Maker Fair Orlando 2015 has been scheduled. The MeetUp is located at: Maker Faire Orlando 2015 – Saturday Sept. 12 (Day 1) Saturday, Sep 12, 2015, 9:00 AM Orlando Science Center777 East Princeton Street Orlando, FL 8 Makers Went Maker Faire Orlando is a community-organized, family-friendly celebration featuring local do-it-yourself science, art, rockets, robots, crafts, …
Our next set of classes will be for an introduction to computer programming. We’ll be using the Python language since it’s one of those that are easy to get started and easy to get something useful built on various devices like Raspberry Pi as well as “Internet of Things” projects. These classes are for anyone …
Intro to Programming with Python classes scheduled! Read More »
The people at Jaycon Systems (Preston) have convinced the organizers of Melbourne Friday Fest (http://www.downtownmelbourne.com/friday-fest.html) to add a section for geeks and nerds. That means that Jaycon Systems and other companies that are in to techie things will have booths at the West end of the Fest. Our booth application is being processed. See the …
We had a great time during our Arduino Day celebration at the Melbourne Makerspace on Saturday March 28, 2015. There were several projects to show and several to work on that weren’t quite finished. It’s always great to see all the different things you can do with an Arduino, a few sensors, switches and motors! …
It’s Pi Day! Here’s how we celebrated this holiday at Melbourne Makerspace. Our great presenter James brought a few of his projects involving Raspberry Pi’s along with versions of the brand new Raspberry Pi 2 Model B. He also discussed a few uses and ways to hack your Pi. His wife baked a few delicious …
Making your idea a reality just got easier. The Pitch Series offers entrepreneurs in the Space Coast the tools necessary to get initial seed funding for their ideas. The goal of this free pitch event series is to give innovators the opportunity to get exposure to the know-how and networks that can take their idea to the next level. Fifteen Pitch Prep …
The CNC Class held on 2015-01-17, videos were published 2015-01-20. Part A and Part B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjui8X4ltxk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWxVH-IJGEs
2015-01-10 MakerBot 3D printer training class videos (8 each) are published. The Melbourne Makerspace Youtube channel is at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3tuTzK0RwxJrtZ3I6bEQkg Melbourne Makerspace – MakerBot 3D Printer Class – Part C is one of them.
The Arduino classes are over with nearly 30 students participating. We had lots of fun sharing the knowledge on everything from the very beginning basics for how to use an Arduino to make a light blink up to advanced topics like making fully autonomous fighting robots. Everyone seemed to enjoy the format of the classes …
To learn more about this class and schedule or to RSVP and sign up start with the blog post here: http://melbournemakerspace.org/2014/08/arduino-workshops-start-october-4-2014/ The first class went really great today! There was a full house of 28 people with every single chair and extra chair used by those ready to learn the ins and outs of arduino. …
