Eugene Mini Maker Faire is almost here.
Eugene Mini Maker Faire is next Saturday, June 15th. More info here.
http://www.eugenemakerfaire.com/
EMS will have a booth. We still have room for more members to show their projects, so let us know if you want to exhibit.
Family Hack Day a Success!
Making things!
Eugene Maker Space held our very first Family Hack Day on June 1, 2013. We had a decent sized group of kids and families show up to get some work done on their own projects. And boy did work get done. We also had several EMS members show up to lend a hand and teach some new skills. Thanks to everybody who came out to make this event a success. It went so well that we intend to put on another one in the not-too-distant future. Keep your eyes peeled for updates on that. In the meantime, check out what everyone was working on!
Family Hack Day on June 1st
Eugene Maker Space will be hosting our very first family hack day this Saturday, June 1 from 12:00PM to 2:00PM. Do you have children who are creative, inventive, or just like to make things? Do your kids have a project they want to work on but they need a space to work? Do they have an idea for something to make but they don't know how to get started? Perhaps they could benefit from having a mentor around to show them how to use some shop tools or to bounce ideas back and forth. If this describes your family, definitely come to our very first Family Hack Day on Saturday!
Eugene Maker Space will not be providing any activities for this event. Instead, we want to provide shop time and mentor time for younger kids to work on their own projects with each other, with their families, and with our members available to assist however they can. Please stop by and help make this event a success!
Hak5 Visiting CodeChops and EMS
Darren Kitchen from Hak5 is currently on his Hack Across America tour. "What is Hak5?" you ask. Hak5 is an internet show that deals with all things hacking. Darren will be stopping by CodeChops this Friday night to do a talk about "Alternative Internets for the Coming Zombie Apocalypse." The fun will begin with the talk at CodeChops at 5:00PM. Then at 7:00PM, Darren and crew will head over to Eugene Maker Space to hang out and talk all things hacker, geek, etc.
So come down to Eugene Maker Space this Friday night at 7:00PM and "Trust your Technolust" with the Hak 5 crew.
More information available at Hak5's website.Add Media
The Science Factory and EMS at the Mythbusters show!
Science Factory and EMS Fliers
The Mythbusters came to the Matthew Knight Arena last Friday March 15, 2013. The Science Factory had a table to promote themselves as well as the upcoming Eugene Mini Makerfaire (June 15, 2013). I was invited to help them out and was able to bring a few EMS fliers to put out on their table to help promote our own group.
Vaccuum Powered Ping Pong Ball Cannon
The Science Factory brought some conductive and non-conductive play dough. Attendees were invited to build working circuits out of the play dough. The Science Factory also brought their own vacuum powered ping pong ball cannon that was quite impressive and caused a stir. For more photos and videos, check out the Eugene Mini Makerfaire website.
Make-O-Rama Timelapse Footage
The first EMS Make-O-Rama was held last Saturday, Feb 23 from 11AM to 4PM. We had a good turn out. We had a good portion of our membership turn up to help out either by showing off projects or talking with visitors. We had a ton of snacks, drinks, pizza, and good conversations. A few people were able to solder electronic components to a circuit board for the very first time, which is was exciting. Austin set up a GoPro camera to take time lapse footage of the event. You can check it out below. Clif also took some photos during the event and uploaded them to the EMS gallery. Check them out!
Eugene Public Library Event
The Eugene Public Library hosts events for young kids on Sunday afternoons. A few months back, Eugene Maker Space was invited to host one of these events at EPL. We accepted the offer and on February 3, 2013, six members from EMS went to the library to run the event.
The age group for these events is typically ages 3-7, plus parents of course. We thought that building and launching paper rockets would be a great event for this age group. It's also relatively inexpensive for us to host since we already have two available rocket launchers and the rockets themselves are made from just computer paper and masking tape.
Make-O-Rama
Eugene Maker Space Invites You to Visit
Make-O-Rama: “Tooling Up”
Our Semi-Annual Show & Tell/Open House
February 23, 2013
11:00 to 4:00
687 McKinley Street, Suite #2
www.eugenemakerspace.com for more information
Making awesome tools to make awesome stuff!
Come see what we’re building now:
Laser Cutters! Vacuum Tables! 3D Printers! Welding Booths!
Open Hack Night Was Busy Tonight.
Eight Makers Making
Open Hack Night was busy tonight. I did not catch what everyone was doing. I did catch that Michelle was gluing together a puzzle box, Ben and Kassie were installing Raspbian on their new Raspberry Pis, Celeste was prototyping an LED-illuminated yo-yo kit for girls to make, Taper was wiring up a circuit to drive some Nixie Tubes (?) from an Arduino, Austin was printing a plastic fan guard and then a special-purpose Wii holder on the MakerBot, and I was making the wiring harness for my laser cutter project.
We've been getting really good turnouts at Open Hack Night lately. It must be the lovely weather. (-:
No Open Hack Night on December 25th
Eugene Maker Space will not be having Open Hack Night next Tuesday, December 25th, because it will be Christmas.
We will be back on Friday, December 28th, and probably on Tuesday, January 1st, 2013.
Open Hack Night is every Tuesday and Friday night from 6 to 8 PM (major holidays excepted (-: ). Come to the shop. Bring your project and/or see what other people are working on.
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