Some of the ornaments from our open shop Friday night Egg-Bot Ornaments event (two weeks ago) were drawn on clear glass ornaments. Member Logan Stack took some left over paint…
Models designed by Nina Ostrun and Carmen Sprung, with a variation by Doug Caine.
Join us on Friday, Dec 16th to fold some stunning Origami Ornaments for your holidays!
As with all our Friday night events, this is free and open to the public. We’re even supplying the paper! No previous folding experience is necessary.
Doors open at 7pm and the folding will start shortly afterwards.
We’re at 1936 Fifth Avenue, in the garage around the back on Watson St.
P.S. If you have your own paper(s) that you’d like to use, please feel free to bring it. Almost anything that will hold a crease will work, though for these models shiny paper or foil will be too smooth and slippery.
Friday, December 9
7 pm sharp!
HackPittsburgh, 1936 5th Ave., around back in the alley called Watson St.
Special Year-End 2011 Cool-Off
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This is a special edition of the Cyberpunk Apocalypse’s monthly event, the Cool-Off. We’re partnering with HackPittsburgh to bring you a bigger and more encompassing “what I did this YEAR” project showcase. To coincide with HackPittsburgh’s weekly Friday Night Series, we’ve switched days this month to be the second Friday instead of the usual second Saturday.
Here’s how it works: local creative types give very short presentations of the coolest project they’ve worked on during the course of 2011. Although it’s free to get in and/or present, to vote costs $3, and the project with the most votes at the end of the evening wins half the proceeds (the other half being split between the Cyberpunk Apocalypse and HackPittsburgh as small-scale fundraising).
If you would like to present, please email cyberpunkapocalypse at gmail with a short summary, mostly so we can have an idea of how many people will be presenting. We’re asking people to present projects that they have completed (as opposed to ideas for future projects) and also that this be limited to projects done NOT as part of one’s job.
Have you been awesome this year? We bet you have, and we want to hear about it.
(Photo by L. Marie)
Join us this Friday (12/3) to make holiday ornaments with Matt Beckler and an EMSL Egg-Bot!
Some bulbs will provided, but attendees are encouraged to bring their own to try decorating. Super shiny/smooth bulbs will work, but the ink will be hard to see and will smudge easily, so bring rougher surfaced/matte-finished ones instead. According the EMSL website, the Egg-Bot can handle objects roughly 1.25 to 4.25 inches in diameter (3 – 10 cm).
It should be a fun night of Egg-Bot-sperimentation! (With any luck we’ll have more than one Egg-Bot running.)
This event is free and open to the public; doors open at 7pm and the event will start shortly thereafter.
Birdbrain Labs Tech-To-Go will also be in house, 7-9pm, to help fill all your hobby electronics dreams.
Photo credit: Larry Rippel
Adam Karki and HackPittsburgh member Logan Stack playing Didgeridoos at MiniMakerFaire Pittsburgh.
This Friday (11/18), join us at HackPittsburgh where member Logan Stack will help you make your own Didgeridoo from PVC pipe and teach you how to play it.
As always, HackPittsburgh Friday Nights are free and open to the public. Doors are at 7pm, and the event will start shortly afterward. Hope to see you there!
Results of last Friday’s Make Your Own Candle event: Candles in various stages of cooling, fully cooled, decorated, and experimental cinnamon bark wick.
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This Friday (11/11), join us at HackPittsburgh and *make your own candle*! Come one, come all, and festivize your Thanksgiving Day turkey (or tofurkey) table! HackPittsburgh members Doug Philips and Mandy Stultz will walk you through the process.
We’ll be using all-natural soy wax for low-soot burning, super-easy process and virtually foolproof results (yep, it’s microwaveable). HackPittsburgh will provide the wax and wick, votive cups, fragrance and color, and some fun things to decorate with. If you’d like to bring your own glassware for ultimate personalization, please do! We only ask that you keep your vessel about golf ball / shot glass size so we have enough wax for everyone and it will work with the wick we’re providing.
Young makers are always encouraged to attend, however molten wax is *HOT* (and so are flames), so parent / guardian assistance is a must. We’d also like to take this opportunity to remind you that candles should never be burned unattended, and once you take your candle home, it’s your responsibility to enjoy it with the utmost safety.
As always, HackPittsburgh Friday Nights are free and open to the public. Doors are at 7pm, and the event will start shortly afterward. Hope to see you there!
Makers love makers, and we love supporting the maker and handmade community!
Saturday, November 12th, is the date for Pittsburgh’s 8th Handmade Arcade Pittsburgh’s largest indie craft fair! Don’t miss this “shop-portunity” to stock up on handmade gifts for everyone on your holiday gift-giving list.
Handmade Arcade will be held from 11 am – 7 pm at the David L Lawrence Convention Center downtown – with on-site parking, and also easily accessible by bus, T, bike, boat or on foot.
Inside you’ll find:
* Free admission, beginning at 11 am (OR purchase an Early Birdie pass for $15 directly from Handmade Arcade online or in-person at Wildcard – you’ll be some of the very first to shop one-of-a-kind wares, an hour early, AND get an awesome goodie bag!)
* Over 150 vendors of handcrafted, indie merchandise – both local and from out-of-state
* Refreshments on-site
* Hands-on handmade activities
* FUN!
Forget the big box stores and generic “everybody has one” shops – buy handcrafted for unique, one-of-a-kind items! Handmade Arcade has something for everyone.
We’ll see you there!
HackPittsburgh is proud to announce their inclusion in John Baichtal’s new book, “Hack This: 24 Incredible Hackerspace Projects from the DIY Movement”!
Highlights include two longstanding HackPittsburgh projects – the Near-Space Balloon (LEAD Balloon) Project and the Aerial Ping Pong Drop!
The HackPittsburgh LEAD Balloon project began in March 2010 as part of the Hackerspaces in Space contest. HackPittsburgh LEAD Balloons are large latex balloons, filled with helium, hauling payloads with camera(s) and Ham Radio equipment to track (and retrieve!) via APRS. Our first trial launch was July 3rd of 2010, and our official contest launch was held on August 8th of the same year! We’ve launched 2 additional balloons since, with members and non-members always welcome to attend. Read the amazing story and see photos of our first successful launch in Our Day in Space. Our latest successful launch info can be found in LEAD Balloon Launch B1.
Not wanting to waste any precious helium, we used some of the leftovers from a previous LEAD Balloon launch to begin the Aerial Ping Pong Drop. Using EggBots, HackPittsburgh members and visitors printed a tracking URL, ball number, logos and other info onto ping pong balls. The balls (and some fun origami butterflies for extra find-ability) were attached to biodegradable balloons filled with helium, and launched into the winds to land where they would. Anyone finding the balloons/ping pong balls was invited to visit the URL on the ball to record time found and landing position. See the map of tracked balls here: Aerial Ping Pong Drop. HackPittsburgh has done a total of 8 launches to date.
If you’d like to read all the book details – and more on HackPittsburgh and our projects – grab a copy at Amazon, or visit us for an open Friday night and browse the shop copy!
Friday November 4th, we will show you how to get started with OpenSCAD to create parametric 3D models. With a few lines of code, you can quickly create objects that are easily scalable and adjustable with a simple change of parameters. OpenSCAD is a popular tool on sites such as Thingiverse.com for creating 3D printable models. We will also have a Makerbot Cupcake on-hand to print out a few of the designs that are created during the workshop.