So after much waiting the first Raspberry Pis to arrive put in an appearance at last Tuesdays open night. After no small task of finding a USB keyboard and mouse and doing an HDMI monitor bodge we were ready to go. So what is the first thing to do with the Raspberry Pi, lets play Read more about PIs and Eyes[…]
March music night once again was busy with some familiar and new visitors dropping by during the evening. Jelly was a predominant theme of the night, with James of Madlab & Matt bringing along Jelly Theremin and Drum kit. Andrew K and Tom H unveiled a project they had been working on together, a single string Read more about March Music Night[…]
The hacklab will be open tonight (Thursday 29th March) from 7:30pm for the weekly Software night. Bit later than usual to give everyone a chance to enjoy the sunshine. Why Clementines? If it’s still warm then refreshing fruit may be just the thing for a night of code hacking. Don’t worry we still have Coffee! Read more about Clementines (Coffee) & Code[…]
On a wet and windy night when anybody sensible would be staying inside, a few hardy individuals ventured out to the Hacklab to celebrate 30 years of the BBC Micro. Several BBCs, now in Martin’s possession, had made the trip north and after a bit of swapping of keyboards etc one was ready to go. Read more about 30 Years of BBC Micro[…]
After a night of “prototyping” and filing LED ends flat we can proudly present: Running from a 12volt rail of our wall mounted computer wall-e, vistors to the lab will be guided to our door. 6 LEDs sourced from Al’s random stuff box are used for illuminations with a cunning resistor arrangement.
Edinburgh Hacklab is pleased to announce the arrival of a rather special bit of equipment, a laser cutter. So what does one do with a laser cutter? It enables high resolution (0.0254mm/1000dpi) engraving and/or cutting of a wide range of materials including Acrylic, Crystal, Bamboo, Cloth, Fabric/Denim, Fiberglass, Glass, Laminated Plastic, Leather, Marble, Plastic, Paper, Rubber, Read more about Laser Cutter[…]
Videos from presentations that took place on Sunday 17th July 2011 are now available. Spectral Robotics Part 1 Part 2 Robomotic Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 See the Original Post for more information. Apologies for the sound and picture quality, the lab was a little small for everyone so we used the space downstairs Read more about Videos from Sunday 17th July Talks[…]
It was Saturday morning, following a late night of raft assembly and a tight fit into the transport the Edinburgh Hacklab raft was at the canal ready for racing. During some pre-race testing there was a capsize with the two occupants going for a swim. We went in the first heat against a very impressive Read more about Raft Race Report[…]
A team from Edinburgh Hacklab are taking part in the Edinburgh Canal Festival Raft Race this Saturday (9th July). Preperations have been taking place throught the week including designing the raft and sourcing materials. The raft racing starts at Lemmington Bridge, Union Canal around 12.30pm if you fancy coming to watch. It should be fun whatever happens!
Organised by Edinburgh Festivals Innovation Lab, the first Culture Hack Scotland event took place on 6/7 May. It brought together 50 developers & designers and 50 arts professionals for 24 hours of hacking and making. A number of the datasets were released specifically for the event, including footfall data collected across 19 locations in central Read more about Culture Hack Scotland[…]