Tactile Transducer Project
by Mike D on Feb.22, 2010, under Projects
Tactile Transducer Installed
This is one of the first projects that I attempted. The idea was to build a tactile transducer on the cheap that could be mounted to a couch. If your not familiar with a tactile transducer, it is a device designed to transmit vibrations instead of sound. It’s mounted to home theater seating to give you an extra punch during those low frequency booms.
To view more details of this project, check out my project log over on the wiki.
Current Project – Cigar Box Guitar
by critter42 on Feb.17, 2010, under Projects
Cigar Box Guitar components
My current project was inspired by an article in the current issue (21) of Make Magazine – a Cigar box guitar. My project log for this is up on the wiki.
EDIT: The project is complete and the log updated! Everyone who was at the 2/12 meeting got to see (and hear) it in person.
Memphis Makerspace Feb 12th Meeting
by Dan9186 on Feb.13, 2010, under Meetings
Again we’ve survived another meeting. Based on comments I’ve heard about the last meeting, this one was quite a bit shorter. We were actually out of there by about 9:07 PM in comparison to our last time of 10:30 PM. I think we just got a little over excited about how things were going. Anyways to all of those who weren’t there or couldn’t make it, you were missed, and to all those that were, thanks for coming.
In all, we got a good bit done. We discussed the MidSouth Con and our involvement there (people are still needed for this, projects too.) We tried our hand at tying a few knots and braiding some rope for a nifty way to store it. Other than that we spent a good deal of time chatting about what we’d like to do and ways that we can accomplish this. Hopefully if new people keep showing up like they have thus far, we’ll be able to obtain a space sooner than we expect.
Thanks again to everyone for coming, see you next Friday, and don’t forget to try and find more of our fellow geeks!
Last day for discounted MidSouthCon rate!
by critter42 on Feb.11, 2010, under News
A quick reminder: If there are any Makers that are going to MidSouthCon and haven’t registered yet, tomorrow is the last day to get a discounted rate. At midnight the price goes up $5 to the at-the-door price of $45 for the weekend.
Meeting: February 5th 2010
by Dan9186 on Feb.05, 2010, under Meetings
Pictures by John Wood.
Well folks, this was the second meeting we ever had, and it actually went quite well. At least better than I had expected. People actually showed up! No no, ok so seriously though people came with lots of good ideas and a lot of interest in the whole thing. Which by my standards is excellent for where we’re at. Now granted, it did run a little long, but that’s because we actually have a lot to talk about. Which is also excellent. I promise, the next meetings will be a little less business, a little more fun, and a good bit shorter. Some of that we’ll have to figure out as we go.
Hopefully though, this did allow everyone a little bit of insight as well as encouragement for what this can turn into. I also hope that everyone got a little bit of a feel for what kind of people we’re looking for to be in the group. I encourage everyone, to right now bring anyone that you can think of who might enjoy all of this. Members are the biggest thing we need at the moment so bring everyone you can.
Also, the meeting notes are up on the wiki, and pictures are up on flickr. Don’t forget to go checkout the pictures.