Author Archives: Waterppk

Summer 2013 Makerships

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Waterppk

Sector67 is happy to offer 2013 summer makerships to area youth (available to anyone 18 or younger)!  A makership is a 3 month opportunity to use Sector67 with a free membership and $100 for project materials as well as a … Continue reading →

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DigiTally Kickstarter Live – Support It Today!

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Waterppk

Dear World – Bob would like nothing more than to provide you with an awesome product that he’s been working over 2 years to create.  Buy one. So what is this thing you just bought?  It’s the giant countdown timer … Continue reading →

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Congratulations Innovation Days 2013 Participants

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Waterppk

Congratulations to the participants of the 2013 UW College of Engineering’s Innovation Days.  This year we were proud to assist five out of fifteen teams: Cedric with the American Press, an automatic French press-style coffee maker. Michael with the Lecture … Continue reading →

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February MadisonSOUP

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Waterppk

We had great attendance at the February MadisonSOUP: With two great projects pitching for almost $400 towards their cause: Kristin of Art in All the Wrong Places Joe for Madison Sweet Potato Project And great food as always: Ultimately Joe … Continue reading →

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Pour Yer Heart Out – Iron Pour 2013

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Waterppk

We had a great time this year working with Alisa Toninato of FeLion Studios and are happy to share some great videos and pictures from this year’s pour!  Eric Allin stopped by with his camera and spent the day shooting some … Continue reading →

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Community Iron Pour – February 9th

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Waterppk

FeLion Studios and Sector67  are proud to announce our 2nd annual community iron pour, taking place on February 9th at Sector67.  Please stop out anytime until the 9th to purchase your very own iron molds and have poured as part of … Continue reading →

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Madison Mayor Paul Soglin Releases City Open Data Set at Sector67

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Waterppk

Mayor Soglin stopped in at Sector67 to publicize the availability of City of Madison datastreams including crime, bus, fire hydrant, assessor, etc information; all available here on https://data.cityofmadison.com/. Best of all, it was very well attended: Some fun coverage of … Continue reading →

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Cooking “With Science” Day

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Waterppk

Several people have been interested in cooking “with science” for quite awhile, so a day was finally decided and materials were purchased to make it happen.  One of our members owns the “Modernist Cuisine” cookbook, which provides an amazingly detailed … Continue reading →

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3rd Balloon Launch a Success

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Waterppk

Sector67 launched its 3rd high altitude balloon this past weekend with great success. Lots of information over at Apollo67 and for here a beautiful picture:

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Warming Up the Laser Engraver

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Waterppk

We’re still learning about our laser cutter (which inevitably draws a crowd): and testing a variety of materials including engraving Jade: Granite: and an awesome guitar pick made from a soft stone: We need to up the vertical resolution and … Continue reading →

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