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Week Two Update from think|haus

e14 Contributor

It's been a serious week of work at think|haus on the Challenge and a ton of other stuff. Here's an update video for you all. https://vimeo.com/21897316 think|haus GGHC2011 - Week Two Status Video from Think Haus on Vimeo.
- 4 Apr 2011
think|haus GGHC Manifesto on Eduhacking

e14 Contributor

Yes, it's 35 minutes long. But it's totally worth watching --- a pencast of the think|haus response to the GGHC. https://vimeo.com/21893073 think|haus GGHC Pencast from Think Haus on Vimeo.
- 4 Apr 2011
Sector 67: The Project

e14 Contributor

Here is the basic concept we have put out for feedback. The idea: Environmental Analyzer; Portable Data Logger and succinct, accompanying lessons to stimulate use of the device. Cheap weather stations already exist, as to portable data loggers ...
- 4 Apr 2011
Closer look into EduBRM

e14 Contributor

During the past week we tried to figure out some details about our project, mainly about which technologies to use, come up with the structural schemas and so on. Sargon had a very concrete idea in his mind, so he started with his explanation to the ...
- 4 Apr 2011
Geeky Jewellery?

cookieglitch

I must confess, I'm a sucker for geeky jewellery despite the fact I rarely wear anything (A watch and tags at the most). As it happens, so is a good friend, to the extent that geeky themes leak into their creations. If you have looked around any "mak...
- 3 Apr 2011
Saturday build

Judeling

Yesterday was set up as a build day. A chance to get members outside of the core team a chance to participate and get their feedback. I decided to work on an eight switch Dip.Translating motion from inch to a tenth of an inch for switches seems ...
- 3 Apr 2011
How to build it?

e14 Contributor

Hello again, from Jigsaw Renaissance. I promised you a look at our initial bill of materials, so here it is. Our device has a few core functionalities which we need to work on. These include: Audio input and processingAudio outputInteractio...
- 3 Apr 2011
Test for Ben Video

msanders

Upload of original .mov version test of m4v version Test for mp4
- 2 Apr 2011
Eduino (first post of weekend rally)

e14 Contributor

Well, the new deadline is here... we have some videos and photos, but haven't managed to edit and upload them yet - we expect to do it this weekend, I promise :c) Let's talk about our project: the Eduino. When discussing about how to address mat...
- 2 Apr 2011
GGHC2011, Week 2: Doing Our Homework

e14 Contributor

The Plan We began with hopes, inspiration, and a very vague idea of what we intended to accomplish in the next six weeks. Help the teachers! What a thought - but what does it mean? As with any open-ended project, our team's ide...
- 2 Apr 2011
Dissolved O2 Sensing - omg, it could work for cheap

[Noisebridge]BioBoard

Hi kids -Sean here. I'm the dude trying to make a dissolved O2 (DO) sensor from scratch! You may be asking yourself why you care about dissolved oxygen in the first place...the short version is that dissolved oxygen is an important factor to know whe...
- 1 Apr 2011
Moving On

Judeling

The Proof board works well. It is a pegboard with some guide wood strips (for stiffening) and foam with aluminium rails. The foam rails are just press fit for now this allows for quick interchange as the design varies. Soda can aluminium will wo...
- 31 Mar 2011
IPC-9708 evaluates printed-board assembly materials

e14 Contributor

Specifications allow product developers to avoid the problems of pad cratering. http://www.interconnectionworld.com/index/display/article-display/4121864582/articles/connector-specifier/design-test/printed-circuit-board/2011/3/IPC-9708-evaluates...
- 31 Mar 2011
Warwick Mobile Robotics - RoboCup 2011

Ben_Green_Harwin

The WMR team have arrived in Germany and are setting upp ready for the 2011 ROBOCUP! Good luck to the team from all at Harwin and let's hope you can bring the trophy back to Warwick again. You can see more at their website: http://tiny...
- 31 Mar 2011
Unconventional Flow

Hackerspace_Charlotte

Check out Acklen's brief discussion of unconventional flow and how it affects our project here: http://www.element-14.com/community/videos/2111
- 30 Mar 2011
You know...for kids.

Hackerspace_Charlotte

Week Two, and with many thanks to element14 for sending the funding over, we had a design session last night and settled out on some materials. <todo: put pictures in when i get them> The idea is a pretty simple one. Growi...
- 30 Mar 2011
求教

e14 Contributor

请问谁能详细的告诉我什么是ACM？
- 30 Mar 2011
ACM

e14 Contributor

I'm a greener.So anybody can tell me something about ACM.
- 30 Mar 2011
We can make music!

e14 Contributor

At Jigsaw Renaissance, we have been hard at work designing a device which will teach kids that they are capable of creative expression. Let me tell you how we’re going to pull it off. We started with a few design constraints. Firstly, the d...
- 30 Mar 2011
Nicole's Blog

nlarson

Blog
- 29 Mar 2011
Hackers Help Haiti

Hackerspace_Charlotte

We'll be returning to Great Global Hackerspace Contest content later this evening with a dissertation on our design, but you might be interested in this article from our local paper, the Charlotte Observer, which covers one of the other project we ha...
- 29 Mar 2011
GGHC Week 1 summary

[Noisebridge]BioBoard

We are now one week into the Great Global Hackerspace Challenge, and the activity level on mailing lists, Google groups and blogs really spells out that everyone is gearing up for what will undoubtedly be a truly epic competition! So far, the communi...
- 29 Mar 2011
FAMiLab GGHC -Part 1

e14 Contributor

There was some great brainstorming, some excellent discussion, and we are now in the process of finalizing which features will be part of our GGHC project, and which features will be built as an extension of the pr...
- 29 Mar 2011
Hello from the Litte Red Dot !

e14 Contributor

Greetings from the Little Red Dot ! We are from the Singapore aka The Little Red Dot (on a map). A little info about usThose of you who know us, know that we are a strange little construct. We are tiny island city state, with no natural res...
- 28 Mar 2011
Sector67: The People. The Place.

e14 Contributor

"Zero experience necessary, only enthusiasm to learn required."Sector67 is a maker and learning space in Madison, WI, USA. With a dedication to immersive learning and hands-on teaching, Sector67 strives to maximize the newest ideas and technologies w...
- 28 Mar 2011