I just stumbled across this project on the hack-a-day site and remembered that there were a few members who have asked about something like this in the past, so I figured I post this just to see if there is any interest in building one of these, and who would be there to help with the project...
https://github.com/carlosgs/Cyclone-PCB-Factory
I'm forming a small project team to customize a remote control car.
Specifically, I propose we design a car from chassis up and fabricate much of it using the makerbots and laser cutters. I'd like to recruit someone(s) with electronics expertise to help with custom circuitry.
These cars are really cool. I've built a 1/18 scale electric that hit 60. We could exceed that, if the team is determined.
Perfect "vehicle" to learn more about Inventor and the makerbots. I'm thinking weekly meetings, but I'm open to ideas. I'm also flexible on project goals.
I run a privacy-respecting social network called Foojbook at https://foojbook.net
I'm looking for folks to:
a) Join the network! It's private and accounts must be approved by an admin, but I'll be happy to approve you. Register at https://foojbook.net/register
We are having our relaunch monday and we want the mayor to have something better than a regular ribbon cutting to kick it off.
One idea is to build a simple air powered rocket. We could decorate it with MakeHaven bling and fly it into a tower of cans or something?
There are some great plans out there but they would take some work (for example:http://blog.makezine.com/projects/make-compressed-air-rockets-kit/)
I'd like to see if there is interest in trying to design a board game. The goal would be a game along the lines of the modern "German-style" board games. My basic idea is as follows:
1) The goal of the game is to make a successful Maker/Hacker space, probably with the end of game coming at a certain number of members.
Guys,
Is anyone interested in building their own StediCam? I just threw one together last weekend. Some specialty parts like gimbals and bearings would have to be preordered so I'd need a commitment. I think its doable for under 30 or 40 bucks. I would try to do this before Christmas season fires up.
Last meeting (9/11/12) we discussed making fluorescent, glowing beer by making yeast that produce one of the common fluorescent tags. I've poked around on the internet some and there a few considerations about the possibility of making this:
The idea is to create a monthly newsletter we can send to interested individuals to give them digestable chunks of progress happening at MakeHaven. The content could include:
The idea would be to take Ben's experiment/prototype as inspiration/guidance with the original Makezine blog post and create a large piece of wall art/signage for the space.
