Open House 2010

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Introduction

UPDATE: Our 2010 Open House has come and gone. We had between 150-200 people come by. Fun was had by all. Even if you missed it, you can still check out the photos and video:

• Dallas photographer Lyn Caudle's flickr gallery
• Nicole Greely's flickr gallery
• Steve Rainwater's flickr gallery

Here's a quick walk through that Steve did late in the evening

Reticulat1ngsplines shots this video of the dancing Aibos Gus brought to the Open House.

Steve took the 2 fps video from our security cameras in the two front rooms, accelerated it to escape velocity and combined it with some music by Spectral Hades, allowing your to see our whole 12 hour Open House in less than 8 minutes.

Dallas Makerspace is holding an open house to introduce the public to our space and the projects we've worked on this year. Projects like high voltage machines, experimental art, 3D printing, lasers, crafts, film and digital photography. Everyone (that means you!) should come out and meet us, see our space and our tools, and sit in on a few demonstrations. If you've never visited a hackerspace, now's your chance to find out what goes on and get in on the fun.

• When: Saturday, November 20, 2010, from Noon until Midnight
• Where: Dallas Makerspace, 11020 Audelia Rd, Suite C103, Dallas, TX 75243 Google MapGoogle Map (closeup)
• NOTE: We're a little hard to find, so if it's your first visit, look at the map and learn the secret route to Dallas Makerspace. You have been warned.

• RSVP:' If you're on Facebook, you can RSVP and share the event with your friends!

Projects

Here are a few of the project you'll be able to check out if you come to our open house.

• Stacking Worm Compost Bin - Mark Havens
• Traveling Arc aka Jacob's ladder - Steve Rainwater
• Laser cut plastic parts - Alyssa Pipe
• Makerbot 3D printer samples - Mark Havens
• eggbot - Alyssa Pipe
• LEGO robot - Eric Chaney
• Found art and metal sculpture - Alyssa Pipe, Steve Rainwater
• Electric hoist remote control system - Jason Grant
• Vintage cameras / toy cameras - Nicole Greeley, Steve Rainwater
• Sony Aibos - Gus Reiter
• Noise Boundary - autonomous music robots (live if time allows, otherwise static)
• Dallas Makerspace - a short film by Alan Hatchett
• Holonomic omni-wheel robot - Greg Needel
• Darkroom tours - Ian Lim, Jason Grant, Steve Reeves
• Tankbot: DPRG group project - Paul Bouchier
• Wearable Mouse - Leland Flynn
• Photography - Nicole Greeley
• More awesome and cool stuff

Demonstrations

• 2:00pm Tankbot: A demo and explanation of the DPRG's outdoor wayfinding robot - Paul Bouchier
• 7:00pm Printable sewing interactive demonstration - Haley Moore
• 8:30pm Recycling plastic bags into sewable fabric demonstration - Steve Rainwater
• Film photography and large format slide demonstration - Steve Reeves
• Brass etching demonstration - Paul Wilson
• Laser CNC demonstration - Alyssa Pipe
• DIY PCB demo - Mike Allbright