On Friday, March 28, 2014 20:50:27 Torrie Fischer wrote: > On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 17:50:12 gs volt wrote: > > I just announced Syn/Hak at Cleveland Mini Maker Faire 2014 on meetup: > > > > http://www.meetup.com/synhak/events/173605542/ > > > > *Event details (for convenience):* > > > > Cleveland Mini-Maker Faire 2014 will be held at the Cleveland Public > > Library (both old and new buildings) between 10a-5p on 3/29/2014 and will > > feature 100+ exhibitors that like to share knowledge and teach attendees > > how to make cool things, age no bar! > > > > More event information on their website here: > > http://www.makerfairecleveland.com > > > > Come celebrate making with SYN/HAK at the 2014 Cleveland Mini-Maker Faire! > > > > Find us in the lower level (outside the auditorium) of Louis Stokes Wing > > aka the new building > > > > At this year's event, we plan to: > > - Provide an area for people of all ages to build simple circuits on the > > fly using a SnapCircuits kit (first come first served) > > - Showcase Arduino Mega controlled relays to synchronize your 110V devices > > - Showcase how to easily use painters tape and a battery to illuminate > > LEDs > > that remain lit for months > > - Showcase simple off the shelf solar panels to illuminate more LEDs and > > power Arduinos > > - Showcase RaspberryPi > > - Showcase TinyLily and Tinyduino by TinyCircuits in Akron > > - Showcase an illuminated lab-coat (worn by G) > > - Showcase how to solder circuits (time and materials permitting) > > - Share information about Syn/Hak so that attendees can learn about our > > recent relocation in Akron downtown. > > > > I guess you could say we're excited to be illuminating LEDs all day at the > > Cleveland Mini-Maker Faire 2014, so come on out and have fun illuminating > > LEDs with us! > > > > Torrie, I got a response from CMMF that yes, soldering is indeed allowed > > at > > the library. They are encouraging lots of it this year. > > > > I think I have a good spread of things to display on an 8foot table. I > > might even go vertical with some of the permanent interactive displays. > > Also, I plan to stand in front of the table this year, rather than behind. > > > > *Following things are forthcoming for this event *(they're in the mail, if > > I get it I'll update the meetup event): > > - LED strip that I hope to mount on the 8foot table's edges to illuminate > > the whole table > > - 50-100 LEDs and 3V batteries - for the youngest attendees for them to > > take with them > > > > *Questions I have pending:* > > - Do we have a Synhak sign that I can take with me (battered is fine)? > > - CMMF just announced that there is one parking permit per exhibitor that > > they can cover. I'm going so I plan to use the permit they give me for my > > car. Anyone want to come along, simply reply back and we can rendezvous at > > Synhak around 8a. I plan to have an early day, might event stop at Syn/Hak > > earlier than 8a on 3/29 for last minute planning/testing. Unlike last > > year, > > I plan to move towards Cleveland by 8:30a at the latest. My trunk will > > pretty much fit everything I plan to carry. > > - I want to plan to blog the event. But if I'm solo, I can't video tape > > makers in attendance and their projects for obvious reasons. If you go > > with > > me, it'll allow me to "guerrilla video" makers - I don't know if CMMF has > > a > > dedicated resource for this. > > > > As I have more questions, I plan to reply to this thread. Please reply > > back > > with your thoughts, additional demos that you might wish to share with > > attendees. > > > > Thanks in advance to all the hackers at synhak and makersalliance for > > helping me with this. > > > > Regards, > > Ya know, screw it, I'm getting out of this funk. I'm going to work on the > mobile hackerspace idea a little bit more and pack up what we've got for > soldering. We should still have a lot of kits.
SYNHAK: The Mobile Hackerspace Rev2 is complete. I've adapted each of the two sheets of plywood we used at the Akron MMF: * Painted one side black to easily find loose components * Attached a power strip * Cut out a handle for easy carrying * Routed all the edges to avoid splinters and sharp edges. I'm also including a light stand and a pair of lights in the package to help out when our big heads are hovering over people's projects. I've got a big tote of soldering irons, kits, liability waivers, writing tools, some flyers, our mostly disintegrated banner, a first aid kit, and various tools for soldering. It is in the back of my car and will try to be brought up there at 9AM. Its currently 3AM, so lets see how that goes. Suggestion: Can we spend $200 of that grant money on a bunch of new soldering irons and another $300 on kits? Pretty please? Also, I know that the space is a disaster lately since the contents of the racks were unloaded onto every available surface instead of being neatly stacked somewhere out of the way. That doesn't mean you can just leave tools lying around and contribute to entropy. Please put them back, thanks. > > G, are we permitted to accept donations? > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@synhak.org > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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