http://www.makesf.org Inspired by O'Reilly Media's Make Magazine Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:58:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thinking about a Maker Faire Application? Ledia Carroll who works for the Maker Faire will be available at this meeting to answer questions, help people brainstorm, and work on proposals. So if you want to get your stuff into Maker Faire come to this meeting. Proposals for the Bay ... http://www.makesf.org/2010/02/update-ledia-carroll-from-maker-faire-will-be-at-makesf-march-9th/ We had a great turnout on Tuesday with a couple demonstrations and then art card making. First John showed off the recycled cards he makes. Check out more of his cards here Then Jeff demonstrated his Princess and the Pea Alarm Clock. It is an Arduino controlled air tank the blows up an exercise ball ... http://www.makesf.org/2010/02/recap-feb-9th-remake-lounge/ 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 ... http://www.makesf.org/2010/02/feb-2nd-meeting-recap/ 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 ... http://www.makesf.org/2010/01/recap-makesf-at-the-remake-lounge-jan-12th/ After the blazing action of last week, the Bristle Bot Circuit comes to the reMake Lounge in San Francisco. Come make your own bots. Test them on our state of the art track and then race! RSVP and info on our Meetup Calendar http://www.makesf.org/2010/01/630pm-jan-12th-the-remake-lounge-bristle-bot-racing-circuit-continues/ Tuesday night a group of toothbrush hot rodders got together for some illicit racing deep in the heart of down town Oakland. The key skill seemed to be to be precise trimming for both speed and stability. Check out the Bristle Bot Racing Finals to see culmination of night heart pumping ... http://www.makesf.org/2010/01/makesf-meeting-jan-5th-bristle-bot-races/ Calling all Makers! Come show us the cool stuff you are building at the Schroeders Dec 8th. This month we are doing Maker White Elephant. Wrap up the junk that has been sitting around in your garage for years and exchange it for other junk! Get stuff to make your next ... http://www.makesf.org/2009/12/location-change-for-dec-8th-meeting/ Holiday soft circuits and projects demos. Come see cool projects, network with other Bay Area Makers and get feed back on your own projects. Meetup page http://www.makesf.org/2009/12/makersf-meetup-techliminal-tonight-730pm/ On January 7th SparkFun is have a free day. $100 worth of stuff for the first 1000! Check out the link below for more details. http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/news.php?id=305 http://www.makesf.org/2009/12/spark-fun-free-day/ I wanted to pass this notice on for a cool art exhibit going on at the Berkeley Art Museum (Thanks! Sean). Ellen Fullman is a local maker, musician, and composer. For this concert, she has stretched metal strings about 100 feet across the Berkeley Art Museum's largest gallery, and she will play it along with ... http://www.makesf.org/2009/11/cool-tech-art-in-berkeley/