By:
On:

Pig Roast March 5 2011

Makers Local is hosting a Tech Expo with accompanying Mardi Gras Pig Roast on Saturday, March 5th.  Members will be showing recent projects and demonstrating the technologies they use, as well as giving tours of the shop.  Some of the demonstrations include 3d printing, robotics, vacuum molding, rocketry, microcontrollers and more.  Mardi Gras treats will be delivered by the Makers new Candy Cannon!

The Tech Expo begins at 12, food will be served at the same time. Plates are $10, or two for $15.

Facebook Event

By:
On:

One fine day good ol’ C-Tzar was very “disappoint” with his old game port style flight sim gaming joystick so with some fine tuned hackery he custom modified the ye olde Suncom 18 button 2 axis joystick from its original state to a new HID joystick/keyboard/mouse combo by removing all of its original components and custom designing an Atmega usb 32u4 board of his own making to control all the inputs. Its new functionality allows it to not only be a custom gaming controller but a fully functional one handed controller device for gaming and not gaming alike. These new added features allow him to setup custom schemes for older dos games allowing for easier use with games allowing mouse, keyboard, joystick or all 3 at the same time. All features are usable in and outside of games alike for easy of use with whatever applicable implementation one could think of now into the future.

IMG_3117.JPG
IMG_3118.JPG

By:
On:

With the help of the following people Bob and I were able to pick up the new Soda Machine.  We hope this will make the shop a few bucks as well as be a great project for us.  We have some really unique ideas for the machine and because we got the nicest one we could, these ideas will not take too much work to implement.  Our fist step is to get the machine loaded with some drinks and figure out how everything works.  From there we can start hacking on it.
Thank the following members for their donation.

  • Kinsey
  • Mog
  • Matt
  • Justin
  • Tim
  • Nathan
  • Jeff
  • Phil

By:
On:

The week leading up to Outerz0ne was crazy. We spent many hours working on the new Photobooth. Big thanks to Tim for a crazy design which I firmly believe he sold his sole to Satan for. Bob was awesome, he spend many hours putting the thing together. Venkat did a great job on the new software. Greg, Scott, Justin and I’m sure a few others also helped get this project done.

We had planned to leave Thursday night for Outerz0ne, but as the week rolled forward, it started looking like Thursday night might be a work night for everyone involved.  Indeed it was, we worked late into the night, then got up Friday and continued to work.  We finally finished working on the thing at about 6pm.  Once it was done, we promptly tore it down, packed it up and stuffed it into the car.  Then raced to Outerz0ne.

This was a great project to work on, and I believe it is far better than the first one.  This photobooth actually breaks down and folds up under the seat.  The only components that do not fit are the computer and curtains, but I think we have enough room under the seat for the curtains.  There are a few areas which need improvement, but these are things that can be taken care of fairly easily, and hopefully can be done right without being rushed.

Below are pictures taken while building was taken place, and here is the link to the pictures the Photobooth took from Outerz0ne 5


Tags: , , , ,