Celebrate Tomorrow at Hacker Haven

I got some neat full color flashing LED's for throwies for tomorrows event at Hacker Haven. See you tomorrow between 5-9 pm at Burton Barr library.

Hacker Haven break for the Holiday

Just a reminder that Hacker Haven is not scheduled Tuesday 12/24 (Christmas Eve). Hacker Haven resumes with festivities on 12/31 from 5-9 pm so please join in the fun then.

New Years Eve at Hacker Haven

Hacker Haven we will be ringing in the New Year with Electronics, Art, and Fun! Tuesday December 31st from 5pm to 9pm.

We will be lighting up the library with LED throwies which you will help create.

Read more about it at The Scientific Mom blog.

Holiday break Hacker Haven will be taking the day off on December 24th which is Christmas Eve. So come out next Tuesday the 17th and make it great because after that we take a break.

Programming Club at Hacker Haven

Hacker Haven is tonight from 6pm to 7pm.

Also the Rose Lane Programming Club will be there starting at 5:30 pm. Check their schedule page if you want to find out what they are doing and learn or share coding with them.

Hacker Haven Tomorrow

Reminder Hacker Haven is tomorrow Tuesday 11/26/2013 from 6-7 pm at Burton Barr (map).

Hacker Haven is only having days off in December on 12/24 and 12/31. So be sure to keep attending.

Fox News covering Hackers

HeatSync Labs was featured during this fox news segment and at the end they mention Hacker Haven. They only commented on the drone programming briefly, but hopefully more cool people find out about both Hacker Haven and HeatSync.

Hacker Haven Happened Without Warning

I haven't posted anything sharing what has been happening, or to remind people to go to Hacker Haven. It's happening people and it's fantastic. Besides Hacker Haven they have other cool events.
I've been meaning to post about these. The people running their programs are really great.
Check their calendar to confirm dates and times.





Monday, Minecraft 3-5, all ages up to 18
Tuesday, Morphology 4-6, ages 10 and up, (November only, resumes in January) kids take their photo and then morph it into something else using Photoshop.
Wednesday,  Video Series 4-6, teens and adults learn to edit photos, videos and music, creating their own unique story.
Thursday, Paper Engineers 3:30-4:30, ages 8 and up, kids learn to make complected engineering structures using geometric shapes and recycled paper.
1st Thursdays, Shoots and Wires 4:30-5:30, ages 12-18, Teens do a cool science experiment every month.
Thursday, Video Game series 5:30-7:00, ages 10 and up, learn to create your own mini video games using a variety of platforms such as Gamestar Mechanic, Scratch and Alice.

Fridays, ages 8-13
1st Friday, Fetch Club - science experiments
3rd Friday, Young@ Art - Art projects
4th Friday, Origami Club

Sundays, all ages
1st Sunday, Lego Club
3rd Sunday, Origami Club
4th Sunday, Games Day - includes wii, Nintendo DS, Minecraft, Gamestar Mechanic, etc.

Drone programming and Pinball at Hacker Haven

Tomorrow is Hacker Haven; Tuesday between 6-7 pm. I've been told there will be soldering again.

Last Tuesday Ryan brought a drone for people to fly around using commands on the computer.

The Scientific Mom brought the pinball machine her daughter and her made.

Here is a close up of a the 3d printer. Not sure what was printing.

As I had hoped the Hacker Haven community is coming together really well. We have regulars attending that are helping to make this great. My plan is to make it out once at least once a month and try to bring value and new ideas to share. The reason I have been able to share things I've learned about making is because I have learned from the community at HeatSync Labs.

I will be on a panel at Maker Summit discussing education through making. This event is focused on those growing the maker community. Please share this with anyone that wants to be involved.

More Hacker Haven Fun and Photos

The other day at Hacker Haven we had lots of fun. Photos from The Scientific Mom.

Me and another hacker who loves making beautiful symmetrical things with Kinects.

Designing squishy controls to play MineCraft with the Makey Makey.

Here are the robots packed up and ready to head out.

A motorized Lego crane build.

Light up Lego's. These have several modes; on, off, or flashing slow, or flashing fast.

Everyone is having a great time at Hacker Haven you should come too!

