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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This past weekend, Dave and Eric and I met up with quite a few Omaha Maker Group members at the KC Maker Faire, and had a blast. We were initially going to have a booth to show off the awesome projects from around the Makery, but had far more people who wanted to go See the […]
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Somewhere, deep in the capital city of Nebraska, is a building. This building is full of smoke, full of mirrors. Inside, birds take flight, machinists grind away in a vast darkened wonderland, and countless scavenged items from around the countryside rest in hulking, sometimes dilapidated heaps, thrown into rows awaiting re-discovery and thrifty sale. Need
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Results are in! After a run up of making throughout the week, the bridge competition began at the Makery last Sunday to test the designs of our participants. In all, there were 9 entries (some last minute). In short, the rules: Bridge: May contain only balsa wood and Titebond 2 wood glue. Must fit
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I have been flying my tricopter around lately, and getting a bit better at not running it in to things. But one thing in particular has been bugging me about the controller that I have. The throttle stick resolution seemed really low, especially when compared to a friends, much newer and nicer controller. When flying […]
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Following the success of the OMG Egg Drop contest, we’ll be hosting a Balsa Wood Bridge competition. Great for kids of all ages! Updates to follow. For now, you can get details on the competition rules on the forum, here: Bridge Competition Rules and Resources Thread Feel free to post questions in the above listed
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Last Sunday (April 1st) was the first Omaha Maker Group Egg Drop. Â The competition was much in the same style as the Nerf Gun Mod Contest run last fall; This competition had a lower entry barrier, and thus far greater turnout, with 10 total entries (Eric entered twice). Â All the eggs survived the drop, but
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On Tuesday night, we were disassembling some old printers, and salvaged some large ROM chips. Patrick got the idea to use the mill to remove the top layer of the case, and expose the IC inside. Â Here are some photos we took of the chip’s insides with a microscope. Magnifications range between 4x and 40x,
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Last Wednesday, OMG member Pat Joseph (KØCTU) stopped by the Makery to see if we could make contact with the International Space Station, as it passed overhead. The Space Station has a few amateur radio operations on board, and the one we were making contacts with was an automatic mode known as APRS. The automated
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