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Eugene Public Library Event

The Eugene Public Library hosts events for young kids on Sunday afternoons.  A few months back, Eugene Maker Space was invited to host one of these events at EPL.  We accepted the offer and on February 3, 2013, six members from EMS went to the library to run the event....

Make-O-Rama

Eugene Maker Space Invites You to Visit Make-O-Rama: “Tooling Up” Our Semi-Annual Show & Tell/Open House February 23, 2013 11:00 to 4:00 687 McKinley Street, Suite #2 www.eugenemakerspace.com for more information Making awesome tools to make awesome stuff! Come see what we’re building now: Laser Cutters! Vacuum Tables! 3D Printers!...

Now easier to find

Eugene Maker Space now has its name on the sign out front of the building. We are easier to find than ever before.

Open Hack Night Was Busy Tonight.

Open Hack Night was busy tonight. I did not catch what everyone was doing. I did catch that Michelle was gluing together a puzzle box, Ben and Kassie were installing Raspbian on their new Raspberry Pis, Celeste was prototyping an LED-illuminated yo-yo kit for girls to make, Taper was wiring...

Cord’s RFID Cat Feeder – RoboFeeder

This is a video of our cat with special dietary needs using her RFID feeder. It is made from an hacked cd-rom drive and an Arduino with a RFID reader attached. It also uses a PIR (Passive InfraRed) sensor to make sure it doesn’t close on the cat. It has...

James’ Hexapod

Austin shot this short video of James’ hexapod.

Das Blinkenlights

Austin gave me this video of my interactive LED diversion being interacted with.

Arduino Projects

There are a lot of cool Arduino projects floating around Eugene Maker Space.  You can do a lot in a hurry with an Arduino, and programming is so easy it almost feels like cheating!  Here are a couple simple projects I’ve done.   I had less than a day to...