Want to get into computer-aided design but don’t have access to fancy CNC machines of your own? Join us at HackPittsburgh this Friday, February 26, at 7pm to learn about the Ponoko “making system”. Member Forest Royse will walk us through an explanation of Ponoko’s services, and will show us how to create Ponoko-ready designs [...]
Do you like collecting data with your Arduino but hate leaving it tethered to your computer? Do you need to collect live data, and don’t have time for copying log files from SD cards?
Tonight at 7pm, join us at HackPittsburgh as member Sayan demonstrates how to send live data from your Arduino over the cell [...]
Today marks the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Over the next two weeks, athletes from all over the world will demonstrate their skills and hard work in competitions ranging from the exhilarating to the simply awesome.
Tonight, in celebration of the Olympic spirit, HackPittsburgh will be kicking off our own HackPittsburgh 2010 Hacker [...]
Though it pains us to do so, we’re canceling tonight’s Documentation Lighting class due to weather. We’ll try to get it scheduled again, soon! Sorry, everybody!
After the members meeting last night, the M-team (Marek, Marty, Matt S., and Matt M.) brewed our first batch of Open Mate soda. Inspired by the Club Mate that Marty had ordered, but put off by its closed-source nature (hey, we are a hackerspace here!), we realized that we should brew our own. [...]
UPDATE: The Documentation Lighting event has been rescheduled canceled due to the impending inclement weather. It will now happen on Friday, February 26th!
This Friday, February 5th at 7pm, join us at HackPittsburgh and learn how to lie, cheat, and steal your way through documentation photography!
Members Matt Mets and Bonnie Bogovitch will cover the basics of [...]
Starting this February, Pittsburgh will have it’s own Make: City organization. Let’s all give a warm Steel City welcome to Make:PGH!
Come on down to HackPittsburgh on Tuesday, Feb. 9th at 7pm and join us for a couple of quick presentations, and a group activity! HackPittsburgh member Marty McGuire will demo his MakerBot 3D printer, and [...]
