A Los Angeles Hackerspace
OOgoo geek out night.
Posted on September 8th, 2011 by shakespeare1212 • Filed under Events • No Comments
We had a great time at the Oogoo geek out. Check the Crash Cam Feed on Flickr for more photos. We learned that releasing agents are not always a good idea. I made one of our molds come out slimy. We also confirmed that the stuff does smell bad. I will bring sample creations to the public meeting.
As you remember we were following this instructable:
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-Your-Own-Sugru-Substitute/
Workshop/Patching Circle With Peter Kirn
Posted on September 2nd, 2011 by theron • Filed under Events • No Comments
[Post updated with link to presentation]
This month we have two events with Peter Kirn of Create Digital Music.
On Thursday, September 8th, from 7-10 PM, Peter will be teaching a workshop about using pdlib within Processing.
“Image And Music: Make Your Own Musical Tools, Free, with Processing and Pd”
Workshop Thursday September 8th from 7-10 pm. Limited space, $60.
Make your own instrument, sequencer, or effect, then give it a visual interface – not just fake knobs and buttons, but via any picture you desire. Now you can, with two integrated tools, entirely for free.
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Bike Decorating Playshop – August 20th
Posted on August 17th, 2011 by matt • Filed under Events • No Comments
FREE while supplies last
What: we’ll have a lovely afternoon decorating our bikes for burning man. I’ll have some supplies leftover from years of playa projects. bring a bike to mutate or that fancy costume that ain’t finished. Work on some crafts or a project that needs doing.
When: 4:00PM-6:00PM
Saturday August 20th, 2011 GCal
Where: CRASHSpace
10526 Venice Blvd, Culver City CA 90232 GMaps
What to bring:
- a bike!
- fabrics
- glues
- paints
- lights
- stickers
- a fun and creative attitude
Boxes! (How to design and build a box in a half hour)
Posted on August 14th, 2011 by theron • Filed under How To • No Comments
The rather makeshift laser cutter payment box that had been taped to the wall served us well, but it gave up the ghost today. Which gave me the perfect excuse to use the Rahulbotics BoxMaker to make a new one.
BoxMaker is a simple little app that you tell how big to make a box and it generates a PDF that you can load into the laser cutter and make the box. It lets you specify the size, thickness of material, and even the laser kerf. It uses finger joints to hold the sides together without fasteners. If you set the kerf right, the box won’t even need glue. BoxMaker is free (postcard-ware) and runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux. But there’s also a online version so you don’t even have to install anything.
I had the box designed, cut, and hung on the wall within a half hour, thanks to BoxMaker.
EL Wire Class August 20th!
Posted on August 13th, 2011 by matt • Filed under Events • 2 Comments
EL Wire at CrashSpace
EL Wire Soldering Class
starting at $30.00 and includes all materials
When: 2:00PM-4:00PM
Saturday August 20th, 2011 GCal
Where: CRASHSpace
10526 Venice Blvd, Culver City CA 90232 GMaps
EL wire is simple in concept, but any who have tried know those little hairs are a huge pain. I’ll share some tips, tricks, and techniques to create the strong connections and wicked safe ends.
I’ve been playing with EL wire in costumes for 5 years and learned from the best. I have several pieces that have latest the entire time.
Costs (includes materials):
- $20 for members
- $30 for non-members
Bike Decorating Playshop
FREE limited supplies available
We should have some extra ELWire from class available for purchase
When: 4:00PM-6:00PM
Saturday August 20th, 2011 GCal
Where: CRASHSpace
10526 Venice Blvd, Culver City CA 90232 GMaps
- a fun and creative attitude
Neuroscience Lecture #1: Neuron physics, electrodynamics, and elementary information processing
Posted on August 10th, 2011 by jtoomim • Filed under Events • No Comments
This Thursday, 8/11, at 8:00pm, our resident neurobiologist Jonathan Toomim will be giving the first in a series of lectures on neuroscience here at Crash Space. Non-members are welcome.
