In Summer 2010, 12 hackers/makers got together and rented a studio at Out of the Blue so that they could have somewhere to work, to keep equipment and to share with the rest of the community (apparently, having a milling machine on a coffee table in your lounge is okay for a bit but doesn’t Read more about Edinburgh Hacklab is three! Come and party![…]
Want to make candles, but don’t know where to start? The workshop covers some basic candle making theory before getting your hands dirty making candles. No previous experience is required just come along and have fun. Topics covered will include: Different types of candle and wax How to safely melt and pour wax. Re-using wax Read more about Candle Making Basics Workshop, 22nd September[…]
Arduino is a micro-controller platform designed for ease of use and learning. It allows the creation of electronically controlled projects, whether it be simple blinking lights, a robot or a music generator. This workshop is aimed at beginners. You don’t needs any previous electronics or programming knowledge or experience. Topics covered include: An introduction to Read more about Arduino Workshop, 28th September 2013[…]
Recently I have been banging my head trying to import a ton of OCR acquired data expressed in tabular form. I think I have come up with a neat approach using probabilistic reasoning combined with mixed integer programming. The method is pretty robust to all sorts of real world issues. In particular, the method leverages Read more about Probabalistic Scraping of Plain Text Tables[…]
The August Craft Open night is this Wednesday (21st August) from 7:30pm. Come along [directions] if you have craft projects to work on/discuss or your just curious. The June craft night saw Madiline from Botanica Mathematica dropping by with some wonderful knitted/crocheted goodies, made by herself and others. These included several binary trees and other highly Read more about Craft Night – Wednesday 21st August[…]
Arduino is a micro-controller platform designed for ease of use and learning. It allows the creation of electronically controlled projects, whether it be simple blinking lights, a robot or a music generator. This workshop is aimed at beginners. You don’t needs any previous electronics or programming knowledge or experience. Topics covered include: An introduction to Read more about Arduino Workshop – 31st August 2013[…]
As soon as Bart got hands on an old fall arrest net, he knew exactly what he was going to do with it. Really there was only one thing that just had to be done – turn it into a giant hammock! In its original 20×2 metre length it was hardly suitable though, so some Read more about An evening in the Meadows – Hacklab style[…]
It was a day that would go down in history. The lessons learned from the attempts and failures of the previous years finally resulted in the victory that we had been so longing for. And no, I’m not talking about Andy Murray’s victory at Wimbledon – the Hacklab won the Edinburgh Canal Festival Raft Race, Read more about Edinburgh Hacklab Wins Canal Festival Raft Race[…]
Until January 2013 the Hacklab was located at the Out of the Blue studios on Dalmeny St. We outgrew this space to the point that we weren’t able to admit any more members. Since taking the plunge and moving into the much bigger and better space at Summerhall, the Hacklab has been busier and membership Read more about Hacklab Needs Your Support[…]
The Hacklab will be running the first Open Craft night on Wednesday 19th June. If you have a project that is craft focused such as using fabric, yarn, paper or card or you have some skills in those sort of areas come along. If you don’t have either yet and are just curious then your Read more about Craft Open Night – Wednesday 19th June[…]