二月 6th, 2013 § § permalink
2月6日周三开放日更新
新年快乐, During the holiday the space will be open in the afternoons to evenings, if you are a member and want to make sure the space is open please send an email to staff@xinchejian.com the space may or may not be open in the mornings as it will depend on who is around but the best way to check is to ask.
Due to holiday people wishing to visit XinCheJian please check in first by emailing info@xinchejian.com
Summary for Wednesday/本周三开放日综述
Wednesday Presenters/本周演讲者介绍
format change: It’s adhoc night, put your stuff on the table you wish to talk about! it can be anything, it’s a real great way to introduce yourself.
二月 2nd, 2013 § § permalink
We’ve started a new project in Xinchejian, the Project City, code name “Metropolis“.
More about the project will be in the wiki soon as we just begun. Today we built the table where the city will be installed.
The project will be a fusion of 3D projection and robot hardware combined with mechanics and interactive components.
This project is open for all members with interest. There will be a huge part in 3D mapping/projection and this content has to be created too. The robotics and mechanical part will include Arduino based hardware for the movements, communication between the central computer and the city and interface for interactive components.
If you think you could help with something then just let us know.
一月 30th, 2013 § § permalink
1月30日周三开放日更新
Just a quick note: this weekend on Saturday morning the scouts are coming! from 9am til 12noon – you might want to lay in bed a little longer as they will be cutting, drilling, hammering. sign up for Lucios 3D printing workshop next month! Checkout a recent post by him called
“Brazil through lucio’s eyes”
Summary for Wednesday/本周三开放日综述
- Andrew Hakim Lie, 3D Artist from Indonesia
- Lutz and MaTz, 3D fusion and robots
- Rockets and Rex, the boys from DFrobot
Wednesday Presenters/本周演讲者介绍
Andrew Hakim Lie, will be talking about a genre in 3D Graphics called ‘Photorealistic 3D’, where images made using 3D softwares that are so life-like they appear like photographs. Mainstream public may not realize it, but its application ranges anywhere from the movie industry, design visualization, even Live Concerts and also tie into what his project at xinchejian will be.
MaTz of the 3D visualization last week and Lutz from Swarm robots will introduce a new project idea about the fusion of 3D mapping/projection and robots.
Rockets and Rex will be unveiling their latest 3D printer from DFrobot and the worlds smallest Arduino compatibible wearable low powered great for beginners and so cheap you’ll not want to miss it!
一月 24th, 2013 § § permalink
Aquaponic is a recirculating integrated growing system which convert fish waste into nutrient for plants and use the biological filtering system to keep water clean for the fish.
In this workshop, you will learn about the principles of aquaponics and build your own aquaponic system. It’s good for growing fresh herbs, planting ornamental plant with easy care and raising goldfish.
Date: Feb 2 (Saturday)
Time: 2pm to 5pm
Location: 2nd Floor XinCheJian
Cost: rmb 280 (for the materials and equipment)
The Workshop is free to join and open to everyone; if you wish to buy the materials and equipment, please kindly RSVP by emailing to: David@xinchejian.com.
鱼菜共生是一个自然循环的耕种系统，把鱼的排泄转换成植物需要的养分，同时通过生化过滤起到净化水质的作用，供鱼类生长使用。
工作坊可以让你了解鱼菜共生的概念，并且教会你如何自己动手做一个小型鱼菜共生系统，用来种植香料和观赏花卉。
日期：2／2 周六
时间：下午2点 – 5点
费用：人民币 280 元 (用于购买材料和装置的费用)
地点：新车间2楼
工作坊向所有人开放，并且免费参加。如您需要购买材料和装置，请事前与我们邮件联系：David@xinchejian.com。谢谢。
desktop aquaponic and no watering acquired! 小型鱼菜共生种植，无需浇水哦！
aquaponic hyacinths 鱼菜共生系统养殖的风信子
一月 23rd, 2013 § § permalink
Last Sunday we had a brilliant workshop at XinCheJian — the brave robot workshop hosted by Yair Reshef, an artist from Iseral. Yair started the brave robot workshops as the idea of compassion in design and robotics is something he has been dealing with and the workshop is the chance to get it on. The brave robots in this project are the ones without micro-controllers and/or sophisticated programming. The robotic design is purely analog and mechanic based. You can make your brave robot without much electronic knowledge but you need to be creative to make your robot unique and have fun!
