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/
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.
Congratulations to all the people who represented Arch Reactor at the Kansas City Maker Faire! Our booth placed in the Top 10!
Check out the progress we have made on our Hackaday.io Project, an Internet of Things Microscope!
Please follow the link for additional information.
Sometimes we even have freshly baked cookies
Sunday, July 23rd
Mini-Maker class for kids. Members Only, see Sanctum Discussion for information
Tuesday, July 25th
Thursday, July 27th
Feel free to come by to learn how to use the laser cutter, talk about laser cutters, work on laser cutter projects, etc!
Contact Person: Travis
Saturday, July 29th
Come On Out and Play games With us. If you don't know games that's OK we are friendly and love to teach. If you do, bring your Favorites along and let get a Game in.
We'll have Food there, and I'll happily take 5$ in exchange for letting you eat all day.
We start at Noonish and Play until you Leave or after Midnight, whichever comes last. :)
Sunday, July 30th
Come check out the space at one of our regular Tuesday meetings or Sunday hack nights, year-round. Tuesday and Sunday events are always open to the public, and generally begin around 7:30 pm.
The space is currently:
Arch Reactor was founded in 2009 by a group of friends who liked technology, programming, making, and pizza. Now St. Louis' largest hackerspace, Arch Reactor's growing membership continues to bring new skills, projects, equipment, and people to one place.
For a deeper understanding of what we're about, you should check out our explanation of hackerspaces, perhaps read about one of our members' projects, or (best of all) come meet us in person at the next open event!
