Archive for August, 2009

Tinkering — August 22nd

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

At it again with tinkering on the weekend.

Some highlights:

  • We made some ferrofluid demonstration cells and gave them away
  • Set up a MythTV box, which will come in handy for our movie nights.
  • Bec’s project of welding up some brackets for a planter
  • Troubleshooting a Behemoth of an  Oscilloscope, kindly donated by Kean

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Member’s Projects — ‘Light Interrupted’ by Adam Synnott

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Introducing a new category here on the blog, Member’s Projects. We’d like to show off some of the things people are making, taking apart, remaking or whatever! Our first project is by Adam Synnott, and is called ‘Light Interrupted’.  It was recently featured in ‘Serial Space’ in Chippendale.

Light Interrupted

Light Interrupted
Light Interrupted is a rear projected FTIR multi-touch display using a combination of Touch Designer and Max/MSP the screen. Adam is currently in development of a muti-touch 3d painter/modeller, an RSS fed globe, some reactive grass and a 3d fish tank.

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Tinkering — August 8th

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

Another get together this Saturday.

Some highlights

  • Chris gave his buffer overflow presentation, with demonstration code
  • Max did some experiments in underwater propulsion
  • Some tinkering with the R&D Robotic Jugband, the bellls work now!
  • Playing with high voltage Nixie bargraphs
  • 3D printing again

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Tinkering — August 1st

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

We just had another Saturday get together in the space. Loads of people arrived and participated. It’s starting to get crowded in there!

The R&D High Voltage Logo

The R&D High Voltage Logo

Some things which were playing around with include:

  • MakerBot 3D printing
  • The Robots and Dinosaurs Jugband
  • Tinkering with some servers and Xboxes
  • High voltage photography
  • Space maintenance
  • and a few other things

Tinkering with the Robots and Dinosaurs Jugband

Tinkering with the Robots and Dinosaurs Jugband

Status: This was a triumph!

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