Global Space Balloon Challenge. http://www.balloonchallenge.org The high altitude balloon event for everyone, everywhere, together. April 10th – 27th 2015 We Did It!!! April 11. Launched approx. 6:30 am. The video is up! check it out: Yoyodyne HAB 2015
Jiggers. Ever seen these?
Arduino Night Afterhours
Firehazard set up the telescope that dirtworm had dropped off last Arduino Night. It was a nearly a full moon on a clear night and so we had a good look at the features of the big satellite. Thanks dirtworm!
At the Bottom of This Man’s Stairs Is a Secret Door. Touch It, and Something Awesome Happens.
First Drone AIR show!
Minutes from Feb 7 meeting
Before our regular club gathering on a fairly warmish winter evening, poozr provided barbecue and sides (thanks poozr!) and all settled in well fed for the discussion. The meeting opened with a moment of silence for the individual Radio Shack stores already lost. We had lost our local independent Radio Shack last year, a central […]
FEB 21 – 6pm Next Arduino Meeting
Arduino v 1.6 is available!
From Arduino.cc “After almost two years “in the making” we’re thrilled to announce the availability of the Arduino IDE 1.6.0. The latest version of the development environment used by millions of people across the globe brings about a lot of improvements. Since the day we started developing the first 1.5 version we have received a lot of […]
RadioShack Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Will Sell Up to 2,400 Stores List of proposed stores to close here. Thanks N8! Story by the Associated Press; curated by Oliver Darcy. — NEW YORK (AP) — Struggling electronics retailer RadioShack has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and says it will sell up to 2,400 stores. The Fort Worth, Texas company […]
New Electric Imp! from Sparkfun
Description: We know what you’re thinking, “What’s the big deal? Looks like an SD card…” Well this is no SD card! The Electric Imp is a WiFi enabled development platform powered by a Cortex-M3 processor core. “Really?” Yup. In essence, the Imp provides an easy, integrated way to connect almost any hardware device both to other […]