Scratch is a fun way to get started with computer programming. Children as young as 8 (or adults! ) can quickly learn to play sounds, draw pictures, and make interactive games, while learning basic concepts such as loops that give a good foundation for future learning. Scratch is a great way to help your kids …
One of our members, Neil Jansen has developed a delta 3d printer printer / pick and place machine that has been featured on hack-a-day and 3dPrint.com! Great job Neil! We hope you win the hackaday prize! You can see Neil’s creation here and vote for him by giving him a skull. http://hackaday.io/project/963-%24300-Pick-and-Place-%2F-3D-printer The 3dPrint.com article is located here: …
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Our Makerspace was invited to teach technology at a scout day camp. Tony Bellomo and Gene Wade set up shop at Wickham park and hosted ~300 boy and girl scouts to teach them about 3d printing, CNC Routing, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and programming with scratch. We had a lot of fun and the scouts loved …
Every other Wednesday is show and tell night from 7-9. Josh showed off his iRobot create – He’s going to make a telepresence robot. Only $127 at iRobot.com! James showed us a couple of USB Oscilloscopes he has been looking at. http://www.bitscope.com/pi/ – Oscilloscope that uses a raspberry pi as its processor Brian showed off …
UPDATE: You can now just go to our official camera page: http://melbournemakerspace.org/camera/ You can view what’s going on at the space here! http://71.42.13.14 and log in with username “operator” with blank password. Let us know in the comments if it works or not! This IP address could change so one day this will stop working until we …
More pictures from the Nov 2 Grand Opening of the Melbourne Makerspace. Thanks to everyone who stopped by!
Thank you to all those that attended our Grand Opening this past weekend. There are many more to come from some of our other members.
After lots of hard work and many generous donations. We are finally opening for business. http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Makerspace-Florida-USA/events/147568272 Saturday November 2nd is the Grand Opening of our local MakerSpace. We will be starting at noon with a covered dish lunch and socializing around project exhibits. Come hang out a great bunch of people from all kinds of …
Something cool happened yesterday. We got door lettering installed on our new door for the space we got. We are acquiring tools and equipment now. If you have any thing you would like to donate, please let us know.
Over 25 attendees for the Scratch workshop – room was packed! James brought an interface with sliders and sensors you can use with Scratch – the PicoBoard. And attendee Ki proved to be an expert helper, generously offering his time and expertise.
