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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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Date: Saturday, July 20, 2013 Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Place: TrepHub – 907 Strawbridge Ave, Melbourne, FL Add lights and electronics to garments and accessories with the Lilypad Arduino! This is a special version of the popular electronic controller specially designed to be washable. This workshop will give you hands-on experience with using the
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Date: Saturday, July 13, 2013 Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Place: TrepHub – 907 Strawbridge Ave, Melbourne, FL Scratch is a fun way to get started with computer programming. Children as young as 5 (or adults! ) can quickly learn to play sounds, draw pictures, and make interactive games, while learning basic concepts such as
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