Goodies for the Open Hardware Summit

The Open Hardware Summit is next week, March 13th!

Here’s a sneak peak at one of the items that everyone will receive in their conference goodie bags:

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Thanks so much to Kevin Walseth at Digi-Key for making it happen! ⚡️

And thanks to our Dan (@tekdemo) for the beautiful “After Dark” PCB art  🦋

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Thanks to Chris Gammellfor the “Getting to Blinky” videos! 🎥  It is a great way to learn KiCad:
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Thanks to Kyle at Digi-Key for showing what that board looks like in action!
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I made the curved traces with the “Rounder for Tracks” KiCad plugin from the RF-tools repo:
Here is the GitHub repo with the KiCad design files: pdp7/gtb
If you can’t make it to the Open Hardware Summit, then the design is also available an OSH Park shared project:
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Note: after adding the board to the cart, please click on the “After Dark (Black Substrate + Clear Mask)” option
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Goodies for the Open Hardware Summit

Maker Faire NY Panel: Ask a Maker!

From  on the Evil Mad Scientist blog:

Maker Faire NY Panel: Ask a Maker!

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I’m excited to be hosting an “Ask a Maker!” panel at Maker Faire New York. The panel will be on Saturday, September 22 at 3:30 pm on the Make: Frontiers stage. My guests will include Jimmy DiRestaSophy Wong, and Matt Stultz.

I’ll be accepting audience questions for these amazing makers with a broad range of skills and experiences. If you have questions but aren’t going to be at Maker Faire NY, you can submit them in the comments here, or send them to me by email. Questions about aspects of making including processes, tools, inspiration, sourcing, design, and techniques are all welcome. I’ll accept questions about genres of making including electronics, woodworking, sewing, digital fabrication, papercraft, writing, video making, cooking and more.

The rest of the schedule of performances and talks looks amazing, and there is a great group of makers showing their projects as well. Hope to see you there!

Maker Faire NY Panel: Ask a Maker!

Building Radical Haptics

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Building Radical Haptics by Noah Feehan

LOCATION: Zone 3 in Make: Electronics by Digi-Key

TIME: Saturday, September 22, 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm

Add weird, changeable textures to your next project with the WEFT electrovibration library and dev board.

We’ll go over the fundamentals behind the texture effect, how the circuit is built, and how best to design textures and electrodes for working with this radical haptics technology.

WEFT project website

Our Drew Fustini should be in the audience… look for the person in purple!

Building Radical Haptics

PocketBeagle workshop this Friday at Maker Faire New York

Register for PocketBeagle coding workshop this Friday with Jason Kridner  of BeagleBoard.org at Maker Faire New York:

Getting Started with PocketBeagle® from BeagleBoard.org® Hands-On Coding Workshop

via PocketBeagle workshop this Friday at Maker Faire New York — BeagleBoard.org Blog

 

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Maker Faire New York meetups this week

Here’s a list of meetups that may be of interest to those that are in New York for World Maker Faire week and weekend:

Thursday, September 20th:

6:30pm – 8:30pm: Kickstarter x Hackaday: HACK TUNES

Join us on Thursday, September 20th for a special pre-Maker Faire Meetup! Hackaday MakeIt NYC is once again teaming up with our friends at Kickstarter, this time bringing you a night of awesome music hacks, snacks and more!

7:00 pm – 10:00 pm: Pre-Maker Faire Meetup at Fat Cat Fab Lab

We’re heading East! Join MatterHackers, Ultimaker, and more community friends to kick off Maker Faire New York at Fat Cat Fab Lab for a discussion on different kinds of “Make” with some of your favorite Content Creators. Pizza, refreshments, and great conversation will be provided! All ages are allowed for this portion of the event.

11:00pm – 2:00am: Midnight Games at Hack Manhattan

Join the Hack Manhattan “night crew” for some early morning boardgames. In the city that never sleeps, night owls and insomniacs congregate to draw cards, toss dice, move pieces, calculate odds and bluff opponents.

Friday, September 21th:

9:00 pm – 1:00 am: Bring-A-Hack at the The Leaf

To celebrate our 10 year anniversary and our love of cool hardware hacks, join us for a #BringAHack event in the Big Apple! Join BeagleBoard.org for a casual evening of drinks, snacks and hacks at the Leaf Bar the night before Maker Faire New York.

Saturday, September 22nd:

6:00pm – 9:00pm: DIY Content Creators meetup

Hosted by Make Jagger

Where: Mikkeller Brewing NYC, 123-01 Roosevelt Ave, Flushing, NY 11368

8:00pm – 12:00am: NY Maker Faire After Party

It’s Saturday night at Maker Faire NY and Manhattan is…too darn far! So we’re hanging out at the only rooftop bar in Flushing with a gorgeous view of the city skyline.

MatterHackers, BuildTak, and Fillamentum invite you to a casual cocktail meetup just 10 minutes from Maker Faire. Bring your friends and “make” new ones (…see what we did there?) as we celebrate Maker Faire!

Look for our Drew Fustini in purple!

Maker Faire New York meetups this week

#BringAHack New York with BeagleBoard.org before Maker Faire

This Friday evening before Maker Faire New York:

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#BringAHack New York with BeagleBoard.org before Maker Faire

To celebrate our 10 year anniversary and our love of cool hardware hacks, join us for a #BringAHack event in the Big Apple! Join BeagleBoard.org for a casual evening of drinks, snacks and hacks at the Leaf Bar the night before Maker Faire New York.

DATE AND TIME

Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 9:00 PM –

Sat, Sep 22, 2018, 1:00 AM EDT

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LOCATION

Leaf Bar & Lounge

133-42 39th Ave, Roof

Queens, NY 11354

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#BringAHack New York with BeagleBoard.org before Maker Faire

Hackaday NYC Meetup on Thursday

This is a busy, busy week for Tindie and Hackaday. We’re going to New York, and we have a ton of events planned. First up is the monthly Hackaday meetup. This time, we’re teaming up with Kickstarter for a pre-Maker Faire Meetup. We’ll be hosting this at Kickstarter’s HQ, and already we have an impressive…

via A Slew Of NYC Meetups With Tindie And Hackaday This Week — Hackaday

https://www.meetup.com/MakeIt-NYC/events/242653432/

(Drew Fustini will be there, too)

Hackaday NYC Meetup on Thursday