Makerspaces: Aotearoa New Zealand: 2014

Wednesday, 31 December 2014

Cool Crowdfunding December 31: Smart watches, and Makerspaces

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Smart Garage with Spark Core

James wanted a way to monitor the status of his garage door without having to actually look at the door. Fortunately, he has a knack with electronics and knows his way around connecting different sorts of systems together with code. In the initial version of the project, James used an […]

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New Project: Dame Juliana Berners and the Fishing Lure

This 15th-century English nun wrote the book on the technology of recreational fishing.

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Kosmonauten Suppe: 31c3

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Tuesday, 30 December 2014

Maui Makers has secured a lease–more details soon

Check back in 2015 for details.

The lease starts in February.

The featured image is a throwback to the roots of Maui Makers, showing Ryan eating one of the batteries for the lilikoi laser.

What cool things do you want to build in the new space? Post below.

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Getting Help With Your New 3D Printer

Hopefully many of you received brand new 3D printers for the holidays. If so, I’m sure there are more than a couple of you wondering, “What do I do now?”. Thankfully, there are fantastic communities that have sprung up around 3D printing and they are here to help you. Dedicated […]

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Open Hours New Year’s Day 1-4pm

Thinking about making something in the New Year? Looking for ideas?

Stop by Makerspace Urbana on New Year’s Day!

We will not have our regular open hours on Wednesday (Dec. 31) . The space will be open on New Year’s Day for working on projects, getting help with projects, giving help on projects, socializing, planning events, and just having a good time. The Shared Threads group also has open hours at this time so drop on in if that interests you as well.

No project needed! You can just come see the space if you’d like.

We’re located in the basement room #16 of the Independent Media Center in Urbana.

The space can be a little tricky to find but if you enter through the back bike project door (near the radio tower) and take your first left, we’re at the end of the hall. If the outside door is locked just call (816) 287-1717.

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3D Printed WiiMote Mod for People With Physical Disabilities

I was contacted by someone about a controller modification. Again, the complaint was about those pesky triggers. It seems like there is a complaint about triggers every day! I tried to think of the simplest print that would solve the problem. I came up with this little hinged bit that […]

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