Sector67 was proud to host the 6th Annual Build Madison event the weekend prior to Thanksgiving. This event offers community members the opportunity to take action on a project they've been thinking about, working on (or procrastinating) and allows participants access to all of the equipment and collaborative expertise Sector67 has to offer.
There were twelve teams and over 50 individuals participating in this year's event. Participants, young and old, started Day 1 with a short presentation on their project idea and what they hoped to accomplish in the 24-hour timeframe. Others, without a team or project, attend the event to support these teams. These individuals share their knowledge, skills, and expertise in programming, voice recognition, welding, electrical engineering, or tinkering in general.
Using a part from the car as a pattern, Scott and RJ fabricated a replacement part from a small aluminum rod and a paperclip. They used the lathe to create the replacement "dog bone" component.
The "Dancing Lights Team" (Erica, Di, La'Shawna) laser cut 2 pieces of plywood which were then put together, painted, decorated, then laced with LED tape lights.
The Tree tech-team, Jack and Davi, programmed, tested, programmed and tested voice recognition and control.
Here's a video of the final creation!
in progress Dennis wanted to replace the existing taillights in his Delorean with LED lights. A follow-up presentation was given at Sector67 December meeting.
Build a table base from copper pipe.
Make updates to the Sector67 website.
complete! Bob successfully completed his mission to clean up behind-the-scenes functionality of the website.
Build a telescope stand/gantry system.
complete! Laima completed one of the three panels and the results were stunning!
The team completed their mission and showed off their final product. Only they know which button does what…Or do they?
in progress Jessie had a nice protoype at his presentation and continues to work on the skate board. So far, so good!
complete Here's a cool video of a balloon launch, imagine how helpful the tracking device is in finding the balloon when it travels up to 90,000ft high and lands where it wants to!
narrowed the base so that there was less friction, allowing the cat to exert less energy to make the wheel move. Thanks to Jim for support on this!
added a motion detector which would count the number of revolutions of the wheel using an integrated Arduino.
Added an incentive for the cat to use the wheel – an Arduino-run cat-treat-dispenser which would dispense treats after a certain number of wheel revolutions.
Please come join this fun, community event in 2016! Bring your ideas and let's build, Madison! And if you've made it to the end of this post, here's a little reward for you!