May 22nd, 2013 § § permalink
It’s time to stop procrastinating on your projects and get to it and do it! just Make it attitude will go a long way. given that it’s soon to be so hot in shanghai, it’s good to work in a cool and cooled environment.
Announcements this week:
- Ladies, it’s your turn, sign up for 3months at XinCheJian and get 1 month for free, starting.. now
- sign up for the basics of Character Animation and learn the tricks that Pixar and Disney used to create some of the most long running cartoons to date.
- Movie night this friday: Moulin Rouge – 730pm
Summary for Wednesday/本周三开放日综述
- Paul – sha256({Human})
- Enno – Character Animation
- More..
Wednesday Presenters/本周演讲者介绍
- Paul will be demoing sha256({Human}), a talk he wanted to do at barcamp but was unable to make it this year, this uses face tracking and recognition using opensource tools
- Enno will give an introduction to the upcoming workshops this weekend at XinCheJian, A teacher, an Artist both in Design and Music, this is one cool cat!
- Ad-Hoc.. this could be you
April 3rd, 2013 § § permalink
4月3日周三开放日
Holiday folks! it’s time to hack stuff! Thursday -> Saturday, Check the website often over this holiday time, we’re going to be doing all sorts of magic.
Announcements this week:
- Valentin from Social glasses is back in town, catch him around the space!
- Ladies, it’s your turn, sign up for 3months at XinCheJian and get 1 month for free, starting.. last week
- Roboracing – it’s on the 6th of April! 2pm – 5pm bring your 10 second cars! or your ultra fast line followers, the competition is just starting for the season – we’re waiting on a special location announcement for this race, i think you dont want to miss it, plus work on your car Thursday and Friday as it’s a tomb sweeping holiday!
- May is dedicated to the month of Cinematography – keep an eye out for events revolving around cinematography
- June is dedicated to “intro” for everything, from introduction to arduino, machine room, 3d printing, 3d modeling, electronics, this is the ultimate makers month!
Summary for Wednesday/本周三开放日综述
- Tom Igoe – one night only! see him in XinCheJian – Internet of Things Expert: Author, Arduino Team Member and Teacher
Wednesday Presenters/本周演讲者介绍
Tom Igoe is an Associate Arts Professor at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP). Coming from a background in theatre lighting design, Igoe makes tools that sense and respond to a wide range of human physical expression. He is the aread head for physical computing courses, and teaches courses in networking as well. He is also interested in how to lessen the impact that making things has on the environment, and how open hardware development can contribute to that. He has written three books for makers, and is working on a fourth. He is an occasional contributor to Make magazine as well. He is a co-founder of Arduino. He has consulted for various museums and interactive design companies as well. He is currently living a personal dream of working with monkeys, and wants to visit Svalbard someday.
Also if you use Processing and Arduino you can thank him tonight!
ONE NIGHT ONLY! DONT MISS OUT!
March 20th, 2013 § § permalink
Thanks to everyone that came out this weekend for XinCheJian’s spring cleaning, was really great to see everyone and the work done to the space is making a difference.
Updates this week:
- this week we want your 5rmb at the door, that money is going straight into the donation box
- Ladies, it’s your turn, sign up for 3months at XinCheJian and get 1 month for free, starting.. now
- XinCheJian is turning 3 this month, join us for a wild party @ the space mark your calendars the 26th of march – it’s a Tuesday – members can bring 1 guest, but please let us know if you are coming (for food and drink orders) by signing up here http://xinchejian.com/event2/?ee=171
- Roboracing – it’s on the 6th of April! 2pm – 5pm bring your 10 second cars! or your ultra fast line followers, the competition is just starting for the season, plus work on your car Thursday and Friday as it’s a tomb sweeping holiday!
- two new groups formed in the last 7 days, with quantified self and also creative programming.
Summary for Wednesday/本周三开放日综述
- 诸晓鸣 – Blind PHP/C++ Programmer making games (CN)
- Matthew DeBlock – DScript – a new form of writing (EN)
- ..You..
Wednesday Presenters/本周演讲者介绍
诸晓鸣 is Visually impaired, self taught to program in C++ and PHP and works to improve accessibility across computers for others in the same situation, from text to speech and information accessibility development and builds games!
Matthew DeBlock has invented his own writing style that looks like a script language however it encodes roman alphabet, if anyone has designed a font before, now imagine how hard it is to design an entire writing style!
March 13th, 2013 § § permalink
MengQi was down this weekend giving some amazing workshops, everything from a theremin to cracklebox and his famous osc6 kit, congratulations to everyone who came, built and played their new musical instruments into the late evening and thanks to MengQi from coming from Beijing to XinCheJian.
