新车间 [XinCheJian]

http://xinchejian.com/contact-us/?lang=zh Unfortunately those wishing to hack tonight will not have all of the tools normally available, but nothing stopping us from getting them out and putting them away when we’re done! =Wednesday Presenters= James Tichenor, interaction designer from Rockwell Lab (http://www.rockwellgroup.com/lab) has just flown into Shanghai and will present tonight at XinCheJian on some of his crazy-out-there projects he’s worked on using electronics and arts! Qichen and Rockets will present their Home Sous Vide machine that they hacked together in 20 minutes, along with some egg tasting which i hear is out of this world. =Coming up soon= 机器车竞赛 – Roboracing Competition – 2012/04/22 – http://xinchejian.com/event/?ee=110 Are you ready!? Line followers, Autonomous’rs and remote specialists, take part in the 2nd race of this year, come show us what you’re made of! the 2012/04 track has been published on the wiki and demo’d at Barcamp! http://wiki.xinchejian.com/wiki/RoboRacing Processing class (English instructions) – 2012/04/28 – http://xinchejian.com/event/?ee=114 Finally, given the huge success of the Ravens Processing classes in chinese, he’s -beenforced- agreed to run the class in English! he is doing some awesome stuff. =Recent changes at XinCheJian= Membership is now Just 100rmb per month per member, for an additional 200rmb a month you can also store your projects/stuff in the space in a box that does not exceed 50x50x30cm, you can contribute more money if you want as a donation. Failure to pay membership will result in your junk being stored at XinCheJian becoming a donation to the space. XinCheJian will no longer offer community parts but instead sell them in sets, for example 10 resistors for 1rmb to cut down on waste and mess. Members will have access to the space and the tools, strangers must be accompanied by a member at all times and will be responsible for that friend during that period at XinCheJian. For Full details see http://wiki.xinchejian.com/wiki/Policy or http://wiki.xinchejian.com/wiki/Policy/zh]]>

About XinCheJian 新车间是一个开放式社区，吸引并集聚了各方硬件高手，电子艺术家，设计师，DIY爱好者，以及所有喜欢动手捣鼓各种东西的人。在这个实验空间里，大家不仅可以和兴趣相投的人一起拆拆装装各种电子和物理产品，而且还可以共同实施一些好的设计和想法。 “新车间”与第4届《觉》音乐＋艺术节将于2012年3月9日－25日共同为您呈现一次艺术与电子的碰撞盛宴，而Dorkbot即是这场盛宴的开胃菜。   What is Dorkbot？ Dorkbot是一场艺术家，发明家，电子爱好者的“集会”，是一个轻松氛围下互相间交流作品，想法与技术的平台。2012年3月，新车间与《觉》会共同举办一个以“艺术与技术”为主题的Dorkbot，邀请来自《觉》的艺术家们，以及坐在电脑前的你一起。   Looking for Presenters 成为我们的Dorkbot活动发言人，你将可以：

• 向大家展示你的作品，给予大家熟悉了解你的机会；
• 结识志趣相投的朋友，组建自己的艺术（产品）团队；
• 吸引对作品（产品）感兴趣的展出方或投资方。

• 在“新车间”与“觉”的Dorkbot上向艺术家与电子爱好者展示您的技术与产品；
• 通过举办工作坊的形式让艺术家与电子爱好者进一步了解您的技术与产品；
• 近距离体察用户体验，及时获取到来自潜在用户的反馈信息；
• 寻找未来的艺术或技术上的合作伙伴。

Take line 6 and exit at Jin Qiao station #3, cross the road and head into the courtyard to the red boxes, best to view it from 4pm onwards.]]>

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Lio just finished getting the wood plate for the joysticks and buttons. He’s showing off the hacked TV driven by a Commodore 64 to generate a mirror image that can be itself “projected” on a mirror. He still has some work to do to wire everything up and make the case nicer, but the hard part is over. Interesting factoid: the speaker at the right is hiding a broken piece of the mirror!

…built by Edward. The simplest machine: when turned on, it turn itself off.