We just received a shipment of parts for instructional courses on Kit Building/Learn How to Solder: The available kits we have are Drawdio, Minty Boost, Mini POV, TV-B-Gone and Red/Green LOL. Check here soon to sign up for an upcoming class.
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Makership Meeting #2
The second Makership meeting took place on Tuesday, July 9th. The Makership Program pairs students (the makers) in primary education with knowledgable Sector67 members, who serve as their mentors. The makers work with together with a mentor, bringing a maker’s…
Makership Program Projects
We are proud to announce that Sector67 has offered our Makership award to 11 area youth (under 18). A Makership award comes with a free summer membership to Sector67, a $100 stipend for materials/resources and facilitated access to our mentor network…
WISE Banner Complete!
Whew! That was a test in perseverance. Here it is: Finished dimensions: 9 feet 7inches x 30 inches Approximate time to complete: 15 hours of machine knitting (not including design and setup) Total weight of yarn used: 2 lbs 8.5 oz 600…
DigiTally Kickstarter Live – Support It Today!
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…
Pour Yer Heart Out – Iron Pour 2013
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…
Community Iron Pour – February 9th
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…
Cooking “With Science” Day
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…
LED Holiday Wreath Build
I was looking for a fun and simple project to learn about the new laser cutter at Sector 67, so I decided to use it to cut some acrylic to hold some RGB-addressable LEDs in the shape of a holiday…
Posted in Arduino, Hardware, Laser Cutter, Projects Tagged with: Arduino, Blinky Light, Cheerlights, LED, Sketchup
3rd Balloon Launch a Success
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:
Posted in Field Trip, Hardware, News, Projects Tagged with: Beautiful Pictures, High Altitude Balloon, Tracking Works!
Warming Up the Laser Engraver
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…