I will go step by step though how I built the MakeHaven website. This will focus mostly on Drupal as a content management system and methods of quickly building a full featured site using that system. Participants will also get an increased familiarity with the features of the site. This event would be focused on explaining to those who might want to develop sites.
Our standard meeting time. Drop in and check out what MakeHaven is all about.
So I attended last night's get together and learned what a stepper motor is and helped Kam fix one that was jammed (good clean fun), but the highlight of the evening for my own personal self was when Ian Applegate showed up riding a bright green vintage Schwinn Sprint wearing an Evel Kneivel motorcycle helmet AND, under the helmet, Dominique Pinon wrap around shades (VR glasses) that were electronically broadcasting to his eyeballs what his handheld camera (in his hand at that very moment) was seeing. When Kam tried them on and mentioned how disorienting they were, Ian lightheartedly chuckled
Come on by to our standing tuesday meeting. We will probably be working on assembling the 3d printer. As well as brainstorming our next projects.
Come on by to our standing tuesday meeting. We will probably be working on assembling the 3d printer. As well as brainstorming our next projects.
Some members asked me to put together a quick getting started guide for 8-bit Atmel AVR microcontrollers. Here it is.
This is a picture of MakeHaven before we moved anything in. Its like a blank canvas. The possibilities are endless.
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What the makerspace actually looks like will depend on what equipment we get and what the membership decides is the best way to organize. To get the conversation going I decided to draw some diagrams detailing my vision of how we could organize. The basic concept that I have is based on several areas that have all
Today we had a fantastic 3D printer building event. Ben, JR, and myself got to MakeHaven around 10 AM, turned on some tunes, and opened up a rather intimidating box of 3D printed parts:
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Then we saw a pile of threaded metal rods:
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First, we tried hacking at them:
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This is our weekly Tuesday membership meeting.
There are several video out there that show a 3d animation rendered into real life. Here is an example:
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Lots of people call this Compositing. I think it would be fun to do in with some video tha is clearly in New Haven and digitally add some object that is out of place. I am not sure what object would best. Mabye something from history.