Well mother nature frowned on us and we are going to have to postpone the balloon launch for tomorrow. The winds are too high tomorrow and this will make for unstable flight conditions. We will watch the weather and reschedule soon.
UPDATE!!!! Do to weather we were forced to cancel the balloon launch. We are planning to reschedule soon and will update when we know. This Sunday (10-31-2010), HackPittsburgh will be launching its third weather balloon into near space. This time, we invite anyone and everyone who would like to come watch or help out to [...]
Attention Amateur Radio Operators and those curious about Amateur Radio! In a follow up to his previous talk on nbEMS here at the shop, Harry, W3YJ, will be here on Friday to cover some advanced topics. Not to fret, even if you missed the first talk, you’ll be fine. nbEMS is a system based on [...]
Join Jenny and Doug for an Intro to TSD Road Rallying at 7pm on Friday. Unlike the “racing” counterparts that you may see in Subaru commercials, TSD (Time-Speed-Distance) road rallies are more like treasure hunts done in any regular car with some math involved. Teams (driver/navigator) are given a set of instructions to follow, and [...]
Our next shop improvement day is this coming Sunday, October 17th. We’re planning to finish the back wall, scraping off the peeling paint, sealing the crumbling concrete and then painting. Members are asked to come to the shop at Noon or early afternoon. The shop is supplying the materials and tools (paints and brushes), so [...]
Join us at 7pm this Friday, October 15th, for an Introduction to the Japanese Art of Origami. Doug will show a few pictures of how far this Art has gone beyond the ancient flapping bird and then we’ll learn to make some simple but beautiful and practical models, including a $bill shirt, fall-leaf, pentagonal box, [...]