November 2011
6 posts
Intro to Arduino Workshop: Make everyone green...
Feel that a regular holiday card this season just isn’t going to cut it? Make a re-programmable board that displays whatever holiday cheer message you give it. Bonus: Program it remotely to show the appropriate messages of well-wishing at all other special occasions.
Feel that all the time you have to spend with your family this holiday season is taking you away from your social media?...
Intro to Electronics: Make Awesome Gifts Edition
Diamonds are so last year. This holiday season give your loved ones real bling and impress them with your electronics know-how. You can make unique, fun, cost-effective gifts and the skills you need for that are just a workshop away.
Come to the Intro to Electronics Workshop this Tuesday, November 29. You will learn basic electronics theory through building circuits and experimenting with...
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Making your winter holiday gifts?
Looking for some inspiration? Ken Inoue has been making wonderful presents for his loved ones this year using Inkscape, the laser cutter and some aluminum stock from Online Metals in Ballard. He’s been nice enough to share the files to this smart and simple Tea Warmer on Thingiverse.
We love to see people make awesome things and share them with others. From the beginning at Metrix...
This Sunday: The College of Lockpicking!
You can pick your friends.
You can pick your beer. But can you pick… a Lock? Join us on Sunday, November 20th, from 2-4pm, as we embark on an ancient mechanical adventure to explore the inner workings of a modern lock, first developed by the Mesopotamians and Egyptians over 4000 years ago. Led by lockpickers Eric Michaud and Jamie Schwettmann, this workshop will cover - soup to nuts -...
Inkscape Workshop Nov. 15, 7-9:30
What does November mean to you? Remembering our Veterans? Celebrating (American) Thanksgiving? Viewing the autumn colors? For many, it’s all these things and also… shopping! Black Friday is of course the infamous day when many people buy all of their Christmas items at once, causing mass hysteria around the country. I want to let you know that it doesn’t have to be that way! While I won’t...
DARPA Cyber Fast Track: Saturday, Nov 19th - 2PM
Put Saturday, November 19th on your Calendar. At 2PM, Peter Zatko, AKA Mudge, a hacker and Program Manager at DARPA’s innovation program, will be going over their new funding program, Cyber Fast Track here at Metrix Create:Space.
If you saw the Blackhat Keynote (here’s the video @32:35), or read the Slashdot post about it, you may know that DARPA is looking to get lighter,...
