After the great success and feedback from our talk on using electroluminescent wire — aka EL wire — for costumes and projects, we are following up with a class on Using EL Wire for Costuming and Decoration. In this class you will receive ten feet of EL wire in two colors, an EL wire controller, [...]
The shop will be closed to the public tonight for a members only event. Please come join us again soon when when we will be back open again.
This, third meeting (Knot More!) is Thursday, Mar 10, 7-9 pm Join some fellow knot enthusiasts for a very informal evening of skillshare and practice. We’ll bring books and cordage, and you do the same if you can. Whether you are a seasoned sailor, a novice climber, an expert arborist, or new to it all, [...]
CMKT 4 (http://www.facebook.com/cmkt4) a “Prehistoric Circuit Bent Acid Rock ” band will be stopping at HackPittsburgh on their circuit bending tour (http://www.getlofi.com/?p=4200). They will be hosting a workshop where you can build their Bottle-cap Microphone or “Bending Buddy” kits. There will also be a performance by CMKT 4 to keep everyone entertained while the irons [...]
This, second meeting (Knot Again!) is Thursday, Feb 10, 7-9 pm Join some fellow knot enthusiasts for a very informal evening of skillshare and practice. We’ll bring books and cordage, and you do the same if you can. Whether you are a seasoned sailor, a novice climber, an expert arborist, or new to it all, [...]
Join us this Friday for a free and open to the public intro to Inkscape and Egg-Bott by member Matt B: Inkscape is an open-source vector image editor, capable of making high-quality, images that can be scaled to any size without losing quality. It’s an open-source replacement for Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, and others. This talk [...]
This Friday at 7pm, Derrick will present a survey of transit planning and mapping tools, as well as discuss the issues, both technical and political, surrounding their use. This event is free and open to the public. HackPittsburgh is located at 1936 Fifth Avenue, in the garage around the back on Watson. (Map image and [...]
Join some fellow knot enthusiasts for an evening of skillshare and practice. We’ll bring books and cordage, and you do the same if you can. Whether you are a seasoned sailor, a novice climber, an expert arborist, or new to it all, everyone has something to offer and share. First meeting is Thursday, January 13, [...]
Learn how two of the most popular open-source platforms in the universe can talk with each other using the babelfish of bluetooth. This talk is a demonstration of interfacing an Android phone with an Arduino using the Amarino toolkit. Sayan will give an introduction to: Making simple Android applications that can use data from an [...]
It’s been a great year for the shop, and we’re really looking forward to 2011! (There is no public event tonight because of the holiday.) A few of the many things planned for 2011: The PowerWheels “car” has arrived, and has already been (partially) disassembled. We’ll be working on that when everyone gets back from [...]