Quad Copter Demonstration - Tokyo Hackerspace - YouTube: http://t.co/cYIxtm88 via @pearltrees
Zac Rubin will be a special guest at Tomorrow's THS meeting.
He will discuss his EV bike conversion is a short presentation during the meeting.
After the meeting Zac will do a more indepth discussion of the convsion.
Arduino night returns!
Arduino is a simple computer that you can put to work doing all sorts of things. It can control motors, read switches, write text to displays, and turn on LEDs. The programming environment is very easy to learn.
As always, we start with a quick 30 minute introduction to Arduino, followed by a free-for-all.
Tell me what you want to try, and I'll try to show you how.
This month, you can BUY Arduino kits and build them, including:
Diavolino
Diavolino + FTDI (required for programing)
Eagle CAD is a PCB design tool used by many hackers around the world. It can be used on multiple operating systems, free for non-profit use (although a little bit limited) and has a nice learning curve. It has some drawbacks but if you are designing PCB's for a relatively simple project it is a nice choice. It is quite a detailed program and I'll divide it into 3 parts for focusing on different aspects of it. Part I is about using the schematic editor, part II is about board layout editor and part III is about library editor.
Mikele is a professional piercer and body jewelry dealer.
He will be demonstrating the metal anodizing processes.
Anodizing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anodizing) is an electrochemical process applied to metals, which thickens the natural oxide coating of the metal. It is useful in preventing corrosion and wear on the metal, as well as providing an ideal surface for colorization via paint or dye.
The workshop will focus on Titanium anodizing where the process of thickening the titanium oxide layer causes interference colors to appear.
Andy Kroll and Alvin Richards will be coming to the 1/17 THS weekly meeting to discuss the Mongo DB (database).
"MongoDB is an open source, NoSQL database. MongoDB is used in production for many use cases by companies like SAP, Telefonica, Disney, and Taobao. At this event, Adam and Alvin will give an overview introduction about MongoDB for engineers of all experience levels. This will include the basic product philosophy, the most popular features, and information about how to learn more about MongoDB. If you have used MongoDB, please come with any questions that you have.
The second big contest for Tokyo Hackerspace will be a late summer 2012 event (so you have plenty of time to buy, modify and test your racer)
POWER TOOL DRAGS!
We will need to find a suitable venue for such an event, and I suspect that somewhere at the summer/fall MAKE will be the time and place.
The rules are simple:
1: Buy a power tool
2: Hack the power tool
3: DRAG RACE the power tool!
More info TBA, but you can get the idea from the image above.
THS has been around for a while now.
Its time for our first big contest!
Sunday, March 15th(?)
We will host our first anual clothes line race!
You task, should you choose to accept, is to design and build your own clothes line racer from spare parts, scraps, and other bits.
The line will be a thin steel cable, stretched taught. The racer will start at one end, touching a starting place (depressing the start switch). When the racer leaves the plate, the timer will start.
Admin meeting
Officers are expected to attend if at all possible. They include:
MRE - Chairperson
Lauren - Marketing officer
Dr J - finance officer
Robin - Membership officer
Taylan - Space maintenance and beautification officer
Chris S - Web Officer
Richard - Historian, Secretary, documentation officer
All MEMBERS are welcome to attend.
Since this is a formal meeting governing the structure and operations of THS, we follow more formalized procedures than Tuesday meetings. Your opinions will be heard, but officers reserve the right to table discussions when necessary.
THS will have a bonenkai at Kimono Wine Bar.
The nearest station is Nogizaka.
Eagle CAD is a PCB design tool used by many hackers around the world. It can be used on multiple operating systems, free for non-profit use (although a little bit limited) and has a nice learning curve. It has some drawbacks but if you are designing PCB's for a relatively simple project it is a nice choice. It is quite a detailed program and I'll divide it into 3 parts for focusing on different aspects of it. Part I is about using the schematic editor, part II is about board layout editor and part III is about library editor.
