Archives/Shop 3.0/Hackerspace Digest/HSD 0013 2011-09-07

Overview

• 13th Show.
• Recording time: September 07th, 2011 8pm

Hosts

• Nathan
• Matt
• Tim

Show Format

1. Introduction - who, what, when, where, why
2. Update on what Makers Local 256 is doing.
3. Stories
4. Events
5. Thats all folks

Introduction

This is Hackerspace Digest episode number 13 for Wed Sep 7th, 2011, semi-weekly podcast recorded by member of Makers Local 256 in Huntsville, Al. Check out makerslocal.org for more information about us. I am (realname) also know as (online_name) online, (rest of people fill in starting to left of the main host).

Makers Local 256 update

• 2x4 CNC Machine ready to do Board Etching.
• Tim finished putting together Nathan's Gen 6 Reprap board
• Possibly being fined for the yard.
• Ham shack.
• Going to Mini Makerfaire Atlanta.

Stories

• Light Switch Xbee
  • Wirelessly turn on and off a light, through Hi-tech stuff.
• Raspberry Pie alpha boards
  • Small cheap linux computers.
• Minecraft IRL
  • Box that you hit and acts like a minecraft block.
• Instructables twitter "As of today, all steps view and secondary images are available to everyone, logged in or not"
• FPGA Bitcoin Mining
  • 6.8 watts for 100 Mhashes/second
• The Beginning a book about hackerspace in 2008.
  • This isn't new info, book has been out at least since Sept. 2010
• [1]
  • NESIT (The New England Society of Information Technology) is a non-profit hackerspace and charity located in Meriden, Connecticut.
  • They raised $3,572 for the Child's Play charity
• Freeside's walkthough - brimstone
  • every hackerspace needs to do one of these from time to time.
• Art at Hive76 - brimstone
  • "It’s not all about circuits and microcontrollers and chemistry at Hive76"
• Tog's helping out with a hackerspace at Electric Picnic - brimstone
  • Make a pocket LED touch, Flapping Birds and Paper flowers, LED bracelet or necklace
  • about 90km from Dublin, 3rd & 4th of September
• Managing a Project Community with Github at Archreactor - brimstone
  • A presentation at Archreactor
  • 9/3/2011

Random Wiki Finds

• 4th Inning - Tim
• Quickstart - Tim
• LapMaster - Nathan
• Hydraulic Jack Letterpress - Nathan

Events

• lvl1 2nd annual sumobot tournament
  • LVL1 is holding a sumo-bot tournament October 29th
• Mini Maker Fair Atlanta - Sep. 10
• Workshop: How to torrent - Hive 76 9/13, at 6pm

Conclusion

Thank you for listening. If you questions, comments, basically, we want to hear your thoughts. We'd love to hear from our listeners, please drop in irc, #makerslocal on freenode, or send us an email to podcast@makerslocal.org, you can find out everything about Makers Local 256 on makerslocal.org. Have a good one.

Licensing

Hackerspace Digest is a production of Makers Local 256. Hackerspace Digest is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported).