Here’s this week’s schedule of events at the Space:
We hope to see you at the Space for any or all of these events!
Here’s the schedule of events this week at Splatspace:
Not too long ago we had a workshop at the space for anyone interested in the Raspberry Pi, following up on the very successful TriLUG meeting on the same topic.
We were fortunate to have a reporter from the News & Observer visit us that day, interested in the space and what we were doing there. That story was published over the weekend, and it’s pretty great. Check it out.
Here’s this week’s schedule at the Space:
Stop by for any of these, we look forwards to seeing you!
One of our members, Jeffrey Crews, has been experimenting with printable ball-joints from Thinigiverse. The most versatile ones he found were StefanHH’s ball and socket chain links. After using them to replace the frustrating wing-nut and rod system on the common Helping Hands device, he built a lamp.
It turns out that the “flange” part needs to be printed at 108% to fit tightly with the others. He mounted it on one of Adafruit’s 4xAA battery holders, which forms a weighted base and also provides a switch. After that he threaded the wires through a hole in the top of the battery case, through the the central holes of the ball joints, mounted a high-intensity white LED in the tip, and soldered it all together. It provides stable, highly positionable, bright white light for close-up detail work.
The lamp is so useful in the electron microscopy lab where Jeff works that a coworker has stole this particular build and pressed it into service illuminating an ultramicrotome! (A replacement is in the works.)
In case you missed it, Splatspace is joining with Durham Library and others to host the first (of hopefully many) Bull City Lightning Talks today.
The event is at the Main Durham Library, in Downtown Durham, from 3:00 to 4:30pm. The theme of the talks is “Create”.
You should be there!
For the last few weeks, Splatspace has been working with the Durham Library Foundation to set up a new event. That work has born fruit in the form of Bull City Lightning Talks.
This Saturday at 3:00pm will be the first such event–90 minutes of interesting speakers on a range of topics, centering on the theme of “Create”. As always, Lightning talks are five minute, punchy presentations–so there’s room for a lot of speakers. Take a look at the featured speakers, and if you have an idea that fits the theme, sign up as a speaker yourself!
We’re really excited for this event, and hope we’ll see you there.
Here’s this week’s schedule of events at the Space:
A bit late, but here are the events for the rest of this week at Splatspace:
* On Thursday night, from 6 to 7:30pm, Libre Thursday.
* Saturday, from 2 to 6pm, the Triangle Arduino and Microcontrollers club are having their monthly hack afternoon at the space.
* Ending the week, Software Sunday is Sunday night starting at 6pm.
Remember, you can find all of our events on our meetup calendar.
If you’re at all interested in the Raspberry Pi or were at the TriLUG meeting about it, today is a great day to swing by the space.
Until 5pm today, Pete Soper and other Splat members are at the space running a workshop on the Pi. If you have questions or are working on a project with the Pi, drop in!