{"id":731,"date":"2011-04-18T01:14:24","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T06:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/?p=731"},"modified":"2011-04-18T01:14:24","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T06:14:24","slug":"week-in-updates-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/2011\/week-in-updates-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week in Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Couple of meetings and progress for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.element14.com\/community\/people\/Sector67\/blog\">Great Global Hackerspace Competition<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00637.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00637-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00637\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00637-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00637.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00658.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00658-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00658\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00658-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00658.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We now have a couple prototypes working and are progressing towards ultra low-tech measurement techniques<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00659.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00659-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00659\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00659-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00659.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sector67 hosted a FIRST Lego League competition course open to anyone, increasing exposure in the Madison area of what FLL is and what all the competition entails:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00649.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00649-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00649\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00649-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00649.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailypage.com\/green\/\">The Isthmus Green Day Expo<\/a> came and went this weekend.  The bicycle blender built for Dream Bikes was running:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_1000000310.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_1000000310-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1000000310\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_1000000310-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_1000000310.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_1000000311.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_1000000311-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1000000311\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_1000000311-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_1000000311.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Makerbot has been cranking out larger and larger parts, resulting in a giant pencil holder bolt:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00648.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00648-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00648\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00648-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00648.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00702.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00702-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00702\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00702-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00702.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and has been partnered with an Xbox Kinect for instant 3D printable models:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sarahcomapre-s.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sarahcomapre-s-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"sarahcomapre-s\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sarahcomapre-s-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sarahcomapre-s.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sarahmakerbot.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sarahmakerbot-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"sarahmakerbot\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sarahmakerbot-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sarahmakerbot.jpg 765w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additional member storage shelves were designed, fabricated, and installed; leading towards a more organized conference room and computer lab:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC007011.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC007011-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00701\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC007011-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC007011.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00646.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00646-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00646\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00646-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00646.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sector67 competed in the <a href=\"http:\/\/engineeringexpo.wisc.edu\/?page_id=19\">2011 UW Engineering Expo robotics competition<\/a>, whose objective was to pick up and place a single tennis ball into a goal.  We ended up designing for simplicity and robustness, leaving behind complex graspers for a simple vacuum pickup tool and a retrofitted (heavily modified) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tamiyausa.com\/product\/item.php?product-id=58089\">Tamiya Bullhead<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00674.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00674-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00674\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00674-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00674.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00665.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00665-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00665\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00665-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00665.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00671.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00671-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00671\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00671-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00671.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another awesome find at Expo was a ridiculously large sub-sub-sub woofer designed (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wempec.wisc.edu\/index.php\">by graduate students from WEMPEC<\/a>) to play infrasonic tones.  It didn&#8217;t have the best tone in the world, but it was easily shaking the entire building and leaving me with a massive headache by the end of the day (robotics competition was below this thing):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00677.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00677-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00677\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00677-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00677.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The plate is getting larger from everyone whose contributed by taking the TIG welding class:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00660.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00660-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00660\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00660-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00660.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lots of other projects being worked through including an auto-balancing robot:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00700.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00700-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00700\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00700-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00700.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>modifying a servo for continuous rotation to control brew temperature:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00699.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00699-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00699\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00699-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00699.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and an explanation of electric motors:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00698.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[731]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00698-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC00698\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00698-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC00698.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Couple of meetings and progress for the Great Global Hackerspace Competition: We now have a couple prototypes working and are progressing towards ultra low-tech measurement techniques Sector67 hosted a FIRST Lego League competition course open to anyone, increasing exposure in<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/2011\/week-in-updates-2\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}