Author: devamtwiki

Sous Vide Cooking

Low Temperature Water Bath Cooking Sous Vide cooking is the process of cooking food in a plastic bag submerged in water that is held at a constant temperature. The water is maintained at the same temperature at which the food will be served. For example, beef is medium rare at 135 degrees F, so the …

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Solar Workshop

A public class in building small solar power systems will be held on Saturday April 23rd, starting at 11am. No pre-registration is required. Payment for materials can be made with cash or preferably by paypal. You’ll learn how to build anything from a solar powered bike light, to an emergency power charger, to taking your …

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Shooting Gallery

[[Image:ShootingGallery.jpg|right|400px|Gallery at Maker Faire 2012]] Overview In March 2012, we were contacted about entering a East vs. West Hackerspace Challenge. The challenge was sponsored by Radio Shack and showcased by Popular Mechanics. The premise was to build something fun and creative with $250 gift card from Radio Shack. Our competition turned out to be Artisan’s …

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Sandwich Board

Project & Design Lead: Rachel Assisting: Anup, Drew Our old sandwich board has been worn out to a point it needs replacing. Rachel has created a new design that is based on all the cool new art she’s created. This is mainly project space for design and asset files. Feel free to contact Rachel to …

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Quadcopter

= Building a cheap mini-quadcopter = ”’This setup is on order for the first trial. It has not yet been verified to be working, so order at your own risk!”’ ”’- I am hoping to get this set up and running as soon as it comes in to verify all components work toghether, etc. Keep …

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Projects for Interns

Build a better laser cutter usage tracker (using rfid and reporting to the server and stuff) PR work for Crafty Scan in paperwork from the ‘File Server’ – centralize the data ‘in the cloud’ Work on membership roster – who are we missing [email addresses, real names, mailing addresses, signed agreements, signed waivers, emerg contact …

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Project Ideas

Just a page to collect ideas for projects to build at a meeting workshop. # Dual 555 based synthesizer. Input: light sensor + touch sensor (skin resistance measurement). Similar to [http://www.sonodrome.co.uk/hardware.html The Posc], but buy parts from scratch to avoid paying high kit prices. # ATTiny version of the above. Fewer components, so easier to …

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Nerf Shooting Gallery

[[File:Nerf Shooting Gallery – Maker Faire 2015.jpeg|right|400px|Nerf Shooting Gallery at Maker Faire 2015]] Overview The Nerf Shooting Gallery (not to be confused with the [http://wiki.acemonstertoys.org/Shooting_Gallery Shooting Gallery]) was built during TubeMogul’s 2014 Hackathon, and later donated to the space. This is a 2 players game where each player needs to shoot 3 targets (each) faster than …

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Multicopter

General Information about multicopter parts and concepts. Some Acronyms; * UAV – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (aslo: Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle) * FPV – First Person View * RPV – Remote Piloted Vehicle * R/C – Remote Control ==Components of a Multicopter== A multicopter has several different systems and there are many options for each system. Here …

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