Singularity Chess & Lasers
by Adam Evenden on Dec.28, 2012, under Unpatched Tuesdays
Long exposure Photo taken over 30 seconds, as the laser etched the scroll work into the wood.
Click more to see the additional 6 photos and 2 time lapse GIF’s of the Singularity Chess Build.
Happy Holidays
by Adam Evenden on Dec.21, 2012, under Unpatched Tuesdays
Seasons Greetings
Quin recently stopped by Hacklab and collaborated with a member to have her holiday card design cut. In this photo Quin is holding one of her freshly cut cards.
Close up of the Laser cut greeting card.
The Hacklab Elves are hard at work over the last few weeks. I care to share some of the festive spirit, as well as the ticks and treats.
Rob Bishop’s Raspberry Pi Hackerspace Tour Visits Toronto
by Scott Sullivan on Nov.22, 2012, under Announcements, Events
Hacklab.to in partnership with Seneca’s Centre for Development of Open Technology Presents:
Rob Bishop – Raspberry Pi: Past, Present, and Future
Rob Bishop, one of the earliest engineers involved with the development of the Raspberry Pi, will be delivering a talk on the educational mission and history behind the Raspberry Pi Foundation as well as technical overview of the Raspberry Pi. He’ll cover the motivation behind the creation of the Raspberry Pi and how they want to help deliver better computing education to the classroom through creation of cheap, open computing devices.
What: A presentation by Rob Bishop of the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Demo Room of projects.
When: December 3rd, 7:00 PM
Where: SEQ Building, Seneca@York, 70 The Pond Road, Toronto – Room: 1206
Details: CDOT: Raspberry_Pi_Hackspace_Tour_Toronto
If you have a Raspberry Pi project and would like to be included in the Demo Room, please contact scott@ss.org
Quirks and Quarks.
by Adam Evenden on Oct.07, 2012, under Unpatched Tuesdays
Welcome bot. Truth.
This weeks post is of Quirky moments that just have not fit in any other posts in the past.
Up, Down, Strange, Charm, Truth, and Beauty.
Robo baby Arduino. It is still crawling at this time but with work it will be on its feet and walking.
Musical moments in the lab.
Taking a break and reading Make Magazine and testing out the classic Red & Blue 3D article.
As Seen on InnerSPACE: hacklab.to
by mrericboyd on Oct.03, 2012, under Announcements
Hacklab was featured on the InnerSPACE show last week, check out the awesome 3.5 minute video they made!
Letting the magic blue smoke out.
by Adam Evenden on Sep.21, 2012, under Unpatched Tuesdays
Letting the magic blue smoke out.
For those who do not know what letting the magic blue smoke out reference’s, it simply means when something electronic is over powered, melted, or broken in such a way it may spark and produces smoke is a sign of death of a component or a device.
Often the smoke is blue when IC’s burn, other components may produce other colours based on the metals and materials they are composed of. Wikipedia of course has an article on this topic with more information, and I am sure could be expanded upon.
To see the magic smoke get released and what the Microscope has found click on the more link below.
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Automata, or things that go put put.
by Adam Evenden on Sep.18, 2012, under Projects, Uncategorized
Trainoverlord on the test track.
This weeks post is of projects that have come threw the space or live in the space that move, fly, or simply put have motors and are really neat. Click more for the 9 photos of Trainoverlord, a Quadrocopter, Line following robot, and a sick 6 legged robot I am calling Mr.Roboto.
Noms, created at last weeks open house.
by Adam Evenden on Sep.09, 2012, under Events, Projects
Lemon Muffins
From Digital Design to Physical
by Adam Evenden on Sep.03, 2012, under Projects, Uncategorized
Assembly in Progress.
Something a tad different.
by Adam Evenden on Sep.03, 2012, under Uncategorized
This weeks post is starting with a bang, quite literately. Or is it a boom?
Starting things with a bang. The pyrotechnic device shown is used to create a waterfall effect. A number of such device was used at the opening ceremony's of the Olympic games .
This weeks post is a little bit more wordy then weeks of the past, due to making up for missing a week and providing a glimpse into what the author gets up to, as well as how last weeks adventures relate to what I do at the lab and a bit of a geek out. Last weeks post was missed due to being in London, Ontario, volunteering at the annual CITT trade show and conference. CITT stands for the Canadian Institute of Theatre Technology, its primary purpose is to link industry and individuals together so that effective communication can happen, as well as create closer ties to those within the theatre community to industry.
CITT does this via workshops, classes, tours, certification, open forums, AGM, and providing a venue annually that moves across the country so that over time each province will host the event. Last year CITT annual conference was in Victoria, BC. This year it was in London, Ont. Next year it will be in Calgary Alberta. With that said, I care to get to my point that the theatre industry is full of creative individuals. Not only artistic but electronic and electrically savvy who are alternative thinkers.
I am a theatrical technician, an artisan, an artist, a geek, as well as have been known for being a muse, and a bit nerdy. Some are surprised that an individual so heavily in the arts would be so interested in hacking, and making. But in reality these things go hand in hand. Many effects and sets that support a theatrical production take months and if there are special allowances years to design or gain the skills to be able to effectively execute safely and realistically.
