Entries for the ‘Events’ Category

We’re Moving to VHS 3.0, 270 East 1st

Details After 18 months of searching, VHS has finally found a new home! Our space behind 45 West Hastings served us well, but we’ve outgrown it and it is time to move on.  As of June 2013 our new home, affectionately dubbed The Bunker, is at 270 1st Ave E, Vancouver.  The new space is [...]

Bitcoin Night This Fri. 7pm April 19, 2013

Friday night 7pm, well take a trip into the technology behind the media misunderstandings and market madness. No economic/sociology debates, no politics, no bs. We explore and try to understand 2 simple questions: What is it? How does it work?

3D Printer, CNC and CAM Night, Wednesday May 1 2013

The last 3D printer meeting was so much fun we’re doing it again, but extending to include all things CNC and CAM also! Bring your printer, bring your enthusiasm, bring your questions, bring your curiosity, bring a snack. We’ll be talking about the future and learning from each other. Come see what the molten edge [...]

Raspberry Pi Night with Pete Lomas of the Raspberry Pi Foundation

What: Pete Lomas of the Raspberry Pi Foundation and hardware designer of the Raspberry Pi will be visiting VHS for a special Raspberry Pi Night! Where: VHS (45 west hastings alley entrance http://vancouver.hackspace.ca/wp/about/ ) When: Tuesday April 2nd @ 7:30pm Why: We have a rare opportunity to learn from THE expert on the Raspberry Pi’s hardware! Who: [...]

Ski Pi! With Pete Lomas of the Raspberry Pi Foundation @ Whistler

What: Ski Pi! A Fun day of skiing and boarding with Pete Lomas, of the Raspberry Pi Foundation and hardware designer of the Raspberry Pi. Where: Meet at the Roundhouse on Whistler mountain (top of the gondola) at 10am. When: Friday March 29th from 10am-3pm Why: Pete’s visiting for a couple of weeks, so let’s [...]

“Beyond Arduino” Workshop, Thursday March 28th

Ever wished you could duplicate that successful Arduino project without shelling out for another Arduino? Well you can, and it’s not too difficult. VHS regular Simon is running a workshop next Thursday that will show you how to take your Arduino code and install it on a standalone ATmega328 microcontroller (the same type that is [...]

Intro to making puppets – 7:30 pm Monday, 18th of March, 2013

What: VHS is running another Intro to making puppets workshop this Monday, March 18th, 2013 (Craft night) VHS will have some materials on hand but you should bring your own materials is possible. Dressew is a good place to get almost everything you will need. 337 West Hastings Street Vancouver, (604) 682-6196 When: 7:30 pm Monday, 18th of [...]

SeedBomb Night – Thursday March 21st

  come one, come all to the first^H^H^H^H^H second^H^H^H^H^H^H third evar vhs horticultural night. i will be bringing supplies and instructions on how to make seed bombs. i have the red clay powder, compost and an interesting selection of westcoast non-invasive seeds. i will also bring some seedling racks on which we can dry the [...]

VHS HAM Radio nights

We have 3 Ham Radio nights planned for the next few weeks at VHS Thursday March 14th, 2013 @ 7:30 pm - William Graham Monday March 25th, 2013 @ 7:30 pm - Karl Brown Thursday April 4th, 2013 @ 7:30 pm - Karl Brown These nights will be forced around getting you people ready to take the HAM radio licensing test. [...]

Using the Raspberry PI to control a Arduino – Thursday Feb 21st, 2013 @7:30pm

Continuing from our previous Raspberry PI workshops. VHS is going to host another Raspberry PI workshop. What:  In this workshop we will be covering these two topics. Intro to the Linux command line by goldfish A workshop on how to connecting and controlling a Arduino with a Raspberry PI using the Firmata protocol and python. by Steven Smethurst (funvill) [...]