Andrew took some great pictures at the meeting! Makerbot platform received a much needed upgrade of countersunk screws (yes seriously, they designed it with giant allen caps sticking up, I know, us too. . .) Isthmus Engineering sent us another…
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Week in Projects
Despite the holidays there were a number of projects started this week: Dave convinced Apple that his Hive and Seek word search game was suitable for market and is now available on the app store: Justin stopped in to create…
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2010 UW Photos of the Year – Sector67 Featured
Sector67 was founded by a $7,000 prize awarded through the Burrill Business Plan Competition at the University of Wisconsin. This image was captured by the UW photographer at the competition freezing in time the judges’ reactions to the concept of…
Thank You MAKE Magazine!
The holidays came a little early at Sector67 courtesy of MAKE Magazine! Following a tweet by MAKE magazine suggesting great gift giving guide for the hackerspace in your life we asked if they had anything they could send out to…
Week in Projects
Final table assembly: Prototype parts: Co-working station – stop by during the day for maximum mobile enjoyment: Web camera! Check out the about page for an image: Laptop Repair: Drill press return spring rework: and some work to set up…
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Pottery Wheel
Sector67 picked up a pottery wheel from Freecycle a few months back, it was basically a heavy table in someones garage for a number of years and in pretty rough condition. After some more wire brushing and investing in a…
LEGO Robotics Competition
Sector67 is excited to host the Madison Area LEGO Robotics Competition on April 9th, 5-8pm. We’ll be reusing FIRST robotics courses for a little regional competition of our own. Rules are: Using all of the Body Forward Course Rules Only…
Sector67 Web Camera
Sector67 now has a DCS-920 web camera beaming live images from inside. Take a peek on the About page or below:
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Quirky – Social Product Development
A friend sent over a link to Quirky, the idea is drawing up product concepts, voting them up high enough to get traction and ultimately taking products to market. If anything, it would be a great place to idea hunt…
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Arduino Class Pictures
Markus was kind enough to shoot some great photos at the last Arduino class: Have a look at the full set on Picasa.
This Week In Projects
Lots of projects happening this week: Spent some quality time debugging an OmniTurn CNC lathe keyboard for Renascence Manufacturing Corporation, turned out to be a blown fuse preventing the board from fully powering on, despite the deceptive LEDs still lighting…
Arduino Nights!
Tonight (12/1) and tomorrow (12/2) Sector67 will be hosting open Arduino nights, so bring in your stuck/unfinished/sick-of Arduino projects and get them finished off. We’ll be providing comfortable seating, workbenches, soldering irons, friendly faces and warmth (/no snow) – you…