During the 3 hour workshop, everyone who joined finished their first brave robot. Thanks to the hard work on soldering! Perhaps we could expect a brave robot racing at XinCheJian sometime, why not?
一月 16th, 2013 § § permalink
Is it seasons greetings or Spring festival? neither, it’s half way between the both, Enjoy this feature filled Wednesday.
==Summary for Wednesday/本周三开放日综述==
Yair Reshef guest from Israel will be talking about Hackerspaces in Israel, His projects, 3D scanner demo (http://mantis-vision.com/)
Thomas Yao, the creator of GitCafe and SHLUG advocate will be presenting this evening on GitCafe, where they are and where they are going!
Rick Sheridan, CEO of RST in San Francisco will give his sourcing insights, previously scheduled for last week.
Yeung Man Leung 扬文梁, Razorfish! a lesson in big data and connected consumer experiences!
=Wednesday Presenters/本周演讲者介绍=
Yair Reshef – An art technologist and educator, consulting some of the leading art and design institutes in Israel. In this capacity he helps promote creative technology in the arts and vise verse. A recent such example is fabrication of a hepatic car wheel for a year long collaboration between Bezalel academy of Arts and General motors. As an educator he gives workshops and helps people experience rapid prototyping of electronics and code, his students ranging from small kids to teachers and faculty. Coming from Israel, he keeps a close watch on start-up culture, and have always been amazed by the power of a few committed talents to bring things to be.
Thomas Yao, a geek by heart has been involved in and runs the SHLUG for many years now, he is no stranger to XinCheJian and often visits, we’re waiting to find out what exciting things are coming to gitcafe this year!
Rick Sheridan, CEO of RST in San Francisco and friend of Mitch Altman will be presenting this evening, his expertise is in management of sourcing for OEMS and i bet he has some hairy stories to share.
Razorfish is sending down their top man! this guy eats big data and creates a masterpiece, driving digital media for fast moving companies, find out what he has to say on hacking.
一月 9th, 2013 § § permalink
We hope by now that your Christmas gifts have broken and that you have already started hacking them! we’ve got a great line up this week of presenters, also keep an eye for Dork Bot announcement to be hosted on the 19th. Since it’s a new year, why not be more active and make something! make stuff!
This weeks lineup is as follows: Rick Sheridan, an expert in sourcing components. Hailing a NY storyteller, Colt Ma, and his Arduino based coffee roaster! Lobtail is flying in to show-off cloud-lab and 1626 潮流双周刊 magazine will be interviewing people!
=Wednesday Presenters/本周演讲者介绍=
Rick Sheridan, CEO of RST in San Francisco and friend of Mitch Altman will be presenting this evening, his expertise is in management of sourcing for OEMS and i bet he has some hairy stories to share.
Hailing from Shanghai, China, Dd ( Yang Jiang 江暘 ) is a New-York based visual storyteller that incorporates a multitude of mediums such as photography, painting, videography, interactive design and more into her art. For her, art is an essential way to approach her inner-self as well as the mysteries of nature. She attempts to honor both timeless wonders in the nature and the time-bound world of form. Now, she is pursuing her second master’s degree at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU, where she is developing new modalities to integrate the beauty and intelligence of nature into the everyday lives of people.
自动咖啡烘焙机：项目刚起步，原型机Mark I基于一台小型爆米花机+arduino改造而来，通过大量的测试调整，已有了比较稳定的效果。 – The Arduino based coffee roaster Mark I ! based on an old popcorn machine.
Lobtail the creator of cloud-lab is building an interesting community tool, a virtual hackerspace with tools and equipment available for loan and projects published and collaboratively worked on.
