We had a fun time this week at Techliminal. First we Esperanza Pallana speak about urban farming. She has a treasure trove of knowledge and has a very scientific approach to the whole enterprise. For example she a has found a chart that you can use to map the daylight a point in your garden [...]
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We got together last week at Techliminal and some great presentations and then played around with some art cards.
First Andrew showed off a key chain wind up LED light.
You can find them if you Google “crank LED flashlight”. Andrew got his at the Exploratorium Gift shop. Then Mike showed is Pelteir can cooler.
He did all [...]
More action was on hand at the ReMake Lounge last night where we had our second race in the Bristle Bot Grand Prix. All of our racers made a bristle bot.
After testing all the bots developed some interesting refinements including various antenni, motor, and battery locations
Then there were some fast and furious races (or at least [...]
Trying to figure out the instructions on a wearable text display
Had a great meeting at Tech Liminal in Oakland. It was the kick off for Electroween. They will be meeting every Tuesday night in October. Stop by and work on your costume, or other Electric Halloween projects.
We had a great meeting on Sunday.
Here are the photos
More details in the Make:SF Wiki
Last night we had a great turnout at Instructables HQ with a mix of regulars and new folks who decided to drop by before the dorkbot-sf meeting downstairs.
I posted a few more photos to the Make:SF Group on Flickr. If you took photos last night, please add them to the pool!
As usual, presenters, you are [...]
Thanks to the 17 or so who made the second Make:SF meeting a success! The next meeting is:
Feb 10th, same time, same place…
TechShop at 2 to 4pm
(We are still a month away and already have 10 RSVPs!)
We had free back issues of the magazine, as well as T-Shirts for those who presented. (as well as some electronics kits, snacks [...]
