News/2011-11-28

< 7th – 13th July 2011

London Hackspace news 8th – 14th September 2011

General space news

• SheraDreaming proposes the introduction of cleaning zones with cleaning stations: "Culture of Clean (beware, long read)"

Equipment

• Artag and Alecjw have cleaned the PCB etching station and prepared new etchant: "Bubble Etch Tank"
• The motor on the 3-in-1 has been fixed, Spook and Abby are changing the oil before it can be used again: "3-in-1 status, and a request to sign for delivered stuff "
• Hipster has fixed the MakerBot and made some improvements like extended x, y, z-axes. It hence has been renamed to hipsterbot.

Upcoming events

• Saturday 24 Sept, 14:00 - Bitcoin weekend: talks (details tbd)
• Sunday 25 Sept, 14:00 - Bitcoin weekend: workshops (details tbd)

Projects

Recently added projects:

• TRTL by Amx109, Jontyw, Hipster: "To produce a low cost kit robot that is simple to build, and easy to use/program via software with the aim of introducing and kids and adults alike to building, making, electronics and software."
• Network Everything, initiated by eb4890: "A project for a hacker event. Where lots of people make small networked devices of their choosing that are put together in interesting ways at the event"
• Combination Lock Box A combination Lock Box with user selectable and modifiable combination lock.
• Nanode Case A 2mm acrylic case cut on a laser cutter for a Nanode

SwapShop

Please can members update their items in the SwapShop so that it can become more useful and also please date when you add something.

New items this week: