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What: On August 18th VHS will be hosting two one fantastic events – the Hackers on a Train Workshop Tour and Super Happy Hacker House 23. Hackers on a Train Workshop Tour 2012 Mitch Altman, Jimmie Rodgers, and maybe others will be visiting Vancouver at the tail end of the North American hackerspace tour. They are [...]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkowh9we6VM] CanDo is a line following robot developed by yours truly for anyone looking to get started with Arduino and robotics. It requires no soldering, no cutting, and only a small amount of tape. The VHS will be hosting a CanDo day Saturday, July 7, from 13:00 to 16:00. If you picked up a [...]
Hosted by VHS and run by West Coast Kits, Drawbot is a gentle introduction to arduino, sheilds, stepper motors, mechanics, machining, and more. There will be a short talk about its development and then we will assemble a drawbot or two and turn some vector art into a mural on the white board. Order in [...]
What: A short talk about using EL wire and how it works, and then we can play and make glow bikes and glow outfits! West Coast Kits (a kit company birthed by VHS members) just brought in lots of new EL kits in 4 colours (dark blue, aqua blue, hot pink, neon green) as well [...]
Thursday, December 8th marks the first-ever lady’s build night at VHS. Come by, learn to solder, and make a super cool Fuzz Pedal that you can show off to your friends. The workshop’s for beginners, so if you’re new to soldering or don’t even know what a fuzzbox is, don’t be shy, There will be friendly [...]
