Auctioning for the Makerspace
Today we had a very successful auction to get rid of some things that have been cluttering the makerspace but have not been used in a long time. This was a great fundraising experience for…
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Teaching Technology @ scout camp
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…
Basic Breadboard Electronics Week 3 of 10: Basic Circuits
Sorry for the late update everyone. Life’s been pretty busy with all the holiday stuff happening. Class 3 at the Melbourne Makerspace was a recap of weeks 1 and 2, as well as an introduction…
Basic Breadboard Electronics Week 2 of 10: Component Identification
Today, we held our second course on the Basic Breadboard Electronics classes. Today’s session we discussed component identification. There are 2 parts to this course. Part 1 and Part 2. We apologize for the delay of the classes by…
Startup Weekend Space Coast
This past weekend, Brian and I attended the first Startup Weekend Space Coast. It was sponsored by our good friends at Trep Hub and the Florida Institute of Technology. It’s a very interesting worldwide competition for those…
Scratch class!
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…
ShowNTell 2013-06-19
Busy at this week’s ShowNTell! A new record of 16 attendees; with a variety of demos. A miniature steam engine (breath-powered). We unpacked an assembled PrintrBot Jr and, well, lowered the bed. That’s as far…