March 2012
5 posts
Intro to Arduino-April
Make your electronics come to life with microcontrollers. Come to the Intro to Arduino workshop and learn how you can start to integrate hardware and software for all kinds of exciting projects. The workshop uses an Arduino microcontroller board to go over the concept of using inputs and outputs as ways to both understand and control your environment or different elements within it.
We will...
Intro to Electronics-April
You’re just a workshop away from building your own computer…well probably more than just one workshop away, but you have to start somewhere, so you might as well start with the basics.
Take the Intro to Electronics workshop and learn about current and voltage, diodes, resistors, capacitors, integrated circuits and how to start connecting all of these pieces to make things that...
Metrix Create: Space Box-ing Contest
We have cool boxes that need a new life and you have awesome ideas about how to do that.
Come up with the best idea, make it happen, show it to us, and WIN a super awesome prize that will be announced at a later date.
There are two box sizes.
Some have foam in them.
And some don’t.
Fill them up with anything, cut them, paint them, distress them in any way you want, add...
Intro to Electronics
Voltage: It’s not just for making pretty graphs!
Come learn about voltage, current, the various elements it runs through, and how you can make them work for you and your awesome projects.
The Intro to Electronics workshop will cover the basics of building and understanding circuits through a series of hands on exercises that include reading schematics and working with LEDs, resistors,...
February 2012
3 posts
Soldering Workshop!
Even though I didn’t post about it on the blog, last month’s soldering workshop was a hit! It was the first soldering class we’ve held in a while, and it sold out days in advance. So, I’m going to teach it again! The next soldering workshop will be on the evening of Tuesday, March 20 from 7pm to 9:30pm.
Just like last time, we’re going to be making a simple...
January 2012
3 posts
Snolon wants you to learn Arduino
I know you don’t want to disappoint Snolon. Come learn about microcontrollers at our Intro to Arduino Workshop on Tuesday, February 7th at 7 PM.
The workshop will cover the basics of microcontrollers through the Arduino platform. You can learn to make your own happy Snowlon, or any number of other fun, useful, quirky projects. The Arduino platform is versatile and lends itself to many...
The first Intro to Electronics Workshop of 2012!
Besides being fun an colorful, resistors are a very useful electronics component found pretty much in every electrically powered device we use. Want to learn how they work? Been itching to trick-out your old phone/toaster oven/lighting fixture?Interested in building your own electronics devices?
Come to the Intro to Electronics Workshop on Tuesday, January 31 at 7 PM.
You’ll get to...
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Laser precision time[pieces]
Recently, Metrix has lent its tools to some interesting time piece projects. They both use the sky to get their time readings and they both use high-tech fabrication methods, but they couldn’t be more different in their functionality. One [top] is a digital LED clock that is run by a microcontroller and gets GPS readings through a GPS module for its time calibration while the other...
December 2011
4 posts
LEARN TO WORK WITH LOGIC
New workshop time!
Prompted by the shop’s collection of 7400-series integrated circuits, I’m going to be teaching a workshop on digital logic design on Saturday, January 14 2011. Digital logic is the sort of thing that makes up a computer at the deepest, darkest level — we’re talking trues and falses, ands, ors, and nots.
(Wikimedia Commons, K-map 6,8,9,10,11,12,13,14...
Inkscape Workshop Dec. 13th, 7-9:30
Did you miss November’s Inkscape for the Laser Cutter workshop? Well good news for you, the next one is happening tomorrow, December 13th, from 7-9:30!! You still have time to make all those amazing gifts and cards before the end of the month! Learn how to use Inkscape to cut a variety of materials- wood, acrylic, paper, leather & more!
Want to make the perfect gingerbread house? Cut...
Holiday Card Makeshop Dec. 10th, 2-4
Are you looking for an activity that distracts you (or your child) for a couple of hours, is fun and lets you get something AWESOME at the end that you’ve created? Look no further! I will be leading a Holiday Card makeshop this coming Saturday, December 10, from 2-4. Only $25!!!
Never been to a makeshop? The idea is simple. Metrix provides the materials and tools, you bring your computer...
Concept Art
This blog has seen a lot of interviews with people working on really neat electronics, coding, building, and DIY projects. It’s the sort of thing that Metrix was created and is now known for. But those aren’t the only things that happen here! I recently got the chance to talk with Ryan DeMita, a video game concept artist who sometimes uses Metrix as an office for working on his artwork. As someone...
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,...
October 2011
6 posts
Intro to Arduino is here again!
Want to make a pocket digital translator? Wondering what makes robots do useful or entertaining things?
The answer to all your [technical] curiosities is Arduino!
We are teaching our monthly Intro to Arduino class at Metrix Create: Space
on Broadway, tomorrow
Tuesday, October 25 at 7 PM
We’ll be going over the basics of the hardware of the Arduino board as well as getting into some of...
Thank you for helping us celebrate!
Many thanks to all of you who came out to celebrate the Metrix Create:Space 2-Year Anniversary! And those of you who couldn’t make it: Shame on you! You missed out on a seriously fun night of drinking and making.
We know you are all dying to find out who the winners are of the very first
Metrix Create:Contest/Tangram Edition
It was rough out here for a Tangram...
