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This weekend November 26th, 27th
November 23rd, 2011 § 2 comments § permalink
Wednesday night 2011-11-16
November 19th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
新车间里来了鲸男，来自imlab的鲸男。是国内较早使用arduino并将arduino用于艺术领域的第一人。鲸男这次来新车间介绍了他之前的有趣的工作，并将其在日本留学期间的一些感受与大家进行了分享。最后鲸男介绍了今后imlab将要进行的工作，他和他的团队将就改善现有生活而进行设计，并进行原型开发，最终造福大众。鲸男及其团队最近将在上海进行调研，参加各种活动。imlab将会参加一系列的活动，并可能于下周到开源硬件厂商DFRobot进行沟通交流。
接下来Bryan介绍了开放的独立游戏开发游戏，并邀请大家到现场进行体验。
会后大家分开对各自关心的事情进行了互动和交流。
Edward展示了如何手工制造线路板。
Alex继续安装reprap，下个月，rockets会带巧克力来，我们要试验下“巧克力打印机”的可能性。
]]>New Arcade Themed Bar in Shanghai
November 19th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
The drinks are a bit pricey and it’s only one arcade cabinet right now, but we obviously love the idea of an arcade-themed bar! The games are from the Winnitron Indie Game Arcade Network – you may remember the talk last Wednesday at XinCheJian by Bryan Ma. We particularly liked Paper Moon from Infinite Ammo although it’s a single player game.
Arcade: 57 Fuxing east road (corner Yongfu road) in Shanghai.
We’re definitely due for a resurgence of arcades… At XCJ, Lio is helping doing our part by building our own game cabinet (based on Commodore 64 games).
Startup Sauna (Finland) @ XCJ
November 19th, 2011 § 1 comment § permalink
Startup Sauna is a “open source” organization from Finland. They do not provide funding but coaching (different from mentoring…). The delegation (from left to right in the picture) was made up of Jevgeni Peltola (specializing in doing business in Russia), Antti Ylimultka (Startup Sauna Wingman) and Peter Vesterbacka (Rovio Mighty Eagle – they’re opening an office in Shanghai). They want to create a startup hub in Helsinki by inviting selected startups internationally to come and spend 8 weeks in Finland in an intense marathon. They’re looking for ideas that can work globally and good teams. Expect a warm-up event in Shanghai at the beginning of 2012!
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Prototyping Social Innovation and Winnitron
November 17th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
Bryan Ma on Winnitron machine.
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Staff night at Xinchejian
November 15th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
Laser microscope, pcb printing, arcade cabinet making, lego mindstorm building, busting Pandaboard Linux config… Busy evening!
Laser pointer microscope
November 15th, 2011 § 2 comments § permalink
2. A small drop of water. I use water from the aeroponic tank.
3. Aim the laser right through the droplet. Wear dark glasses while aiming and focusing. Even the reflection from this powerful laser can be dangerous!
4. Awesome laser show with live microbes swimming inside that you can watch for hours!!!
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Location:Xuanhua Rd,Shanghai,China
]]>Mendel RepRap assembly update
November 15th, 2011 § 1 comment § permalink
Alex update on the progress of the new Botmill 3d printer:
I was working on the 3d printer with Mike last Saturday and the parts for the frame, Z and Y axes are almost ready and calibrated. We are missing some parts to assemble the motors and the head. And the X axis is still work in progress.It’s a bit strange that Botmill would sell kits with missing parts (M4 threaded 70mm rod, M4 insert, etc). Some of the reprap parts are low quality (misprinted gears) and you have to be extra careful tightening nuts as I’ve accidentally cracked the extruder carriage. Work on this will continue on Wednesday evening at the space; feel free to help out!]]>
