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* New tables
 
* New tables
 
* Laser cutter viewing glass cleaned
 
* Laser cutter viewing glass cleaned
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* <font color="red"> Boneyard about 1 more week away from being completely done </font>
  
 
= Space Downgrades =
 
= Space Downgrades =
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** LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
 
** LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
 
* '''WEDNESDAY'''
 
* '''WEDNESDAY'''
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** MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 2/4 @ 7pm)
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** MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 3/4 @ 7pm)
 
* '''THURSDAY'''
 
* '''THURSDAY'''
 
** Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 2/19
 
** Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 2/19
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*** Compete in Engineering, Arts, & Extreme Sports events & contests!
 
*** Compete in Engineering, Arts, & Extreme Sports events & contests!
 
*** Contact Josh for more info!
 
*** Contact Josh for more info!
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*** <font color="red">EEXPO @ Speed School, paper airplane contest by Redbull, win a trip to Austria</font>
 
 
***https://www.facebook.com/groups/LouEAE/
 
***https://www.facebook.com/groups/LouEAE/
 
* '''SUNDAY'''
 
* '''SUNDAY'''
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** For boys & girls ages ~3rd grade to 8th grade with adult supervision
 
** For boys & girls ages ~3rd grade to 8th grade with adult supervision
 
** February Events
 
** February Events
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*** Let's Make a Thing Workshop - 2/7: <font color="red">POV kit</font>
 
 
*** Open Meeting & Making - 2/22
 
*** Open Meeting & Making - 2/22
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* Hack-The-Space Hackathon - 2/6 @ 7 pm to 2/8 @ Noon
 
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** Make the most useless yet pretty thing to add character to the space
 
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** Two prizes to be awarded.
 
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** Contact Patrick J.
 
 
* Touch Designer Workshop - 2/21 @ 1pm - 3pm
 
* Touch Designer Workshop - 2/21 @ 1pm - 3pm
 
** Visual node based editor, works with Oculus Rift, Kinect, etc.
 
** Visual node based editor, works with Oculus Rift, Kinect, etc.
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** Contact Jason or Brad
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** Contact Jason
 
* LVL1 Wiki Create-a-thon - 2/21 starting at Noon
 
* LVL1 Wiki Create-a-thon - 2/21 starting at Noon
 
** Help LVL1 update our wiki!
 
** Help LVL1 update our wiki!
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* February Makership Deadline - 2/28 @ 11:59 PM
 
* February Makership Deadline - 2/28 @ 11:59 PM
 
** http://www.lvl1.org/makership/
 
** http://www.lvl1.org/makership/
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* Warm Glass Workshop - 3/28
 
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** Contact Pat McCarthy
 
 
* Surface Mount Soldering Workshop - 3/4 @ 8 PM
 
* Surface Mount Soldering Workshop - 3/4 @ 8 PM
 
** Solder your own TV-B-Gone!
 
** Solder your own TV-B-Gone!
 
** No previous experience required!
 
** No previous experience required!
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** Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/surface-mount-tv-b-gone-workshop-tickets-15627326755
 
** Contact Charles the Hat for more info
 
** Contact Charles the Hat for more info
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* Startup Weekend Louisville - March 6 @ 6:30 PM thru March 8 @ 9 PM, FirstBuild
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** 54 hour marathon to start a business, food & drink provided
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** Sign up: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/startup-weekend-louisville-030615-tickets-15192710807
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** More info: http://www.up.co/communities/usa/louisville/startup-weekend/5603
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** Business presentations start on March 8 at 5 PM
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** Contact Daniel
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* Warm Glass Workshop - 3/28
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** Contact Pat McCarthy
 
* '''NEW''' Want to learn something new, get some equipment training, or host a workshop? Send email to '''learn@lvl1.org'''
 
* '''NEW''' Want to learn something new, get some equipment training, or host a workshop? Send email to '''learn@lvl1.org'''
 
** Any one can be added to receive requests. Contact Nathan.
 
** Any one can be added to receive requests. Contact Nathan.
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* <font color="red">Startup Weekend March 6 - 8.</font>
 
  
 
