The Sector67 April monthly meeting was on Tuesday, April 2nd. 1. Chris demonstrated how to expand and shrink a peep using a vacuum. You can find a video of the same process in action here. 2. Jay talked…
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Vote to Get Us Money So We Can Teach Kids Cool Stuff
We submitted a proposal to the Project:Connect Summer Youth Programming project – Project:Connect promotes connected learning and a more equitable, social and participatory web. We want to help kids learn how to be responsible Minecraft citizens, and make and share 3D designs on Thingiverse,…
June’s Monthly Meeting
The Sector67 monthly meeting was on Tuesday, June 4th. 1. Tom, a professor at MATC, brought with him a drone built by he and his students in a collaborative effort. The hardware and software of the drone is…
Gruesome Playground Injuries
Theatre in All the Wrong Places, one of Madison’s newest theatre companies, put on a performance of their original production Gruesome Playground Injuries at Sector67. As their mission statement notes, one of the troupe’s primary goals is to “explore non-traditional performance venues,”…
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Sherman Arcade Extravaganza
Sector67 is proud to have collaborated with Sherman Middle School, iona and wuntusk to create the first ever Sherman Arcade Extravaganza. Over 100 Sherman Middle School students participated, spending months on their arcade game creations made of string, cardboard and a…
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Welcome
Sector67 is a non-profit collaborative space in Madison, WI that provides an environment to learn, teach, work-on, build, and create next generation technology; including software, hardware, electronics, art, sewing, metalwork, apps, games, etc. If you’re in southern Wisconsin feel free…
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Whirlpool Turbidity Sensor
In the course of one of our Makership Projects, we needed a water turbidity sensor. Of course a new sensor was prohibitively expensive, but eBay pointed us towards inexpensive dishwasher sensors. We ended up purchasing a Whirlpool Turbidity Sensor, part…
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Big 3D Printer Complete!
I’ve finally finished (more or less) building a very large 3D printer! Here’s a photo of the frame: This machine was originally designed to test the blood of newborn babies for pathogens, and with the help of Chris Meyer and…
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Electric Porsche Conversion
Well it didn’t technically explode, but the engine died. And is ridiculously expensive to rebuild so this is the perfect opportunity to turn it into a new project. Making it into an electric car! The engine is currently getting ripped…
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Build Madison Inspiration to Reality
Jamie has been working since the Build Madison hosted at Sector67 in September 2012 on his concept for a bicycle pulled kitchen in Houghton Michigan. He’s moved from a “napkin sketch”, in this case meaning a small scale LEGO brick…
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November Updates – Record Bowls
If everyone on your Christmas list is sick of getting random engraved pieces of junk from the laser cutter you can always make them a sweet record bowl (not recommended for soup or other hot liquids). We vacuum formed ours…
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