To be discussed in lecture #1: how neurons use ion channels and the sodium-potassium pump to produce electrical potentials and currents, how action potentials are generated, how information is processed and integrated within a single neuron, and (briefly and hand-wavily) how some phenomena of human psychology resemble the fundamental information processing mechanism of the neuron. This talk would provide a good background and foundation in neuroscience, and would make all other talks make more sense. However, it’s likely to be the most cognitively demanding talk for the audience, and people with weak science backgrounds might get lost a lot.
There will be math. There will be also be heavy usage of terms like capacitance, resistance, electrical potential, and current. If your understanding of those concepts is weak, do not despair: arrive early. A short primer on electricity will be given starting at 7:40pm.
Crash Space Went to Bikerowave!
Posted on August 6th, 2011 by at0mbxmb • Filed under Events • No Comments
Success! A million thanks to Bikerowave for opening their space up to us this Friday evening. Crashers stormed the fort at 7pm with eight gnarly hunks of rust and tubing, and left by 10pm with some seriously swanky and smooth Playa-glidin’ machines.
We had a blast, learned as much as our brains could hold, and saved some bikes from an all-too-early grave in the dump. Way to keep the DIY spirit alive here on the West Side, Bikerowave!
Crash Space Goes to Bikerowave!
Posted on August 1st, 2011 by at0mbxmb • Filed under Events • No Comments
In preparation for Burning Man, we’re taking a little trip down to Bikerowave this Friday, August 5th! Bikerowave, keeping with the DIY hackerspace spirit, is a community-oriented bicycle repair collective. We’ll be making a trip down there to get our bikes in tip-top condition, and will be hosting an event back at Crash Space soon after to decorate our now-so-functional cycles.
Please RSVP to at0mbxmb at everybody’s favourite google-based email by Thursday if you’d like to come, so we can give Bikerowave proper warning.
When: Aug 5th, 7:00pm
Where: Bikerowave
Who: YOU
[updated - 2011-08-05] added image
Radio Mondays: what’s coming
Posted on August 1st, 2011 by outlawpoet • Filed under Events • No Comments
Hi folks,
Unfortunately I’ve been a bit rushed getting the next classes together, so we’re having a push week. Another project day tonight, so I can finally get the Morse Appliance working, finish my slides, and otherwise get shit together. I apologise, but the amount of time I can give crashspace has been steeply curtailed recently by family events. Happily this is a passing thing, and you’re getting a rock block of four excellent nights starting next week.
Monday, August 8th: The Morse Appliance, the triumphant live debut of our radio project to bring morse back. Also my report from the Long Beach Amateur Radio Club meeting.
Monday, August 15th: Basic Electronics, a night to learn how to solder, how to read a diagram, how to fix broken things, and a little of the theory behind it all. For old hands, you can help out the n00b solderers, or work on one of our advanced projects to test yourself further.
Monday August 22nd: Basic Radio, how does this wireless magic work at all? Some of the physics behind it, a review of the modern radio types and equipment, the political landscape, what we as amateurs can get up to. A good review, plus the debut of the CrashShack, a hopefully organized collection of radio equipment YOU as a member can use.
Monday August 29th: Ham Basics, anybody can get an Technician amateur radio license, and I hope everybody will. Here’s a night for what the licensing requirements are, studying the basics, and getting materials to study further, and info on where to go. For more advanced folks, we now have materials for the General class as well.
Let’s go to Burning Man
Posted on July 30th, 2011 by matt • Filed under Events • No Comments
crop from 2010 BRC aerial (click for full image)
Burning Man is around the corner. ! Are ya going? Watcha bringing? Got cool projects? We want to help!
This Sunday, the 31st, I’m hosting a general preparation discussion at the lovely and well equipped CrashSpace in Culver City. We’ll follow this up with a working session to share ideas, projects, plans, and supplies. I’m hoping this is the first of many, so show up to keep it alive and discuss what a followup event might entail.
Here are the details of the afternoon:
What: burning man preparation and organizing
When: July 31st, 2-4pm.
Where: CrashSpace, 10526 Venice Blvd, Culver City CA 90232
What to bring: packing lists, questions, projects, supplies, anything you wish to share
Topics for discussion
1. Introductions
2. Packing Lists
3. What to expect
4. Show and Tell
5. Share (dome building)
6. Action (Get to work!)
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