A project by Melbourne Makerspace member, John Gay: My first computer was a TRaSh-80 (TRS-80) from Radio Shack for my 14th Birthday. As the name implies, it was an 8 bit computer based on the Z-80 microprocessor. It had a whopping 4K (4 thousand bytes) RAM and ran at somewhere around 1Mhz (1 million cycles per […]
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One of our members used the woodshop tools here at the Melbourne Makerspace to create a custom, wooden urn for his friend’s dearly departed dog, Bella. This shows a good use of the wood lathe and drill press in our wood shop. If you want to take a tour of our wood shop and the
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36 Projects for Your Learning Center Read More »
An undisclosed Librarian, has approached me to see if our Makerspace can help them implement something similar to our 48 Projects for the undisclosed location. Joe and I made a field trip to survey their facility and resources; we would like to meet this Saturday morning at 10:00 to lay out the project. There is
Brainstorming Session for Library Mini ’48 Projects’ Read More »
Hello makers! It’s been a few months in our new space, and it seems we’ve finally settled in. Our classroom area has been set up, offering more space to teach, to learn, and to make! A projector, tables for work, and even whiteboards have been installed. Pictured are Josh, Josh, and Dean. At the entrance
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This past Saturday we had the first of 5 classes for our professional web development company. The first class was basic HTML and the web. It was probably our most attended class yet! There were 23 people total in attendance of all ages and experience. We had kids, teens, adults, and seniors all with no
Web Development Class Off to a Great Start! Read More »
What a fun way to learn how to use the 3D printers and laser cutter as well as how to use CAD 2D and 3D software to design or tweak others’ designs. We are going to use Wednesday’s arts & crafts night to learn how to design our own fidget spinners! Then we’ll use Friday’s
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One of the groups at the Florida Institute of Technology used the 3D printers and other tools at the Melbourne Makerspace to work on their engineering prototype for the Florida Tech Engineering and Science Student Design Showcase. They designed and printed the rings to simulate the various inflated tubes of their idea for an inflatable
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A fast-track course to basic electronics and programming lite. Saturday, April 22, 2017 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Saturday, April 29, 2017 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Saturday, May 6, 2017 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Learn more about the class’s content at: https://electronicsarduinobreadboardlab.wordpress.com/ The breadboard pictured above will be assembled in the beginning
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Saturday, April 22, 2017 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM Now that we’re mostly settled into our new, much bigger space we decided to throw a grand re-opening party! We’re going to mix in a little bit of our retro gaming night too and have a few retro game stations set up around the place.
Melbourne Makerspace Grand Reopening Party! Read More »
