On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 17:50:12 gs volt wrote: > I just announced Syn/Hak at Cleveland Mini Maker Faire 2014 on meetup: > > http://www.meetup.com/synhak/events/173605542/ > > *Event details (for convenience):* > > Cleveland Mini-Maker Faire 2014 will be held at the Cleveland Public > Library (both old and new buildings) between 10a-5p on 3/29/2014 and will > feature 100+ exhibitors that like to share knowledge and teach attendees > how to make cool things, age no bar! > > More event information on their website here: > http://www.makerfairecleveland.com > > Come celebrate making with SYN/HAK at the 2014 Cleveland Mini-Maker Faire! > > Find us in the lower level (outside the auditorium) of Louis Stokes Wing > aka the new building > > At this year's event, we plan to: > - Provide an area for people of all ages to build simple circuits on the > fly using a SnapCircuits kit (first come first served) > - Showcase Arduino Mega controlled relays to synchronize your 110V devices > - Showcase how to easily use painters tape and a battery to illuminate LEDs > that remain lit for months > - Showcase simple off the shelf solar panels to illuminate more LEDs and > power Arduinos > - Showcase RaspberryPi > - Showcase TinyLily and Tinyduino by TinyCircuits in Akron > - Showcase an illuminated lab-coat (worn by G) > - Showcase how to solder circuits (time and materials permitting) > - Share information about Syn/Hak so that attendees can learn about our > recent relocation in Akron downtown. > > I guess you could say we're excited to be illuminating LEDs all day at the > Cleveland Mini-Maker Faire 2014, so come on out and have fun illuminating > LEDs with us! > > Torrie, I got a response from CMMF that yes, soldering is indeed allowed at > the library. They are encouraging lots of it this year. > > I think I have a good spread of things to display on an 8foot table. I > might even go vertical with some of the permanent interactive displays. > Also, I plan to stand in front of the table this year, rather than behind. > > *Following things are forthcoming for this event *(they're in the mail, if > I get it I'll update the meetup event): > - LED strip that I hope to mount on the 8foot table's edges to illuminate > the whole table > - 50-100 LEDs and 3V batteries - for the youngest attendees for them to > take with them > > *Questions I have pending:* > - Do we have a Synhak sign that I can take with me (battered is fine)? > - CMMF just announced that there is one parking permit per exhibitor that > they can cover. I'm going so I plan to use the permit they give me for my > car. Anyone want to come along, simply reply back and we can rendezvous at > Synhak around 8a. I plan to have an early day, might event stop at Syn/Hak > earlier than 8a on 3/29 for last minute planning/testing. Unlike last year, > I plan to move towards Cleveland by 8:30a at the latest. My trunk will > pretty much fit everything I plan to carry. > - I want to plan to blog the event. But if I'm solo, I can't video tape > makers in attendance and their projects for obvious reasons. If you go with > me, it'll allow me to "guerrilla video" makers - I don't know if CMMF has a > dedicated resource for this. > > As I have more questions, I plan to reply to this thread. Please reply back > with your thoughts, additional demos that you might wish to share with > attendees. > > Thanks in advance to all the hackers at synhak and makersalliance for > helping me with this. > > Regards,
Ya know, screw it, I'm getting out of this funk. I'm going to work on the mobile hackerspace idea a little bit more and pack up what we've got for soldering. We should still have a lot of kits. G, are we permitted to accept donations? _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
