of ‘Hackerspaces’“, featuring members of Alpha One Labs and NYC Resistor. Some Arch Reactor members tried to call in, but I have not heard if any actually got on the air.  Listen to a recording of the show here  

  • Building and Maintaining a Project Community with Github

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    Chris Weiss

    Arch Reactor is pleased to host a presentation this saturday. The event is open to the public, and the invite has already gone out to many computer related user groups in St Louis. full invite after the jump

  • Hack Something Night

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    Chris Weiss

    Hack Something Night is a regular Tuesday meeting feature where people get together and attack a thing or project and make some progress on it. This week there were several projects being worked on, pictures and summaries below

  • Taylor’s Birthday Potluck

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    Chris Weiss

    This last Tuesday we had a potluck meal to celebrate Taylor’s 21st birthday.

  • Make laundry detergent yourself and save money

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    Gene Jordan

    About one month ago, I posted the recipe for making my own laundry soap on the Arch Reactor Forums. One of the comments to that post was along the lines of, “I want to try a small batch of this out before I make a huge batch of it.” I suggested that this might be…