= Project Roll Call =
 
= Project Roll Call =
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* Barrett is working on Plan B 3D printer as part of his research
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* Hack the Space Hackathon Results
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* Barrett is also working on an air curtain as well (?)
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** Jose tried to resurrect Father but fell short (last place)
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* Sean put together a bluetooth multimeter. Has onboard data logging, etc. Dragon Innovations on Kickstarter
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** Danielle made a beret with bat ears
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* Sean looking for a bulk importer of generic insta-morph for space usage
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** Swinging couch installed
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* Charles made a breakout board for the Atmel Xmega series microcontrollers leveraging the series' footprint consistency
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** Charles the Hat
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** Comes with onboard regulator micro USB connection
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*** Cheated by making a laser cut LVL1 sign
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* Gary brought in poly-morph samples to play with
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*** Started a GIANT slide rule with roman numerals and does not slide...
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* Gary modified 4 AA battery pack to 3 AA with room to store circuit boards in the empty slot. Handy little box
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** Chris C. created Whopper. Raspberry Pi running Jasper (voice activation). Plays evil robot sound bites upon activation. Shows news stories. Check the github and lvl1 wiki for more info
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* Gary made a frequency generator, trying to make a sub-aural sound to make people feeling a little unsettled
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** Aaron made the hypnocloud: a multi color LED strip embedded into cotton/cloud-like material
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* Jose is working towards building a character for an anime convention. Goal: make the person standing next to the character feel uncomfortable
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** Patrick & Ben made a "Bad Idea Robot". Press button to listen to bad ideas, but NEVER TAKE THE ROBOT SERIOUSLY!
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** Meeting every Thursday @ 7:30. Code name project Junior.
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* Sean brought in a Raspberry Pi 2 for demonstration
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** If costume is complete, Jose will face his fears of attending an anime convention.
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* Jared finished a solder your own amplifier kit that originally didn't work, but now it magically works
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* Charles plugs the red oculus camera at LVL1. Please use it to take photos of your projects that upload to Flickr & youtube.
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* Devin made an acrylic stencil for Valentines day. Adds powdered glass to other glass to create stained glass artwork.
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** WARNING: Don't take pictures you'd regret later...
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* Brad got Debian running on the donated Viliv and got the touchscreen working. Needs XORG help.
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* James' card game is officially in production! Congrats!
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* Gary got a sub aural wave form running on a speaker. It's supposed to bother you in the background, but it may not be that disturbing after all...
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* Jose: Posting a bounty for legitimate films of space members prior to their hacker life (COPS included), home movies don't count!
  
 
= Meeting Notes =  
 
= Meeting Notes =  
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* Attendance: ~45
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* Attendance: ~50
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* Meeting Start: 8:00 PM
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* Meeting Start: 8:03 PM
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* Meeting Stop: 8:49 PM
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* Meeting Stop: 8:50 PM
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* Dinner: Ben made spaghetti
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* Dinner: Ben made Taco Bar
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* Tour Guide: Jared
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* Tour Guide: Cody
 
* Notes Taken by: Nathan
 
* Notes Taken by: Nathan

Latest revision as of 20:49, 10 February 2015

First time Visitor Info

  • Prime Directive: Be Excellent to Each Other
  • Waivers of Liability - Please sign if you have not already
  • Our website / calendar is www.lvl1.org
  • Sign up for our Google Group discussion list
  • You can find all of our Meeting Minutes on our wiki: wiki.lvl1.org
  • Culture of Cleanliness
  • Minors must be attended by Parent/Guardian!

Equipment and Supplies Wanted

  • Kristen - Strawberry garden hanging baskets
  • Herman - Solidworks help
  • Cherith - K'nex
  • Justin - Solid state relay, 25A for reflow oven

Space Upgrades

  • New tables
  • Laser cutter viewing glass cleaned
  • Boneyard about 1 more week away from being completely done

Space Downgrades

  • The quickest way to get something fixed is to let us know that it is broken! Send broken equipment reports to broken@lvl1.org
    • This includes supplies like drill bitses and soap!

Regular Meetups

  • MONDAY
  • TUESDAY
    • LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
  • WEDNESDAY
    • MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 3/4 @ 7pm)
  • THURSDAY
    • Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 2/19
      • Bring a project, learn to sew!
    • Drone Meetup - 4th Thursday - 2/26 @ 8 PM
      • Talk shop, fix your drone, and take flight!
  • FRIDAY
    • Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (8pm)
      • Host: Probably Jose
      • Last week: Leverage (TV)
      • This week: Highlander and maybe Howard the Duck
      • Group Pizza order placed at 7:30 pm (~$7/person)
    • Louisville EAE (6pm)
  • SUNDAY

Upcoming Workshops and Events

Project Roll Call

  • Hack the Space Hackathon Results
    • Jose tried to resurrect Father but fell short (last place)
    • Danielle made a beret with bat ears
    • Swinging couch installed
    • Charles the Hat
      • Cheated by making a laser cut LVL1 sign
      • Started a GIANT slide rule with roman numerals and does not slide...
    • Chris C. created Whopper. Raspberry Pi running Jasper (voice activation). Plays evil robot sound bites upon activation. Shows news stories. Check the github and lvl1 wiki for more info
    • Aaron made the hypnocloud: a multi color LED strip embedded into cotton/cloud-like material
    • Patrick & Ben made a "Bad Idea Robot". Press button to listen to bad ideas, but NEVER TAKE THE ROBOT SERIOUSLY!
  • Sean brought in a Raspberry Pi 2 for demonstration
  • Jared finished a solder your own amplifier kit that originally didn't work, but now it magically works
  • Devin made an acrylic stencil for Valentines day. Adds powdered glass to other glass to create stained glass artwork.
  • Brad got Debian running on the donated Viliv and got the touchscreen working. Needs XORG help.
  • James' card game is officially in production! Congrats!
  • Gary got a sub aural wave form running on a speaker. It's supposed to bother you in the background, but it may not be that disturbing after all...
  • Jose: Posting a bounty for legitimate films of space members prior to their hacker life (COPS included), home movies don't count!

Meeting Notes

  • Attendance: ~50
  • Meeting Start: 8:03 PM
  • Meeting Stop: 8:50 PM
  • Dinner: Ben made Taco Bar
  • Tour Guide: Cody
  • Notes Taken by: Nathan
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