Make sure to join us today from 6-7 pm for Hacker Haven. I have several Drawdios to have fun with. I got one for Hacker Haven because they have great play value. Come see how much fun they are!

At Hacker Haven last Tuesday we soldered Maker solder badges which have cool color changing LED's as eyes.

Ryan shared some photos of the space.

I've been busy soldering together 3 Drawdio Kits. One is for Hacker Haven, and the others are for my portable electronics / robotics workshop kit.

Tuesday we had a great time at Hacker Haven building a Lego crane that operates with a dc motor, controlling a computer by conducting electricity through 4 people using the Makey Makey, and checking out a Raspberry Pi controlling motors.

We had 4 HeatSync Labs members including myself helping people learn about electronics.

Join us next week for our soldering workshop and you can take home a Learn to Solder Skill Badge.

Hacker Haven Photos by the Scientific Mom

Here are some actions photos here the The Scientific Mom took when visiting Hacker Haven. There were way more people there that night not pictured.

Snap Circuit launching the propeller (red thing in her hands)

The simple box robot I made for getting people started with servo's and sensors

An instrument I made with Adafruit colorful buttons and an Arduino

A member at HeatSync Labs who lives near Hacker Haven was considering donating tools he no longer uses. Not sure what other tools he is considering donating, but he mentioned an oscilloscope. We just want to be sure the things will get used. Come out and show support of having more tools. Just look at that space ready to be filled up.

Thanks again to the Scientific Mom for her photos and her post about Hacker Haven.

Phoenix Hacker Haven 3d Printing

The Burton Barr library will be getting a 3d printer for their Hacker Haven. If you or someone you know can help them get the most out of this technology please help make it happen. They can use someone who knows about calibrating the printer, and also teaching others how to design in 3d.

They can use people with all kinds of backgrounds and skills. If you don't think you have any skills to offer you can start learning by coming down and soon enough you have ways of helping those just getting started.


The last 3 weeks at Hacker Haven I have been helping people learn about electronics and Arduino micro-controllers. I learned how to use them at the HeatSync Labs in Mesa. HeatSync is a hackerspace that is open to the public (check the HeatSync calendar for hours).

Having such an amazing community helping me as I learn new skills has been a tremendous experience. This is why I'm putting so much effort into helping Hacker Haven.

Wishlist

I asked Terry about a wishlist of things for their space. She sent me this.


Donations for things on this list can be sent to;
Phoenix Burton Barr Library
ATTN: Terry Lawler (Hacker Haven)
1221 N Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ, 85004

The List:
1 Large Sturdy wood work table

10 or more each of the following:
Soldering Irons
Soldering Iron accessory kit
Cordless drill/screw driver
Drill bit/screw driver set
Small hand saw
Precision screw driver set
Wire cutter/strippers
Safety Glasses
Gloves
Utility Knives
Aprons

Any quantity of the following:
Table clamps
Nuts and bolts
Soldering lead
Fuses, various sizes
Copper wire
Any other wire, various sizes
Laser cutter
Vinyl cutter
Tape Measures
Mallets
Wrenches
Zip ties

Large quantities (as many as we can get) of the following:
Battery holders, all sizes from coin cell to 9v
Small motors, all sizes
Mini vibrating motors
Mini solar panels
Small magnets
EL wire


Please ask questions, post comments, suggest things you think would be good to add etc.

Introduction

The Phoenix Burton Barr library is starting a Hacker Haven (AKA maker space). The library website is being updated so an official web page is not happening quickly. Until then I am starting this unofficial blog to maximize awareness and discussion for getting things going.

Currently Hacker Haven is Tuesdays from 6-7 PM located at the Burton Barr Library (map inside).
These places are often called different things; makerspace, hackerspace, creation station. Show up ready to work on making things and help others do the same.

Great things are taking shape and it's great to see it happening. We've had over 25 people out to one event while kids launched Snap Circuit propellers to the top of the room. We have electronics kits, but the goal is not limited to electronics. Check the Phoenix Library calendar for other making themed events including paper engineering, and digital art classes.

Please post questions and comments in this blog. I will be making a post with their wishlist if you would like to donate things they can use. What kinds of projects would you like to make? Are you an expert on things you can share? Please spread the word!