On Friday July 30th, if you aren’t already strolling through Maker Faire Detroit, come out to the space and play with some old-skool on-the-go daily-living computer interface tech including the latest Vuzix AR glasses and Twiddler.
This is a free open to the public event so come out and bring your friends. Doors will be open [...]
You may be asking yourself at this very moment…”How is it that another Friday night has come and I have chosen to do another mundane activity?” My answer to you friends is this: Don’t fear for something much better is happening tonight than you could ever have imagined! Enter OPEN SHOP FRIDAY. Nothing is planned [...]
How to turn an idea into a salable product.
This Friday night (7-9-10) come hear HackPittsburgh member Matthew Beckler talk about how his company, Wayne and Layne, LLC, took an idea and developed it into a product, using their first electronics kit, the Tactile Metronome, as an example. Topics to be discussed include market research, prototyping, [...]
This Friday we will be making RECORD BOWLS!!!! Don’t miss out, this event is open to the public as well. We have a decent supply of records but feel free to bring your own. The shop will be open @ 6:00 and anyone is welcome. Come out, hang out, have fun, create and make stuff!!!! [...]
Two weekends ago, a group of determined HackPittsburgh members made a pilgrimage, for many of them their first, to Dayton, Ohio for the annual Hamvention. Little did they know that the journey they had decided to take would lead to an incredible time for all. Members Matt, Mandy, Marty, Andy, Isaac, Doug, Sayan, and [...]
Join us at HackPittsburgh this Friday, May 21st at 7pm, and learn a little bit about woodworking. We’ll review some of the tools available to members in the shop, run through a list of resources for beginning and experienced woodworkers in and around Pittsburgh, and learn a quick-and-easy way to sharpen chisels, planes, and other [...]
The HackPGH crew is headed to Dayton, OH this weekend for the Dayton Hamvention. Some of us have been there before, but for many of us it’s our first time. We are excited to see the sights and meet up with people there. If you are going to Dayton (and really why wouldn’t you be) [...]
On Sunday May 2nd HackPGH members Doug Philips, Sayan Chakraborty, and Matt Stultz put the amateur radio skills that they acquired at HackPittsburgh to good use by helping out with the Pittsburgh Marathon. Each year hams from around the community volunteer to help provide critical communications for the marathon. These jobs include passing on [...]
Attention amateur radio operators! This Friday at 7pm, join us at HackPittsburgh and learn about the Narrow Band Emergency Messaging System (NBEMS). Harry Bloomberg, an Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator for the Western PA Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES), will talk about ARES, how the services works for Western PA and his responsibilities there.
Harry will also [...]
Join us at HackPittsburgh this Friday, April 30th at 7 PM and get your hands dirty making seed bombs.
Seed bombs are compact clusters of wildflower seeds and compost that can be tossed into vacant lots, median strips, or your own back yard. Ever wanted to try your hand at guerrilla gardening? Now is your chance. [...]
