{"id":4742,"date":"2015-02-08T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/?p=4742"},"modified":"2015-02-09T07:26:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T13:26:09","slug":"february-monthly-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/2015\/february-monthly-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"February Monthly Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sector67 monthly meeting was held February 3rd<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4743\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Attendees.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4742]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4743\" class=\"wp-image-4743 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Attendees-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Attendees\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Attendees-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Attendees-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Attendees-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Attendees-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Attendees-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Attendees-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Attendees-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Attendees-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1. Bob presented an edge lit display that lights up when he receives a notification from Reddit.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4745\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobpresenting.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4742]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4745\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobpresenting-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Bob presenting\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobpresenting-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobpresenting-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobpresenting-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobpresenting-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobpresenting-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobpresenting-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobpresenting-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobpresenting-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob presenting<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Built on the Spark Core, it connects over WiFi every minute and checks the Reddit API for new messages, then the LEDs &#8220;breathe&#8221; when he receives a notification<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4744\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobreddit.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4742]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4744\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobreddit-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Final product lit up\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobreddit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobreddit-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobreddit-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobreddit-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobreddit-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobreddit-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobreddit-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bobreddit-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Final product lit up<\/p><\/div>\n<p>2. Next Xavier gave a presentation on a prototype for a digital table top gaming system<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4746\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Xavier.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4742]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4746\" class=\"wp-image-4746 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Xavier-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Xavier\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Xavier-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Xavier-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Xavier-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Xavier-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Xavier-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Xavier-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Xavier-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Xavier-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xavier giving his presentation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Using a mounted camera, projector and <a href=\"http:\/\/opencv.org\/\">OpenCV<\/a>, a checkerboard pattern is projected and then calibrated through the camera to create a playing surface where blank shapes are placed and once recognized an image is projected to the shape<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/xavier2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4742]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/xavier2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"xavier2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/xavier2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/xavier2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/xavier2-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/xavier2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/xavier2-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/xavier2-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/xavier2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/xavier2-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Jim created a prototype for a cord reel designed to unravel as you pull and uses no slip rings which degrades signals and cause wear issues<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4748\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4742]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4748\" class=\"wp-image-4748 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"jim1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim1-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim demonstrating the reel<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The handle is selective laser sintered &#8220;SLS&#8221; stainless steel<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4749\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4742]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4749\" class=\"wp-image-4749 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"jim2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim2-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim2-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim2-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/jim2-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim&#8217;s Prototype<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4. Doug, an Army veteran, embroidered a replacement of a patch he had lost while serving in Afghanistan<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4750\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/doug.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4742]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4750\" class=\"wp-image-4750 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/doug-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"doug\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/doug-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/doug-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/doug-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/doug-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/doug-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/doug-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/doug-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/doug-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug showing the machine embroidering a patch<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4751\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/dougpatch.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4742]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4751\" class=\"wp-image-4751 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/dougpatch-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"dougpatch\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/dougpatch-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/dougpatch-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/dougpatch-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/dougpatch-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/dougpatch-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/dougpatch-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/dougpatch-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/dougpatch-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Test run of the design<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5.Marty and Robin, a brother and sister team called Lumen Electronic Jewelry, showed off some electronics-inspired blinking jewelry.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4752\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/robinandmarty.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4742]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4752\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/robinandmarty-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Robin and Marty presenting their electronic jewelry\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/robinandmarty-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/robinandmarty-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/robinandmarty-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/robinandmarty-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/robinandmarty-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/robinandmarty-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/robinandmarty-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/robinandmarty-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robin and Marty presenting their electronic jewelry<\/p><\/div>\n<p>6. Brian explained his plan for using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/\">RaspberryPi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenlyapp.com\/\">Screenly<\/a> displays at the Iron pour to provide visual information for attendees. Chris described the process for casting iron, as well as providing information about the Iron Pour<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chris.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4742]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chris-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"chris\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chris-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chris-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chris-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chris-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chris-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chris-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chris-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/chris-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sector67 monthly meeting was held February 3rd &nbsp; 1. Bob presented an edge lit display that lights up when he receives a notification from Reddit. Built on the Spark Core, it connects over WiFi every minute and checks the<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/2015\/february-monthly-meeting\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/252"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4742"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4781,"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4742\/revisions\/4781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}