Events

Saturday Oct 18th: HackPGH 5 Year Anniversary Extravaganza!

I’m not sure if you heard, but HackPGH is 5 Years old! I can’t believe it’s been this long! It seems like just yesterday we opened our doors! We’d like you to come and celebrate our 5 year anniversary with us at our shop on the 18th of October at 9 PM! We plan on having…

Sunday OCT 12th: Pittsburgh Pod Races (A Live Podcasting Event)

Join your Host and Moderator Sean McGrath (The GeekERIE) as we present the first of a series of LIVE podcasted debates on Nerd Culture. Marvel vs. DC! And what they mean to the ascendency of genre culture. The GREAT debate of our time! Q&A to follow. With The Nerd Exchange Podcast and The boys from…

Friday, Sept 12th: Digital Game Night – Artemis – Starship Bridge Simulator

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…

We got an awesome write up in EDN! Check it out!

EDN wrote an article about 9 World Maker Faire makers not to miss and gave us some cool props. Check out the write up in the link below. http://edn.com/electronics-blogs/the-workbench/4433948/3/9-World-Maker-Faire-makers-not-to-miss

Friday August 22nd – Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream

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 some cool treats!…

Thursday July 31st – Detroit Maker Faire 2014 Recap

  Come to HackPittsburgh Thursday, July 31st for a recap of the 2014 Detroit Maker Faire. We will start the talk with photos and video from the event, including the always exciting Power Wheels race, where we cram full-sized adults into kid-sized cars and race them at speeds that are sure to void the warranty. Following…

Thursday, July 10th: High Security Locks!

  High security mechanical locks are designed with several conflicting goals in mind.  With the proper key they must open reliably and with minimal effort, even after a decade of wear (tens of thousands of uses) and even if exposed to environmental hazards such as water and dirt.  Without the proper key they must withstand…

Saturday, June 21st: Garage Sale!

Looking for some great deals on random electronic components? Then stop by the HackPittsburgh Garage Sale at the shop on Saturday, June 21st from 10am – 2pm. We will be selling some of our excess inventory in order to clear up some room in the shop (and also fund our new laser cutter), so this…

Thursday, May 15th: Intro to the Robot Operating System (ROS)

Interested in Robots? Want to make them do your bidding? Come down to HackPittsburgh this Thursday for an introduction to the Robot Operating System (ROS) and learn about an opensource robotic software framework to build advanced robotic systems. This will be an introductory level talk with a live demonstration! Come down to the shop and check…

Friday, May 9th: Analog Games

Join us Friday, May 9th 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…