Jen Vargas Google Glass Presentation
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GameWarp today in Orlando on International Drive
Melbourne Makerspace is taking a break this weekend to prepare more good stuff, but if you’re looking for something to do, GameWarp will be in Orlando today until midnight, and tomorrow from 11-4. If you like arcade games/pinball, this is the event for you! A family-friendly event. Over 150 games, door fee gets you unlimited
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Door lettering installed!
Something cool happened yesterday. We got door lettering installed on our new door for the space we got. We are acquiring tools and equipment now. If you have any thing you would like to donate, please let us know.
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Photos from Arduino Classes on July 20
Here are some pictures of the Intro to Arduino and eTextiles and wearable electronics workshops that we conducted over the weekend at TrepHub. A huge thank you to everyone that attended and helped. Intro to Arduino [srizonfbalbum id=5] Intro to eTextiles and wearable electronics [srizonfbalbum id=6]
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Hot out of the oven!
Here’s a photo of the Protosnap Lilypad Development boards hot out of the wave solderer oven at Jaycon Systems, They have made these boards that contain the Lilypad Arduino developed by Leah Buechley, momentary push button, RGB LED, 5 White LEDs, vibration motors, sound buzzer and a temperature sensor. You literally snap apart the pieces you
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Google Glass demo for 7/31/13 ShowNTell
On Wednesday July 31 we’ll have a special guest for ShowNTell. Jen was selected for the Google #GlassExplorers program, and has graciously agreed to demonstrate her new set for Melbourne Makerspace!
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Scratch class!
Over 25 attendees for the Scratch workshop – room was packed! James brought an interface with sliders and sensors you can use with Scratch – the PicoBoard. And attendee Ki proved to be an expert helper, generously offering his time and expertise.
Super Capacitor Flashlight
Here is a really cool flashlight design. that Instructables user EngineeringShock built that charges a bunch of caps and charges via a 9v wall wart. Unfortunately, super capacitors can only be charged to lower voltages; typically around 2.5v or 2.7v as a standard. If you place some super capacitors in series, you can charge to
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ShowNTell 2013-06-19
Busy at this week’s ShowNTell! A new record of 16 attendees; with a variety of demos. A miniature steam engine (breath-powered). We unpacked an assembled PrintrBot Jr and, well, lowered the bed. That’s as far as we got. The EggBot was set up and worked well. It precisely drew a nutritional information table directly onto
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Element14 and Adafruit FLORA Challenge
Here’s a cool challenge that Element14 and Adafruit are putting together as a wearable electronics challenge. They will send you a few Arduino FLORAs and a bunch of sensors and modules to experiment with until September. By creating blog posts, videos, and innovative designs, the 5 selected Road Testers will compete to win an Arduino
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