Context Free Friday
July 29, 2009
Come and learn how to make cool programmatic art and export it to usable file formats for further editing and printing.
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Legos + Arduino = Fun
July 29, 2009
One of our students after the class on Saturday went home and had some fun with his Freeduino.
Thanks for sending this in to us Steve (and thanks for the link in the video). This is the kind of stuff that makes doing all this fun.
Arduino Intro Class Wrap-Up
July 26, 2009
This past Saturday, July 25th, Hack Pittsburgh held the second run of the “Introduction to Arduino” Class, the first class to actually be taught at the Hack Pittsburgh space!
Matt Stultz, with a bit of backup from Jon Speicher, Marty McGuire, and the Solder Cam led a class of 7 students in constructing and testing out [...]
Intro to Programming the Arduino: Physical Pixels
July 26, 2009
Build a physical pixel with your Arduino microcontroller! In this introductory-level class, participants will:
set up and configure the Arduino environment on their laptop
learn basic electronics skills while building a small, functional circuit
write code that:
explores the inputs and outputs offered by the Arduino platform
reads a dimmer
controls the color of an RGB LED
sends messages to your laptop [...]
Member Meeting Minutes, 7/26/09
July 26, 2009
Minutes from today’s member meeting can be found here.
Redd Up @ HackPGH
July 26, 2009
The hackerspace will be open from 7pm to 9-ish on Tuesday night to clean, organize, and assess the space for build-out.
Hack Pittsburgh T-Shirts
July 26, 2009
We now have a design for a T-Shirt and we are taking pre-orders. The design is based on the old PA license plates. We will be running the pre-order until Sunday August 2. We will not be shipping the shirts, you will need to pick up the shirt once it arrives at the shop.
The shirts [...]
HackPGH Craft Night this Friday (featuring junkmail coasters and KnitNight part 2)
July 22, 2009
It’s time for another night of knitting and crafts. Bring along your projects from last time or any new projects you have been working on.
Want to learn to knit stop by the shop and we will teach you how. Bring along some needles and yarn and you will be fast on your way to [...]
Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream
July 16, 2009
Come by Friday night (7/17) and beat the heat with Liquid Nitrogen. Bring your favorite ice cream mix and see it instantly turned into a delicious treat instead of waiting for hours for it to churn. Bring a project to work on while you are enjoying your desert.
Game Night!!!! 7/10/09
July 9, 2009
Come bring your favorite games, and join us for a fun night of Gaming. We will have the MAME machine up and running along with the possibility of XBOX 360 Scene it and guitar here. Bring board games in case that doesn’t work, and if you’d like pizza bring money for that, we usually do [...]
