Hardware Happy Hour (3H) Chicago for June 2017

Hardware Happy Hour (3H) Chicago was excellent this past Tuesday at Saint Lou’s!

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Sebastian Gajate was in town all the way from Argentina and presented The Amp Hour host Chris Gammell with his own fútbol jersey!

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Thanks to Andrew Sowa bringing his camera and taking the above shot and many more wonderful photosBart Dring brought his latest CNC build: a drawing robot based on Line-us.

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Here the draw bot in action:

Brian Rutkowski’s impressive LED spinner project was a crowd pleaser!

 

 

 

Watch more of the dazzling LEDs in this video:

The adorable Simula robot by Jamie Laing was another favorite:

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Simula made several new friends:

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We were excited to get a look at the purple PCB inside:

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Andrew Sowa showed the results of his technique in KiCad for converting photos into PCB artwork

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We were excited to meet Jose Ignacio Romero who had designed the Low Power Continuity Tester for the One Square Inch contest on Hackaday.io last year.  He brought many projects to share including this color memory LCD board:

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Peter Zieba of Analytics Lounge community lab demonstrated XRF (X-ray fluorescence)!

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View more photos in these galleries:

Hardware Happy Hour (3H) Chicago for June 2017

Hardware Happy Hour (3H) Chicago for June 2017

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The next Hardware Happy Hour (3H) Chicago is Tuesday, June 13th, 6:30pm at St. Lou’s Assembly:

https://www.meetup.com/Hardware-Happy-Hour-3H-Chicago/events/240425517/

Here’s some photos from the previous meetups:

Hardware Happy Hour (3H) Chicago for June 2017

SupplyFrame Hardware Developers meetup before Maker Faire

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We’re excited that there will be a SupplyFrame Hardware Developers meetup next Thursday before Maker Faire Bay Area weekend:

https://www.meetup.com/Hardware-Developers-Didactic-Galactic/events/239907140/

SupplyFrame Hardware Developers meetup before Maker Faire

Hackaday+Tindie Maker Faire Meetup

We had a great time last year and recommend folks at Maker Faire Bay Area 2017 come  to this Saturday night meetup hosted by Hackaday and Tindie:

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It’s Maker Faire Bay Area time of year again and we’re holding our 4th annual Hackaday and Tindie MFBA Meetup!

After a ridiculously fun Saturday at Maker Faire, carry on the festivities with us at O’Neill’s in San Mateo on Saturday night from 7pm.

Bring your finest blinky, flashy, IoT, hacks, wearables, or other techy items for us to paw. Bonus points if you bring your #HackadayPrize project for us to get super excited about.

We can’t wait to see you there or at the faire.

Space is limited, so get your foot in the door early. 21 or over only. Please bring ID.

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Hackaday+Tindie Maker Faire Meetup