03/11/2014
Contents
First time Visitor Info
- Prime Directive: Be Excellent to Each Other
- PARK ONLY IN THE ORI LOT OR ON THE STREET
- If you park in our neighbors private lot, they will block you in for fun.
- 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
Equipment and Supplies Wanted
- (Muddy Tech) - Computers P4 or higher and LCD Monitors
- Posted 11/13/12
- (Tim) - 1/4" copper fittings
- 5 x 100 lb. Propane Tanks
- 1/4" copper tubing at least 2' long.
- posted 6/11/2013
- (Josh) - Red Bull Cans.
- Posted 10/22
- project update: We have begun cutting out 300 butterflies for sculpture. Contact joshua.m.wilcox@gmail.com if interested in competing.
- Two Mylar weather ballons or giant white spheres
- Posted 3/11
- Posted 10/22
- (Justin) - Looking for a plug-n-play game system for handheld conversion.
- Posted 2/25/14
- (Patrick) - Unpainted, non-galvenized scrap metal for welding workshops.
- Posted 2/25/14
- (Divinity) - PVC endcaps
- Posted 3/11/2014
Space Upgrades
Space Downgrades
- Laser cutter power supply is down.
- New Supply on the way.
- 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 toilet paper and soap!
Regular Meetups
- MONDAY
- Sound Builders (fortnightly Mondays, next 3/17 8pm)
- Rope Work and Vertical Caving (1st Monday of the Month next 4/7 @ 6pm)
- Caving Special topics Meetup (3rd Monday of the Month next 3/17 @ 6pm)
- TUESDAY
- LVL1 Open Meeting & Making (Tuesday 8pm)
- WEDNESDAY
- MakerEd Educators MeetUp (1st Wed of the Month 4/2 @ 7pm)
- KYOSS Monthly Meeting (2nd Wed of the Month 3/12 @ 6:30pm) http://kyoss.org/
- Muddytech SIG (3rd Wed of the Month 3/19)
- JSLou Meetup (3rd Wed of the Month 3/19) http://jslou.org/
- Java Workshop (4th Wed of the Month 3/26 @ 7pm)
- THURSDAY
- Muddytech Computer training (6pm upstairs)
- Looking for students
- Sewing Workshop (3rd Thurs. of the Month @ 7pm, 3/20)
- Bring in an unfinished project, start something new, learn and sew it up!
- Drone Meetup (4th Thurs. of the Month @ 8pm, 3/27)
- QUACC tickle your interest in Multirotors, UAVs, RC, or any other type of drone? Show up on the 4th Thursday!
- Muddytech Computer training (6pm upstairs)
- FRIDAY
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (8pm)
- Host: TDA
- Movie: TBA
- Redbull Creationist Team
- Host: Joshua M Wilcox
- Projects: Art of Can, Submission for Creation Challenge,
- Irregular Movie and Open Build Night (8pm)
- SUNDAY
- Game Dev Group (12pm)
- All game dev projects welcome! Collaborate with other teams or start your own!
- Game Dev Group (12pm)
Upcoming Workshops and Events
- Tomorrow is the last day to vote for LVL1 European Redbull Team
- We need like 50 votes!
- http://redbullcanyoumakeit.create.it/entry/hack-attack-trio
- Patrick's Ongoing Welding Workshops
- Intro to Unity - 3/15, 1pm - 4 pm
- Bring a laptop (PC or Mac) with Unity installed.
- Contact Jason with questions.
- Hot and Spicy Fest - 3/21, 7pm - 11pm
- Hate your face with this hot food pot luck, open to all.
- Suicidal Robots 24-hr Hackathon - 3/22, 12pm (Noon)
- Presentations happening on 3/23 at Noon
- http://www.eventbrite.com/e/suicidal-robot-hackathon-tickets-10716422107
- Hardware Startup March Meetup - 3/24 - 6:30pm at iHub
- http://www.meetup.com/LouisvilleHardwareStartups/events/168851492/
- Join the growing Louisville Hardware Startup Community, have a beer, network with folks!
- March Makership Deadline - 3/31 at 11:59pm
- More info about the Makership program at http://www.lvl1.org/makership
Project Roll Call
5 Minute Maintenance and Cleaning
Meeting Notes
- Attendance: ~40
- Meeting Start: 8:07 pm
- Meeting Stop: 8:39 pm
- Dinner: Ben is making fancy potato soup with grilled cheese sandwiches and BACON!!!!!
- Tour Guide: Joseph
- Notes Taken by: Nathan A.
- First Time Visitor Info
- Lots of new folks here tonight. All signed waivers.
- Equipment & Supplies Wanted
- Tim will also accept cash for his Guitar Hero Project...
- Vote for Wilcox and Caleb to compete in Red Bull Competition. See link online.
- Divinity needs PVC end caps. Two of them, possibly 3 inch?
- Space Upgrades
- Dishwasher hooked up!
- Space Downgrades
- Dishwasher leaks...
- New laser cutter power supply ordered and on the slow boat from China.
- Pile of stuff not taken to the boneyard. This stuff is getting trashed if it's not in the boneyard tonight.
- Regular Meetups
- Irregular movie night is living up to its name
- Gauging interest in yoga. Talk to Ben Hibben.
- Upcoming Workshops & Events
- Looking at ways to measure how hot your reaction is to the hot and spicy food.
- Prize pack awarded for Suicidal Robots Hackathon.
- March 21st: Innovation Contest, $10k prize, entry fee, Sponsorship of 3 innovators.
- No set criteria or limitations. Raising money for community center in Meade Co., KY
- Details on mailing list: Leigh Stahl?
- Project Roll Call
- Amelia is pursuing her work from Startup Weekend. Making tiles from ash and other recyclable materials. Finishing mold making.
- Joseph is making a vacuum cannon inspired from Mythbusters
- Sean M. needs UV reactive dye for clothing for a Burning Man project
- Piezoelectric sensors trying to measure chest movements in new born rodents.
- Rocket team has a Kickstarter going on. Contribute to River City Rocketry.
- Brad is working on retrofitting the injection molding machine with PID controllers.
- Patrick made a floorboard for his car. Checking to see if anyone is interested in learning how to use the stuff he used.
- Brad is looking for help with Suicidal Robots, specifically needing a mechatronics guy.
- Herman is working on concrete Makership project. Needs a concrete mixer.
- ALL LVL1 MEMBERS NEED TO CHECK YOUR EMAIL AND GET INVOLVED WITH CURRENT BUSINESS. THIS IS BIG!!!!!
- SEND YOUR EMAILS TO SECRETARY@LVL1.ORG BEFORE MARCH 17th or VOTE ON MARCH 18th IN PERSON!!!!