Weekend in Review
Just a few things that were documented with photographs from over the weekend:
Beau jams on Vex's self made tube amplifier. They are working together to build a custom cabinet for the amplifier and speaker.
Mike sanded and restained the wood pieces from the Radio Systems ESA-10 console. Graffiti is all gone. Some other work was done as well to finish up restoration of this broadcast console that spent it's earlier years at William & Mary's college radio station.
Radio757 is coming along. Touchscreen was tested (will replace the computer) and equipment racked. Next step is console integration and microphones. Cables should arrive today.
There was definitely other things going on as well.
Progress was made for the drum circle python code (Rock band drums to MIDI.)
Matt, George and Mike started coding and designing an Android game. It's an exercise to get familiar with development on the platform. I believe the plans are to release the game for free. Very cool that app development is underway at the lab.
There was definitely other things going on as well, but this is a short recap of a few things happening.
Art was Everywhere in Downtown Norfolk
It was a beautiful evening on Granby Street for the Art Everywhere opening. The street was alive with activity. The other artwork on display is great, with some of it being interactive.
We felt the love from some of the other artists, and overall had positive feedback about the 757 Labs creation. During the process of building Hidden Norfolk, ideas were already flowing for next year.
The good news about our piece is that is can be updated all summer long. If you'd like to help or have ideas, contact us.
Much thanks to all of the people that helped build Hidden Norfolk. There are plans to tape a behind the scenes video as well.
Hidden Norfolk, halfway completed.
Last Weekend…
Over the weekend the lab was once again busy. People were working on a project for the RedBull Creation contest. 757 Labs has a team:
The laser engraver came to life. Fully. And works. Vex's controller providing the power control between the computer and the laser. Soon will come a training class that will be required to operate the laser engraver. We need to build a case for it, and vent it, as well. Until then there will be limited to no use of it.
Art|Everywhere project is under way in a big way and will be finished later this week. Huge party on Granby Street to celebrate Art Everywhere on the 30th.
Lab still needs members, projects and participants! If you are interested in 757 Labs and what goes on, please drop us a line! More to come!
Two Weekends Ago…
So this is a late update. Things have been hectic at the lab, with lots of projects under way. Contests, Art|Exhibits, a few new members, visitors, meetings, and more.
Kyle and TJ were building a CNC router. I don't think it's working yet, but looks very CNC-routerish:
RedBull Creation Contest
RedBull visited the lab this week and dropped off some information and an invitation to join in on their hackerspace challenge. A few lab members are already thinking up great projects as an entry. If you are interested in participating contact Dave E. or Kyle K. The deadline is the 24th of April, and then the next round takes place in New York City. Note - it's best to keep communications on the members only mailing list when it comes to planning and development. We love our neighbors in Richmond and DC but in the spirit of competition..
Open Lab Tonight, Friday, 7pm till 11pm
There will be people around the hackerspace working on projects this evening from 7pm till 11pm or later. Open to the public so feel free to drop in!
Radio 757 Goes Public From 757 Labs
Lab members and visitors know about the strange Linux computer that has been sitting in the cubicle upstairs for a while playing the loop of music. Well, as of a day ago people are listening! The project to do a local internet radio station that focused on local music has been cooking for a while, but I finally got the motivation to get things finished the other night. AltDaily put on an event at the Chrysler Museum and I heard audience members ask questions of local hip hop stars about where they can get their music played at. The panel consisted of Dj Cornbread, DJ Bee, Malice and Chad Hugo and was a nice fun event. It hit me during this as to how much of a good resource this will be to local musicians. So I finished up some needed things and it's live, and new submissions to the station seem to come in every few hours. Being genre neutral is going to be interesting!
If anyone at the lab is interested in helping run things, drop Ethan a line. The station is for local music (Hampton Roads out to Raleigh, and Washington DC (but focus on the 7 cities)) so the station won't be for geek/tech specific stuff or commercial music. There is still a bunch of work to be done on it, but it has the potential to make a HUGE positive impact on the lack of community that exists here in Hampton Roads.
Listen in (or upload your own music) at www.radio757.com.
Special thanks to Sean Bergeron and Kevin McKinley for help with the system setup, and people on IRC for some assistance with web scripting issues.
The lonely automation system now has a worldwide audience.
Kyle (and TJ)’s LED Cube Adventures
First it was a 4x4x4 LED cube, then the massive 8x8x8 LED cube. Witnessed by lab members and visitors was a number of nights spent soldering massive amounts of LEDs and hand building the circuit boards for these mesmerizing works of art. Congrats to Kyle and TJ for a job well done in building one of these!
Cisco lab has started
Just a heads up that BK has started to get a bit serious about doing some Cisco familiarization. If anyone is interested in Cisco labs or cert study, drop him a line. The lab has some Cisco toys for play as does BK, and some other lab members are network guys by day for very large enterprises in the area. Seems like a good match!
Saturday’s electronics class was great!
Sorry to those that missed it, but the electronics class on Saturday was informative! Kudos to Harold for putting on a great first class on electronics! No one was disappointed. For those that missed it, a video/audio recording was made of most of the presentation and is on disk viewable at the lab. We aren't planning to post it on the internet at large, it's for the benefit of those that attended, those that visit the lab, and those that are lab members.
Some photos from the event can be seen here. I'm sure others took more as well.
Dave Hernly working out a problem from the class.
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