The Pittsburgh section of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society presents a technical session about HackPGH’s designing, building, and racing an Autonomous vehicle based on a Power Wheels toy. Meeting will be held at the HackPGH shop 1937 Watson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 starting at 6:30 PM on 14 December 2015. Pizza/sandwiches will be provided. Please register for…
Since we ran out of time to advertise this talk last time, we are hosting it again for those who missed it. This is a series of 3 talks on how to design your own video game for the personal computer. This is talk 2 of 3 “Game Architecture” Talk 1: Game development tools A…
“Pittsburgh is the most livable city, but is it the most workable? The region is known for “Eds & Meds”, but it has also been known as a place where you go to great schools, and then leave. What would it take to get people to not only stay, but to migrate to Pittsburgh for…
This is a series of 3 talks on how to design your own video game for the personal computer. This is talk 2 of 3. Talk 1: Game development tools A programmer’s overview of what sorts of game development libraries and tools are out there, what they do, and how to choose ones that work…
http://www.october212015.com/ This coming October 21st marks a monumental day in the fictitious world of Back to the Future, a date that millions of fans of the trilogy have been anticipating for decades. When Dr. Emmet Brown tells Marty McFly, “Something’s gotta be done about your kids” at the conclusion of the first film, the duo…
Photo Credit: Wikipedia Who doesn’t like home made Ice Cream? The only part that sucks is waiting for it to freeze. Well, we have came up with a solution… LIQUID NITROGEN of course!!! Come down on Friday and take in the festivities! We will be doing a demo on Liquid Nitrogen as well as making…
Nikola Tesla was born 159 years ago this Friday July 10. To celebrate, the Tesla Club at HackPittsburgh is hosting some presentations related to Nikola Tesla and his work. See Tesla Club website: http://ukranians2.wix.com/pgh-tesla-club The following presentations will take place: Presentation by Luc Berger: • We demonstrate Tesla’s induction motor, based on the magic of…
Anyone who has watched Star Trek has probably imagined stepping onto the bridge and channeling their inner Kirk. Well here’s your chance! This Friday at HackPittsburgh, we will be playing Artemis, the Spaceship Bridge Simulator. A description of the game based on the website (http://www.artemis.eochu.com/): Artemis is a multiplayer, multi-computer networked game for Windows computers…
GENERATION AND SENSING OF MAGNETIC FIELDS (INCLUDES DEMONSTRATION OF A COIL GUN) — In 1820, HANS CHRISTIAN OERSTED discovered that an electric current had an effect on the needle of a magnetic compass. — We reenact the Oersted experiment, which opened the entire field of ELECTROMAGNETISM. — See with your own eyes that magnetic fields…
Join us Friday, Oct 10th at HackPittsburgh for an evening of old-school fun with classic board and card games, as well as a few of our personal favorites. We will have several games available, but feel free to bring your own to share with the group. We will also be giving tours of our shop…