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!
A quick thanks to everyone who came to the lab on sunday the 5th of June for our first set of organised talks. We packed out the lab, it would’ve been a struggle to fit even one more person in. Martin and I really enjoyed giving our talks, and chatting with everyone afterwards. Thanks again Read more about Hacklab Talks Follow-up[…]
We’re opening the lab from lunchtime this sunday (5th june) to put on a couple of talks, and to maybe get some projects or conversation going afterwards. This is a tester for future events – I’ve spoken to people about some really interesting talks for the future, so if this one goes well.. For this Read more about Talks at the lab on Sunday 5th June[…]
Stephen brought his lathe in to the lab so we could work on fabricating the “hot end” of a RepRap 3D printer, the part which melts and extrudes the plastic. The hot end parts are the awkward bits of the design, because they can’t be 3D printed by another machine, or bought off the Read more about RepRap extruder nozzle[…]
It’s software night at the lab again this evening, from 7pm or so onwards. Would anyone be interested in talking about ideas/projects for the ‘Open Data Challenge‘? There might even be some existing software projects from the wiki and/or Markos’ list which could be adapted for it. On a more local note, Martin sent a reminder Read more about 20110420: Software Night & Open Data Challenge[…]
The hack lab equipment list is getting quite long, including: Tables, chairs & sofa – tick Soldering Irons – tick Microscope – tick Projector & Sound system – tick CNC Milling Machine – tick (Z axis TODO) Fridge (with Beer & Club Mate) tick Somewhere to hang your coat…… um … back of a chair?, Read more about Coat Hooks[…]
A delivery of Club Mate has safely arrived in the lab, complete in original yellow crates. A staple drink at European hacker camps and hacker-spaces, it’s a caffeinated drink with less sugar than typical caffeinated beverages. Best severed chilled, the taste is often described as iced tea like. If your in the lab and Read more about Club Mate[…]
The switch by the lab door is now back in working order (for the time being) and tweeting at @EdinHacklabOpen
A rather amusing way of preparing ham by one of our regulars John Alexander http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gpZLOCNfrI