Hello SOCALWUGgies! I thought the list members here might like to hear about Crash Space, a hacker space I'm helping to start here in LA. http://crashspace.org is a sort of engineery computer club that's opening up in Culver City this month. We've had like, 4 meetings and next week will be moving in to a 1400 sq ft building to begin, well, building.
There are elements of SOCALWUG coming to Crash Space, so it seems relevant to your interests. Some early projects and equipment being readied for the space are rapid prototyping tools and 3D printers, laser cutter, server space, electronics workbenches, and most of all CLASSES taught by other members. Lots of projects are being discussed already and most of them involve wireless, RFID, Xbee, etc. Including a proximity t-shirt that discovers people via RFID (or some other wireless field - work in progress!) In a few weeks, there is going to be a Makerbot build fest for people who bought and need to build their 3D Printers from http://makerbot.com. I think there are already 4 bots planned for the build day(s) so just hanging out will be fun. In the coming months, folks have shown interest in setting up wifi from the rooftop of the space, perhaps to bring in more bandwidth or to experiment with outbound services. Or both! If you are at all interested, go ahead and sign up for the discussion mailing list via http://groups.google.com/group/crashspace and/or attend the next meeting in about 2 weeks in Culver City. Crash Space is a member run commercial space that is for the members, by the members. If you want to drive the direction or projects, please come to a meeting or the mail list and speak up! Thanks! -Mike -- Mike Outmesguine Connectedness: www.twitter.com/mikeout www.facebook.com/mikeout www.linkedin.com/in/mikeout www.wifi-toys.com www.socalwug.org www.transstellar.com SMS "mike" to 50500 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org
