Come one, come all, to the 10th celebration to commemorate the founding of Omaha Maker Group! I’m choosing my words carefully here, because Omaha Maker Group was actually founded back in 2010. It was our tradition, from 2011 through 2019, to celebrate that momentous occasion with a party at the end of August. But just […]
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Hey gang, it’s time again for OMG’s annual Gingerbread House event. Note that this event has no actual gingerbread (we use graham crackers) and few, if any, “houses” in the traditional sense. In the past, we’ve seen locomotives, hobbit holes and skyscrapers. This years’s event coincides with the regular meeting on December 19th. As usual,
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RedBull Creation challenge entry. It’s a brain-wave game. The players stand on opposite sides with wireless headsets that measure brain waves. One of them presses the big red button on the back, and then as they focus the power of their minds, the arm responds to their brain wave readings, and moves back and forth
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It seems like everyone had a great time at yesterday’s OMGWTFBBQ, and many people got their first opportunity to visit the Makery. Â Below are some photos snapped at the event; Â If you have more photos that you’d like included, either link them in the comments, or shoot an email to the list. On an aside,
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The date has been set for the OMG open house and cookout — Saturday, June 25th. Things will run 11:00 am to 4:00pm (or how ever late people feel like staying). Food will be served at noon. RSVP to here
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Following last night’s meeting, a number of Panasonic Industrial robotic arms were dropped off at the Makery. These arms were used in some sort of assembly operation, and seem to have been manufactured (at least the motors) in the early 80s. A number of people hung around pretty late messing around with them, and had
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The next regular meeting will be at the space on Tuesday, April 5th at 7pm. We’ve got two presentations: Brandon will be showing his progress on the remote controlled Tricopter he’s been working on (as seen on this site); If you’re unfamiliar with exactly what a Tricopter is, it’s like a quadcopter with just 3
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Our next regular meeting will be at the space  on Tuesday, March 22nd at 7pm. No official topics are planned yet.  If you have a presentation that you’d like to give, please email the list and we’ll get you on the docket.  We  do have screen facilities, though not quite as nice as what we
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Our first regular meeting at the new space will be on Tuesday, March 8th at 7pm. Meeting topics will be sort of free form, but will include a bit of orientation, some discussion on setup (which should be easier now that we’re standing there) and planning for regular operations. By Tuesday, we should be mostly
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Ok, so facility update: Â we have officially signed the lease. Â Sadly, this does not mean we will be there this Tuesday. Due to some final paperwork being done by Omar Bakery, we will not have keys by Tuesday. Â Save the rabble, we know it’s really lame. Â We start paying rent on March 1, so we
Next meeting: 2/22/11, 7:00pm @ PKI Read More »