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First Annual Punkin Chunkin’ Contest!

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...

@rickoooooo with a new elevating Halloween Fast Hack

EMS member Rick Osgood (http://bit.ly/18kpxIZ ) SCARES up another Halloween hack. A double helix Jacobs Ladder (http://bit.ly/HtbuGT ). Congrats Rick ( @rickoooooo ) on another ELECTRIFYING fast hack.

EMS meeting notes. Thanks Clif!

Saturday was a EMS member meeting. If you did not make it don’t worry Clif posted the meeting minutes. Thanks Clif! Some great topics brought up and a reminder EMS board member voting this December. https://www.eugenemakerspace.com/wiki/Sites/EMSMembershipMM102613

Philanthropic Eugene Maker Space Member Austin McKimmey in the local news.

Congratulations Austin McKimmey. Always awesome when an EMS member makes it in the news. Being recognized as an Event Organizer makes it even better. Thanks for giving back to the community! “Biking Out of Disaster” http://www.eugeneweekly.com/20131024/lead-story/climate-disaster

Great (pumpkin) new YouTube video from EMS member Rick Osgood.

It’s almost Halloween so lets get inspired!  Today we have one of Eugene Maker Space’s founders and ingenious members Rick Osgood that posted a new video on his YouTube channel. Fire Breathing Jack-O-Lantern “Published on Oct 22, 2013 In this video I build a jack-o-lantern that can breathe fire! Unfortunately I...

Eugene Mini Maker Faire is almost here.

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.

Family Hack Day a Success!

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...

Family Hack Day on June 1st

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...