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Civic Hack Day: New Haven @ SeeClickFix

08/12/2016 - 6:00pm - 08/13/2016 - 4:30pm

Off Site

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August 12th, SeeClickFix will be hosting a 2-day Civic Hack event. One piece of feedback we received from June's event was that folks wanted more time to be able to deliberate, dream, and develop their ideas and tools.

The theme will still be New Haven’s Unique Needs, and we’ll use the SeeClickFix API to build solutions.

Challenge:

Form teams to address one of New Haven’s Unique Needs in one of three ways:

Build an embedded device (arduino, raspberry pi, etc.) to report issues.

Talk:Sensors for River Monitoring In Botswana and PreHackathon Meetup

08/15/2016 - 6:00pm - 08/15/2016 - 8:00pm

Free Registration Required

MakeHaven Main Space

The main makerspace and connected shops. This is located at 770 Chapel Street. Registered participants should ring the MakeHaven labeled doorbell. They will be directed down a long hallway, and down a set of stairs to our basement workshop.

This meetup is focused on Internet of Things, in preparation for the New Haven Hackathon.

The purpose is to socialize with others and get exposure to the technologies and sensors that will drive the New Haven Hackathon. This is an excellent time to make connections with future team members. Have a project with sensors, Arduino, beacon, 360 camera, or drone? Bring it!

Experienced and inexperienced makers and hackers welcome.

We will have beverages and pizza for attendees who RSVP.

Print Making with Michael Angelis

07/27/2016 - 6:30pm - 07/27/2016 - 9:30pm

Ticket Purchase Required

MakeHaven Main Space

Introduction to Woodcut

Woodcut is a type of printmaking process. The art of printmaking involves the creation of a "master" printing block, from which multiple prints can then be made. The creation of a woodcut block is a very satisfying and tactile process, where hand tools are used to carve out the image that will be printed.

In this introductory workshop, students will learn how to:

Tormach PCNC 440 CNC Metal Mill

This is a computer controlled metal mill.

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Technology Meetup a New Haven Hackathon Warmup Event

07/18/2016 - 6:00pm - 07/18/2016 - 8:30pm

Free Registration Required

MakeHaven Main Space

New Haven.io, Make Haven, and Meteor New Haven meetups are going to be coming together at 1253 Whitney Ave. in Hamden (on the border of New Haven) to kick off the New Haven Hackathon networking, knowledge, and fun!

This meetup is focused on Internet of Things, in preparation for the New Haven Hackathon. Have a beacon, 360 camera, or drone? Bring it!

Cornhole Game with Lights

Submitted by Christine Liu on Sat, 06/18/2016 - 12:30am

This cornhole board has lights that normally flash white. When a beanbag goes through the hole, the lights flash red. I used an infrared transmitter/receiver pair, a strand of NeoPixels, and an Arduino. Anyone up for a game?

Cutting openings on the Shapeoko.

Finished board with wooden legs and clear acrylic inlay (cut on the laser cutter). Neopixel strand is held in place with wire and masking tape.

A peek at the messy innards. The IR sensor is mounted on the small posts next to the hole.

Three Makers Share Their Projects

Submitted by Make Haven on Sat, 06/11/2016 - 5:40pm

As part of the Arts and Ideas Festival we asked a number our members to demonstrate the work they are doing on projects. Here are three of those makers summarizing their projects in under a minute and a half.

Elisa Shares Her Laser Cutter Work

Elisa talks about her work to use the laser to cut intricate paper designs and create a fold-able wood book cover.

Jacob Talks about Hand Tool Use in Building a Bench

Woodworker Jacob describes the tools he is using to build a bench for MakeHaven.

Jeremy Talks about the Shapeoko CNC Mill

MakeHaven member Jeremy explains what the Shapeoko CNC

Its a bowl!...sort of.

Submitted by Robert Narracci on Sun, 06/05/2016 - 1:55pm

So I finished my first bowl. In truth the past few months have been mostly waiting for the wood to dry and stabilize. One has to do that by slowly opening a bigger and bigger aperture in the plastic bag the bowl is stored in. At first it literally sweats and then slows down over time. Near the end of drying I had to mitigate some splitting with butterfly keys (a.k.a. bow ties or dutchmen) and then do some filling with cyanoacrylate glue (crazy glue or zap-a-gap) mixed with sawdust. I've read that there's a good 25% chance that a bowl will split because wood is unpredictable and $#!+ happens

Intro to HTML/CSS

06/11/2016 - 1:00pm - 06/11/2016 - 4:00pm

Ticket Purchase Required

MakeHaven Main Space

This 2-part workshop series (dates: 6/11th & 6/12th) is geared toward the beginner-beginner or someone with a little coding experience.

In this workshop, you will learn the building blocks of creating a web site.

HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is a coding language which builds the foundation of a website, and CSS, (Cascading Styles Sheets) is the coding language responsible for styling (colors, fonts, position).