sudo-discuss March 2017

sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org

25 participants
43 discussions

by Jake

this afternoon apparently someone used the robot in sudoroom and while they were using it, one of the motor driver circuits burned out. tonight the other Jake and I worked on it to try to figure out where the smoke was coming out, and we couldn't figure it out but we are going to order a replacement part for another motor driver circuit that has a known bad part, and hopefully that will fix that one and we can swap it in. in the meantime the robot cannot be moved from its present position, sorry. if anyone knows what happened I would appreciate knowing more than just "someone broke the robot and didn't want to tell anyone" thank you -jake

7 years, 9 months

Fwd: [manylabs-workspace] Build a Biodigester Competition

by Cere Davis

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Daniel Enking" <daniel(a)everflux.tech> Date: Feb 28, 2017 11:24 PM Subject: [manylabs-workspace] Build a Biodigester Competition To: "manylabs-workspace" <manylabs-workspace(a)googlegroups.com> Cc: > Hey everyone, > > As you follow-on to the EBMUD anaerobic digester tour, I'm hosting a competition for teams to design and build mini-anaerobic digesters. The Kick-off event will be next Thursday at Counter Culture Labs in Oakland, and there will be a hackathon/ build weekend at Manylabs at the end of March. > > Please spread the word and join in if you're interested! More details below: > > > Build a Biodigester Competition > By Everflux Technologies (www.everflux.tech) > > Grand prize: $400 cash > > With common supplies and equipment that you can find at your local hardware store, anyone can build their own biodigester to produce biogas for cooking and heating from organic waste! > > But what is the most efficient and cost effective design that will maximize output, conserve space and save time? That's what we hope YOU will discover with the Build a Biodigester Competition. > > Teams of 2-4 people will have 3 weeks to design and gather supplies to build a small biodigester. Then everyone will come together for a hackathon-style weekend, March 31-April 2, to build their biodigesters. > > Register your team here: https://goo.gl/forms/RDIB3Pyy5UhHfKO22 > > Please RSVP for the Kick-off event here: https://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/events/237024807/ > > Note: you do not have to attend the Kick-off event to participate, however attendees will learn some key tips and tricks for building the best biodigester and meeting the competition guidelines. You will also have an opportunity to ask questions about the judging criteria, and get ideas for biodigester designs and materials considerations. You don't want to miss this! > > See you there, > > Daniel Enking, Founder & CEO > C: 510-969-9207 www.everflux.tech > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "manylabs-workspace" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to manylabs-workspace+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to manylabs-workspace(a)googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/manylabs-workspace/CAA%3Df41f3stQ1G%2Bt7i… . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

7 years, 9 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] [CCLmembers] New Project Nano-materials

by Leticia Menchaca

Hi, I am requesting your input on this idea since I have no experience working in a collective way. I want to build a Magnetron Sputtering Vacuum Deposition System to produce thin films, ultra thin films, and nanoparticles. I am interested in working at the interface of materials science and bioengineering. My particular interest is exploring nano-materials for enhanced raman spectra signaling - including bio-engineering for enhanced fluorescence-emf detection. However, other subjects also interest me, such as the toxic effects of micro and nano-materials and how these materials interact with organisms, cells and biological processes in general. Building a thin film deposition system is a challenge but can be extremely interesting. This kind of equipment is very costly and only some very lucky people have access to learning how they are built and how they operate. This is because the magnetron sputtering chambers are used in the private industry only by trained and skilled personnel. In universities and technical colleges, only experts and selected talented students get access to these machines while working on their thesis projects. In YouTube I have watched people building their own vacuum chambers, rather crude, o.k. for hobby but not likely to work for producing nano-materials with real-life applications (sorry for being so critical). I am contemplating working on building a system using your Collective model. However, I have never worked in an open group setting and I wonder if this would be a realistic expectation and if there would be any interest at all! Although I am not alone. There are five of us in my group, we are people with similar interests living and working in Berkeley with limited free time to work on our own projects, since we have day jobs at UCB. Only one of us has actually built such equipment before. The rest in our group only have used the equipment and/or has worked on experiments using nano-materials, mainly plants. I look forward to your input. Thanks, Leticia Menchaca

7 years, 9 months

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

sudo-discuss March 2017