Announcements this week:
- This week we want your 5rmb at the door, that money is going straight into the donation box!
- Spring Cleaning – this weekend the 16th of march we have a spring cleaning organized, everyone is welcome to join in – we’ll start from 11am for a brunch at XinCheJian – Baozi’s, Egg on Toast and a little cleaning/organization to our favourite hackerspace.
- Ladies, it’s your turn, sign up for 3months at XinCheJian and get 1 month for free, starting.. now
- XinCheJian is turning 3 this month, join us for a wild party @ the space mark your calendars the 26th of march – it’s a Tuesday – we need help, we need your help – a BIG cake for XinCheJian’s birthday – feed 50+ people, you can make one or help organize one!
- Roboracing – it’s on the 6th of April! 2pm – 5pm bring your 10 second cars! or your ultra fast line followers, the competition is just starting for the season, plus work on your car Thursday and Friday as it’s a tomb sweeping holiday!
=Summary for Wednesday/本周三开放日综述=
- Mike Loh – Cosplay (EN)
- CSK – RoboPeak Mini Robot (CN)
- Allen Yang – Machines will make it (CN)
=Wednesday Presenters/本周演讲者介绍=
Mike Loh from uratz Studio will be giving his presentation on Cosplay and some awesome things he makes and is also looking to go electric, think Iron Man costumes and some Holly wood animatronics!
CSK has been followed around all week by TV cameras as he prepares to give his presentation this week on RoboPeak Mini Robot and robotics.
Allen yang from the machining industry is excited to present this week, he built him self a low cost CNC previously and knows his Equipment: lathes, milling machines, machining centers, shears, bending machines, presses, CNC press! you name it he does it.
March 6th, 2013 § § permalink
3月6日周三开放日
Congratulations to those that built a 3D printer on the weekend with @Lucio鲁修
Lots of announcements this week, where to start:
- From next week we’re going to ask you for 5rmb at the door for non-members, sign up on the night as a member and get your 5rmb back!
- Ladies, it’s your turn, sign up for 3months at XinCheJian and get 1 month for free, starting.. now，
- it’s XinCheJian’s 2nd anniversary this month, join us for a wild party @ the space – mark your calendars the 26th of march – it’s a Tuesday – we need help, we need your help – a BIG cake for XinCheJian’s birthday – feed 50+ people, you can make one or help organize one!
- Robot racing – it’s on the 6th of April! 2pm – 5pm bring your 10 second cars! or your ultra fast line followers, the competition is just starting for the season, plus work on your car Thursday and Friday as it’s a tomb sweeping holiday!
- Make+ is gaining traction, email us to find out how you can get involved.
Summary for Wednesday
We need your support this week, we have 2 fragile live demonstrations, dont touch! just look
Wednesday Presenters/本周演讲者介绍
Daedalus City project is an exciting project emerging from XinCheJian with a live demonstration wednesday evening with robots, lights, cameras and action! an amazing joint collaboration that is set to inspire you.
February 25th, 2013 § § permalink
Want to learn microprocessor, but afraid of programming？
Want to learn Arduino, but hate to write code？
Bought Arduino, but don’t know how to write programs？
Come checkout the new Arduino graphical programing software Mind+！
Mind+ Demo brought by @Rex陈正翔 , come to experience yourself and have fun programming your Arduino!
See you at XinCheJian Wednesday February 27th at 7:30, it’s FREE !
February 20th, 2013 § § permalink
新年快乐，恭喜发财，大吉大利，万事如意！The long holiday is finally over and the regular weekly XinCheJian Wednesday open night is back online!
XinCheJian has been featured on the local TV station recently and has since generated waves of interest from local enthusiasts, numerous people has came to visit the space but no day is better than the Wednesday open night to visit XinCheJian to understand more about XinCheJian and meet more people who believe in hackerspaces.
又要疯了，新车间上电视了。上映当天就在乌鲁木齐路长乐路附近造成严重交通拥堵，男女老少奔走相告，来参观的人群是人山人海接踵摩肩，那真是高的高矮的矮，胖的胖，瘦的瘦，黑的黑似雪，白的白如碳，顿时上海其他地区万人空巷，人民日常经济生活受到严重影响（以上内容纯属夸张，如有巧合你也没招）。当然，如果您刚刚听说新车间，想进一步了解新车间，那你周三晚上的开放日不来就傻了。所以废话少说，赶紧来吧。
Summary for Wednesday/本周三开放日综述 (7:30pm ~)
There is gonna be introduction on the new project Make+ exchange program by Sophia Lin, DIY CNC hacker Xu Genxin is going to share some of his secret on CNC building, Lin Ju is going to present his DIY heart rate and blood oxygen saturation sensor, and our founder David Li is going to do a short intro of Aqauponics.
