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CCCKC-U ELEC211

asmodianX — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:28:19 +0000

CCCKC-U is proud to present Elec-211 Introduction to servos, taught by Craig Berscheidt.

The course starts this Friday the 12th at 7pm and lasts 4 sessions.

Rube Goldberg Device

cinus — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:01:14 +0000

Above is a Rube Goldberg device constructed by ulysses and cinus. The device is fairly simple as there are only 5 events involved in switching on the coffee maker.
A weight slides from atop the string, triggers a mouse trap, which then tugs another string allowing a battery to fall downwards into another mouse trap, closing a circuit.
The coffee makers momentary switch was removed from the PCB and instead replaced with two wires connected to the mouse trap. Once the mouse trap is triggered, the switch closes and turns on the coffee maker.

Zach Hoeken – MakerBot

cinus — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:17:09 +0000

Zach Hoeken from NYCResistor was in town and stopped by the CCCKC on Thursday night along with a MakerBot 3D Printer.
MakerBot
NYC Resistor

Jestin Stoffel On Java WiiRemote

cinus — Sun, 31 May 2009 12:10:42 +0000

Check out Jestin’s blog at: JestinStoffel.com

Art by Ulysses…

ulysses — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:02:08 +0000

who ya gona call.

Some ccckc art I did there are three blinking leds where the solder points are on the logo.

Brand-New Aluminum MacBook for $25

hevnsnt — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:33:57 +0000

CCCKC Needs Rent Money Raffle

(CCCKC-NRMR)

Win a Aluminum MacBook 2.4Ghz (retails for $1600) for $25

Ok, so you probably heard that we are moving into the cave — as it turns out our landlord wants some money for this privilege. We are REALLY close to having the capital we need to be a thriving hackerspace, but we still need build-out materials, tools, and some basic infrastructure. CCCKC is now offering the Hackerspace community a raffle to help raise some funds to make this possible. By helping us start up, you could win a Macbook for CHEAP!

Here is how it works:

A TOTAL of ONLY 200 raffle tickets will be sold in order keep your chances of winning high. You can buy as many raffle tickets as you want for $25 each, dramatically increasing your odds with every purchase. For every raffle ticket purchased, you will receive an official “Ticket” via email. This “ticket” is simply a random number from 1-200 (That way numbers are not sold in order). Once a number has been purchased it will be removed from the pool so you and only you have this number.

Once the 200th ticket has been sold, a random number will be generated using Random.org‘s true number generator. The lucky person whose ticket matches this number will have won the brand new Apple 2.4Ghz MacBook. It will be shipped free of charge to this person ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

See additional Details and purchase your ticket on the RAFFLE PAGE