Eugene Makerspace • 687 McKinley Street #1 • Eugene OR 97402
On November 23, 2013, Eugene Maker Space held its first ever punkin’ chunkin’ competition at The Science Factory! It was such a fun event with a fantastic turn out. We had five teams enter the pumpkin chunking contest, with a 6th last minute entry. The last entry was a much...
Where does the time go? There is now only one week left until Eugene Maker Space’s very first Punkin’ Chunkin’ competition! There are currently four teams entered into the competition. Here is the official list: Shanker Free Crankers Low Earth Orbit Kerbalnauts CPepo – Propulsion Teams have decided to keep...
OregonASK Invited Eugene Maker Space (EMS) to have a booth at todays After School conference. Bob Miller and myself (James Hukill) volunteered to represent EMS onsite at Chemeketa Community College (Salem, Oregon). OregonASK mission statement is “To support, expand and advocate for quality out-of-school time programs and activities for children, youth, and...
Eugene Maker Space will be holding it’s first ever Punkin Chunkin’ contest! If you aren’t familiar with the tradition of punkin chunkin’ then you are in for a treat. The general idea is for teams to build contraptions that can launch pumpkins as far as possible. Whichever team can launch...
Eugene Mini Maker Faire is next Saturday, June 15th. More info here. http://www.eugenemakerfaire.com/ EMS will have a booth. We still have room for more members to show their projects, so let us know if you want to exhibit.
Eugene Maker Space held our very first Family Hack Day on June 1, 2013. We had a decent sized group of kids and families show up to get some work done on their own projects. And boy did work get done. We also had several EMS members show up to...
Eugene Maker Space will be hosting our very first family hack day this Saturday, June 1 from 12:00PM to 2:00PM. Do you have children who are creative, inventive, or just like to make things? Do your kids have a project they want to work on but they need a space...
Darren Kitchen from Hak5 is currently on his Hack Across America tour. “What is Hak5?” you ask. Hak5 is an internet show that deals with all things hacking. Darren will be stopping by CodeChops this Friday night to do a talk about “Alternative Internets for the Coming Zombie Apocalypse.” The...
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