十二月 26th, 2012 § § permalink
Summary for Wednesday/本周三开放日综述
- IKEA lamps: by Mika & Edward
- Fast & furious robot car: Edward
- Swarmbot update: Leo
Wednesday Presenters/本周演讲者介绍
This evening Mika and Edward will present dot dot dot the 64bit ikea lights, Edward will be show off his fastest robo racing car and Leo will show us swarm robots, he even has a an island variant – very cool!
十二月 16th, 2012 § § permalink
Bragging rights, well deserved, the winner of this years Autonomous racing championship is EdwardRF with his entry XHD, a 10 second car that flew around the track, sticking like glue to the ground, nimble and hightech in one.
5 competitors competed for best time in time trials on the track for 2012, but only one would win. first up on the track was “Icecream Breaker” which unfortunately didn’t make it off the starting track.
The second contestant was Charlie “wallbanger” famed for it’s uncanny desire to hit every wall in the past, for this year it had an upgrade, 2 Sharp IR range sensors a powerful microservo, a high current motor driver all on top of an arduino nano built right into the original platform, he was no longer a wallbanger but a high powered racing car which clocked in at 7seconds in testing on the same course but different surface. Charlie set the time to beat at 14.62 seconds
XHD time to roll around, with a tough 14.62 seconds to beat, it started out on the track for 1 flawless lap, unfortunately the second lap was not as great, but it did clock in at 10.25seconds. this was the highest tech vehicle to race, PID controllers, wickedly expensive racing platform, 3 Sharp IR range sensors, 1 nano, 1 703n, 1 micro servo, 1 high power motor for the quad wheel drive-shaft with differential driving allowing it to take corners like no ones business.
With a little intermission Cherokey was ready to try again, this 4 wheel drive platform from dfrobot needed a little more time to work out the bugs but it was a great start, it could turn 360° on the spot! equipped with 4 Basic IR sensors, 4 powered wheel drive shaft and a nice base, unfortunately it’s fastest time on the track was 25.02 seconds with 1 collision making it 35.02 seconds.
With man behind the wheel in the only entrant into the User controlled group Stanley clocked in with Loader Shovel with 31.96 seconds, not a good start for human controlled. anyway he won by default.
Lio finally entered in with the Lone Ranger – unfortunately time and a new platform didn’t work out for him, it was a good show of walloping wall-banging!.
in winner takes all, EdwardRF took home the prize of 500rmb 
congratulations to EdwardRF, if you would like to challenge him, make sure you have a 10 second car or you’ll be paying the price of loosing to the champion.
十二月 12th, 2012 § § permalink
十二月 12th, 2012 § § permalink
Congratulations to those that built a 3D printer on the weekend, Lucio was excited and nervous to host this workshop, being his first ever one! You’ve all done very well and not given up! Look out for more improvements and more workshops from High Energy – i don’t sleep – Lucio!
Summary for Wednesday/本周三开放日综述
胡介鸣 – BlackBoxlab
Alex Cureton-Griffiths – SpaceGAMBIT
Wednesday Presenters/本周演讲者介绍
胡 介鸣 will be presenting blackboxlab and some of their installation work done previously and how you can also get involved. Using art, electronics, design, interaction, any action! check out http://www.blackboxlab.org
Alex from SpaceGAMBIT will hopefully be presenting this evening, it’s been hard to pin him down, so we just tied a rope to his rocketship!
who else? *your name here* it’s also adhoc, so get ready, just keep it to 9 minutes plus Q&A afterwards
十二月 7th, 2012 § § permalink
For those people who aren’t going to the 3D Printer Workshop, we recommend going to the HACKYIZU – Techyizu’s Hackathon this Saturday and Sunday (Dec 8, Dec 9). Hackyizu should be a great event for developers, designers, and tech enthusiasts to get together and build something cool over a weekend. Come to pitch your idea, join a team, or just hang out with people from startups, and tech companies like Microsoft and Google.
The Hackathon will be held at Innovation Works‘ offices in Yangpu District.
Building 3#, No.200 East Guoding Road, Yangpu district (杨浦区国定东路200号3号楼)
The event is free, and there will be free food, t-shirts, and even prizes!
Read more details on the Techyizu website.
