Hackerspaces are fueled by caffeine. And while there are many ways to get your fix, coffee is king. It is the perfect beverage for a hacker because there are so many different ways to make it and so many different gadgets out there with which to make it. Join us this Friday, May 18th, as…
Join us this Friday, May 11th for a demonstration and presentation of the advanced line following robot, Johnny 0.5. Johnny is designed to compete in the challenging CMU Mobot race, where rough pavement, bright sunlight, and uneven terrain make for some unique and very real world robotics challenges. The presentation will include an overview of…
Have you ever wanted to turn real life things into 3D virtual objects using commercial off-the-shelf hardware? Come to HackPGH this Friday at 7:00PM to find out how to use the world’s first consumer 3D depth camera – the Xbox Kinect – to digitize the world around you. Live demos will be shown, but you…
Join us this Friday, April 27th, at the New Hazlett Theatre for the CMU School of Art’s Cyborg Cabaret! (This is a field trip, the shop will not be open to the public as we’ll be at this event!) ABOUT The Cyborg Cabaret explores human, robot, & cyborg relationships in a variety show format featuring…
This Friday April 20th, HackPittsburgh will be hosting a free & open-to-the-public talk by member Luc B. on the technology and history that went into the first telephones. We’ll play with the different kinds of transmitters & receivers used in early phones, learn how they work, how to build them, and who got sued over…
Join us this Friday (4/13) for a free and open to the public Egg-Bot’ing by member Matt B: We’ll have an Egg-Bot drawing robot (or two) from Evil Mad Scientist Labs on hand, and Matt’s going to bring some hard boiled eggs. We also have some dye on hand if you want to try your…
For this week’s Friday Night event, we are taking a field trip! Instead of being at the shop, HackPittsburgh will be showing off some of our projects at the TeeRex Studio at 5440 Penn Ave from 6 – 9pm on Friday during the Unblurred: First Fridays on Penn studio crawl. The shop will be closed,…
Have you ever wanted to be part of a spaceship crew? Here’s your chance! This Friday at HackPittsburgh, we will be playing Artemis, the Spaceship Bridge Simulator. From the website (http://www.artemis.eochu.com/): Artemis is a multiplayer, multi-computer networked game for Windows computers. Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the…
Got a project that just needs a bit more attention before you can officially declare it finished? Could you use some inspiration to just Get It Done? Then Finish It Friday is for you! Bring your projects and start finishing things at 7pm. If you don’t have something to finish up, maybe this is a…
Interested in enhancing your clothing with electronics? In this introductory class, learn to create soft circuits by sewing with conductive thread. Students will create a light-up cuff bracelet from industrial felt, battery, and LEDs. No previous experience with sewing, electronics, computing, or soldering is needed. Participants with favorite sewing scissors and needlenose/beading pliers should bring…