If you came by the space recently, you’ll notice the miniature City project, you may see a demo tonight too!
今晚啥都有， Make+ 项目介绍，自制CNC，自制心率血氧计，以及水植的入门介绍，如果想来最好早来，来晚了就进不来了。此外，你也可能看到新车间最新的一个项目：微缩城市 的介绍
Wednesday Presenters/本周演讲者介绍
Sophia Lin: Make+ exchange program is a four-month studio program in Shanghai. Welcoming artists, programmers, engineers, scientists, designers and other creative minds, to collaborate and to make ideas real!
Xu Genxin (徐根鑫 ) : Sales at a factory automation company by day, CNC hacker by night. He will present the third CNC machine he build from scratch.
Ling Ju : author of STM32 book (稀里糊涂学stm32), forum moderator for 21ic. He will present DIY heart rate and blood oxygen saturation sensor.
David Li : Pimp the fish: short intro of Aqauponics
February 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.
January 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!
January 23rd, 2013 § § permalink
1月23日周三开放日更新
Thanks to the anonymous donations this week to whoever you are, those new tools and pieces will be put to good use! This weekend we had some great events, from DorkBot to “I’m a brave robot” workshop.
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 around the space.
Also it’s been pointed out that XinCheJian Wednesdays has been a little bit commercial, there’s no excuse and we’re sorry for this, i’d like to reinforce that presenters are either sent http://wiki.xinchejian.com/wiki/Wednesday-guidelines or informed in person, suggestions welcome for dealing with these situations on the mailing list xinchejian@googlegroups.com
Summary for Wednesday/本周三开放日综述
MaT – Chromaphase, is going to present some “candy for your eyes”.
Lu Yang is a new media artist, This talented Shanghainese girl will show off some of her work and is also looking for like-minded, capable people for Augmented Reality projects.
曹锟 (Cao Kun) is working on a RGB color cube and will present it this evening.
Wednesday Presenters/本周演讲者介绍
MaT a french artist-designer from Paris. Is doing 3d Mapping, VJing live shows with music artists, dj from around the world, he’s worked with Huawei Mobile R&D running a Team in UI and GUI for mobile phones, now he’s a freelancer working on digital projects involving live music, arts and interactive design, tonight he’s going to unveil his 3D mapping live! and talk about some upcoming projects.
Lu Yang, This girl has a commendable list of exhibitions, she graduated in 2010 with an M.A in New media arts from the China Academy of Art and lives in shanghai, her work is set to shock and inspire at the same time.. take a look at her site: http://luyang.asia my favorites are under “Family DIY teaching graphics” – watch out, you might loose your lunch!
January 21st, 2013 § § permalink
Chromaphase (aka Matthieu Tondeur) will be presenting this Wednesday at XinCheJian. In addition to having his own Wikipedia page, Matthieu is currently doing exciting 3D mapping video DJ using Mao Livehouse as his home base. Here’s his self introduction:
I’m a french artist-designer from Paris. I’m doing 3D mapping, VJing live show with music producers, DJ, live bands, etc…
I also worked for Huawei Mobile R&D where I lead a small innovation team makingn UI and GUI for Mobile Phones. Now I’m a freelance artist working on different projects that involve live music, art expo, interactive design and video games. (and maybe robots !! haha)
What I will speak about :
1- Introduction of myself (mon parcours)
2- What about my style of 3D mapping and live show (whole creation process) [Will make a live mapping demo]
3- Showing and explain what i did with my team in Huawei Mobile and my creative management method
4- Introduce my upcoming project and ask people that have some skill to join these projetcs
Which could lead to :
3D mapping workshop (A to Z creation workshop, research, process, inspiration, technical solution, etc..)
This workshop won’t be too much about technical skills coz it’s damn easy. But it will focus on creativity, story telling, creative content creation, innovative ways to use 3d mapping… Then we can make a small show with everyone’s projects/creations. And if they are good, try to find place/gallery to show it. Content could be traditional art to processing only, depending on the interest of participants. Whatever your field, you can create something!
Here’s video of one of my latest show in Guangzhou :
And here’s a video that resume my VJ live performance for the 2011/2012 season
Thanks everyone!
January 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.
