Revision as of 19:53, 14 April 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
- https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/lvl1
You can find all of our Meeting Minutes on our wiki: wiki.lvl1.org
Culture of Cleanliness
Minors must be attended by Parent/Guardian!

Second electronics workstation built
Swapped electronic component shelves with LVL1 space supplies shelves
Installed power drop in wood shop
Received insulation donation from KSC
Central air compressor now operational
Say hello to our little friend, new 3D printer: Tony Montana (ZPrinter 310)
- Thank you Jones Plastic!
New acrylic cement (very poisonous!). Don't breathe the vapors or eat it...
SmartTV donation from Hackathon
- Replaced CAD station monitors; old CAD station monitors installed in main room
Haxster has a new online community for hackerspaces to post their projects

New 3D printer, Tony Montana, requires lots of work & maintenance; stay tuned
Johnny 5 replacement board in. Replacement in progress
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!

MONDAY
- Sound Builders (fortnightly Mondays, next 4/27 8pm)
- Mend It Monday (the other fortnightly Mondays, next 4/20 @ 7 PM)
  - Help LVL1 repair broken equipment & learn the equipment from the inside out
  - Contact Nathan for more details
TUESDAY
- LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
WEDNESDAY
- MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 5/6 @ 7pm)
THURSDAY
- Sewing Night - 3rd Thursday - 4/16
  - Bring a project, learn to sew!
- Drone Meetup - 4th Thursday - 4/23 @ 8 PM
  - Talk shop, fix your drone, and take flight!
FRIDAY
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (8pm)
  - Watch a terrible movie and ignore your project! Or maybe work on your project and ignore a terrible movie... The choice is yours.
  - Group Pizza order placed at 7:30 pm (~$7/person)
- Louisville EAE (6pm)
  - Compete in Engineering, Arts, & Extreme Sports events & contests!
  - Contact Josh for more info!
  - https://www.facebook.com/groups/LouEAE/
SUNDAY
- Game Dev Group (4/26)
  - All game dev projects welcome! Collaborate with other teams or start your own!
  - Check http://gamedevlou.org/ for meeting announcements!

MakerPlace Kids Group (MakerPlace @ Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana)
- http://www.gskentuckiana.org/Pathways/The-MakerPlace.aspx
- For boys & girls ages ~3rd grade to 8th grade with adult supervision
- April Events
  - Open Meeting & Making - 4/19
VEX Robotics Championships - 4/16 thru 4/18
- Watch 800 teams compete in various robotics competitions
- At the fairgrounds in Louisville
Ludum Dare 32 - 4/17 @ 7 PM thru 4/19 @ 7 PM
- Build a game in 48 hours!
- http://www.meetup.com/GameDevLou/events/219496836/
April Makership Application Deadline - 4/30 @ 11:59 PM
- Apply for a 3 month membership and $100 stipend toward your project
- See more information at http://www.lvl1.org/makership/
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, just send email to learn@lvl1.org

Hack the Home Hackathon Recap
- Bill P.'s team won third place with a project that watches Crockpots and allows the user to control the temperature remotely
- Patrick, Ben, & Galen's son made locking doors for fridges, a bottle opener & cap collector on fridge handles, and a drill encoder to keep track of the number of rotations
- Beverly worked on a team that made the hands free fridge; fridge opens up on touch when your hands are full
- Herman was revolutionizing the microwave; made two smaller compartments for quicker cooking of two food items simultaneously
- Weston's team put a sensor on a faucet that tells people when the faucet turns on
Divinity has promo codes for Lyft
- Divinity also presents I, Divine Story - April 30; an art and technology exhibit
  - Submit your project to submissions.idivinestory.com and be eligible for a prize!
Monica from Hackster.io: place for makers to put their projects and show off
- Looking to get hackerspaces involved; first to 20 projects get a prize!

@@ Line 85: / Line 85: @@
 = Project Roll Call =
 * Hack the Home Hackathon Recap
+** Bill P.'s team won third place with a project that watches Crockpots and allows the user to control the temperature remotely
+** Patrick, Ben, & Galen's son made locking doors for fridges, a bottle opener & cap collector on fridge handles, and a drill encoder to keep track of the number of rotations
+** Beverly worked on a team that made the hands free fridge; fridge opens up on touch when your hands are full
+** Herman was revolutionizing the microwave; made two smaller compartments for quicker cooking of two food items simultaneously
+** Weston's team put a sensor on a faucet that tells people when the faucet turns on
+* Divinity has promo codes for Lyft
+** Divinity also presents I, Divine Story - April 30; an art and technology exhibit
+*** Submit your project to submissions.idivinestory.com and be eligible for a prize!
+* Monica from Hackster.io: place for makers to put their projects and show off
+** Looking to get hackerspaces involved; first to 20 projects get a prize!
 = Meeting Notes =