{"id":454,"date":"2011-02-13T12:34:38","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T18:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/?p=454"},"modified":"2011-02-13T12:34:38","modified_gmt":"2011-02-13T18:34:38","slug":"this-month-in-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/2011\/this-month-in-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"This Month in Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, it’s been a while, hope you don’t feel terribly neglected at the lack of updates \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

Lots of cool things going on as always:<\/p>\n

A tesla coil in need of a few tweaks showed up and its spare transformer quickly became a Jacob’s Ladder:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>City of Madison shut down due to a snow emergency?\u00a0 No problem, stop out at Sector67:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>What might you ask is special about the parts remaining in the box?\u00a0 They’re all non-ferrous and that big green C-shaped object is a huge electromagnet (http:\/\/www.magnaflux.com\/):<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>What happens when software programmers have too many tools that they know how to use?\u00a0 They prototype their new game ideas in real life to get a feel for how things really should work _before_ they create them virtually:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Some ancient Apple hardware boots right up after the floppy OS disk was found:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Sector67 receives a new 800MHz PIII router (a welcome upgrade after a\u00a0 MadHackerHaus meltdown):<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I’m occasionally asked what random things I run into when I come into work at a hackerspace, this would be one of them:<\/p>\n

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Note the excessive number of levels and pile of shims?\u00a0 Yes, our floor is that bad. . . (2″ rise over 12′)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Couple of cool prototypes getting closer:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Entirely built out of cardboard, rubber bands, and servos:<\/p>\n

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\n\"\"<\/a>Little bit of welding; oxy-acetylene and MIG:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Headphone cord repair:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Razor electric scooter got a new lease on life, the rear solid tire was so badly out of round from skidding that it needed a good resurfacing:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>And of course conventional nerding out:<\/p>\n

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Yes, it’s been a while, hope you don’t feel terribly neglected at the lack of updates \ud83d\ude41 Lots of cool things going on as always: A tesla coil in need of a few tweaks showed up and its spare transformer…<\/span><\/p>\n

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