The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming up as mooncakes and lantern specials are all around us. Let’s hack the traditional inspiration by re-imagining the handmade lantern with LEDs and recycle materials! Workshop Dates: Saturday the 18th of September 2021 from 13:00 till 18:00 At this workshop, the children and their parents will hack the traditional Mid-Autumn …
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Update on the 20th of March 2021 Four people showed up. It was great fun! Special thanks go to Nico for the link to the box generator: https://www.festi.info/boxes.py We cut one of the boxes into plywood, then added the name of Andrew’s son and a photo of the two, processed with Gimp’s newsprint filter. . …
Aim of the workshop The first aim is to introduce to you the use of the software Inkscape, a free open-source software, available for all platforms (Linux, Mac and Windows). The software is similar in use and functionality to other may be more well known software such as CorelDraw and Adobe Illustrator. The second is …
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We started Maker Monday, this year after a long hiatus. Our spontaneous steadfast itinerary in the spirit of making included: Open Source Laser cutting, LCD Dim Sum Labs badge (part of our on-going wearable technology), MPD rocket and routing the remaining half of the lights in the labs with wifi-enabled RGB LEDs. Notable traveling visitor …
