January Open Night: DMD + Arduino
Here’s a DMD connected to an Arduino with a little laser pointer trip wire. When the laser beam is cut the timer starts. When the laser beam is cut again it records a “split”. After 6 splits it will stop the timer and start again. When the arduino boots it gives you 10 seconds to.. read more →
ROBOTICS with Lego Mindstorms
Leaps and Bounds proudly presents the TechGC July School Holiday Science Program. See below for more detail and to register. Gold Coast TechSpace presents ROBOTICS with Lego Mindstorms Wednesday 4th July Morning Session: 10:30 – 12pm - or - Afternoon Session: 1pm -2:30pm Cost: $15 Venue: GC TechSpace 3b/51 Johnston St, Southport AGES 11-14yrs Get started.. read more →
3D Copying
At last Sunday’s Sunday hangout, I used my Xbox Kinect, OpenNI drivers and Reconstructme software (on Windows7) to scan my son Leo in 3D. I used the low-res scanning module, because my latop computer can’t really handle the hi res mode. Then I used Meshlab to do a Poisson recontruction of the mesh which fixes.. read more →
RFID + Reprap #2
This Wednesdays meet day (11th April) was a huge success! Started out with a Jelly co-working during the day and ended in the Techspace open night. The agenda for this months open night was: Get RFID module working with Arduino. Print more 3D plastic parts for our next 3D RepRap printer. Install RedHat Linux on a powerful.. read more →
Wednesday Meetup: Jelly GC and Reprap
A successful day at the TechSpace: The Jelly started at 8:30. Coby gave an impromptu intro to Ruby and Ruby on Rails. Coby also fired up 3 of the 4 rack servers: One has Windows Server already installed and happily running. One had nothing on, so Coby installed Fedora onto it, and then overrode that with.. read more →
March – Excursion to QLD Rocketry Launch
This was an awesome trip out to watch lots of rockets launch. Got close to 100 rocket launches. Video of a techspace members rocket: 2012 March Launch of MR-1 from Ben Martin on Vimeo. Pic of the grand finale: read more →
Reprap Build Day & Ardunio Door Opener
A successful build day on the reprap and we learnt quite a bit about arduinos. Reprap 3D Printer: All the electronics are finished (good job John!), the motors have arrived and it’s taking shape into a very nice looking printer. Next up will be to mount the motors, drive belts, print bed and the heated.. read more →
Setting up and kickoff
Sooo… We’re finally in the space, setting up and the kickoff was a blast! Exciting to see so many faces interested! Thanks to all for coming along and showing your support, I hope my BBQ skills were up to scratch Keep an eye out on the meetup group for the upcoming WORKING BEE as the.. read more →