Sudo Discuss List,
A regular meetup on Fridays on solar punk is proposed.
All of us are sick from the legacy dogmatic patterns that permeate all our
mainstreams.
This meetup will focus on design to realize the nearly forgotten promise of
solar punk.
Hi Sudo Room,
CCL is looking to donate our large liquid handling robot in order to free
up some space in the lab. Would you or anyone you know like it? It's
important that any organization that CCL transfers the robot to is also a
501(c)(3).
Here are some specifics about the robot:
Capabilities:
- Liquid handling
- Freezer with automated door
- With a little TLC, could carry out many basic biology assays and
operations, like plate incubation, PCR, SDS-PAGE, and centrifugation.
The robot includes:
- Robot frame made of 80/20 aluminum bars
- A gantry with a pipette mounted to it that can move in 3-dimensions, plus
actuate the pipette aspirator. All dimensions have limit switches on them
- A Smoothieboard <http://smoothieware.org/smoothieboard> to run the
3D-movement motors
- An Arduino Uno to manage electrical relays
- A Raspberry Pi 2 that can be used to communicate to the Smoothieboard and
Arduino
- A top-loading freezer for storing samples. Parts included to automate
opening and closing the freezer.
- Custom-built table with deckspace for robot operation and storage space
underneath
- Various pieces of labware, including a microcentrifuge and custom-cut
acrylic to allow the robot to manipulate petri plates
State:
- Robot moves in 3 dimensions. The motor for the pipette jogger has been
shown to work, but is currently not connected
- All of the other, non-movement components are included but not assembled
- No software provided, but we can definitely share the documents we've
generated as we learned how to use it
I've attached a few pictures and a short video
<https://photos.app.goo.gl/GhuH4GS2qNGuR58M9> of the robot picking up a
pipette tip and ejecting it to help get an idea of the way it operates.
That said, the robot is very hacker-friendly, so alternative uses are
doable.
If you've got any leads, reach out to me, the CCL Board, or the CCL Space
Committee. Hoping to find a good home for this robot!
-Tim
Dear Sudo Room,
Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment.
Thank you for stewarding the commons.
Love and solidarity,
Omni Commons
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Invoice # : 2035
Invoice Date: 03/01/2020
Due Date: 03/25/2020
Terms: Net 25
Amount Due: $4,000.00
The complete version has been provided as an attachment to this email.
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Thanks everyone for your efforts so far!
*Remaining jobs to finish by early Thursday morning, in vague priority
order, and probably not exhaustive*
* Shattuck and 48th st doors - adjust panic bars and door hardware so
they open easily
* Remove or safely store fluorescent tubes that are in corner of EH
* Put a gas shutoff wrench by gas meter if there isn’t one
* Safely store boxes of batteries in sudo
* Install smoke detectors (in locked storage)
* 48th st hallway - rehang fire extinguisher, paint and install
baseboards and or molding if we have, remove blue tape, final mop,
leave completely clear (bonus points if you can mop/scrub the
hallway to the bocce court with TSP while you're at it)
* Matt, Monk, electrical crew - fisnish mapping electrical system,
covering open panels, emergency lighting and exit signs installed
and functional, wiring, replacing eh fixtures, etc
* *BASEMENT - organize onto shelves or get rid of all stuff in piles;
Make basement look like storage, not event space; store Ken finish
removing stuff, organize printers, remove all shiny stuff from
ceiling, remove and store all extension cords *
* Finish painting wooden windows
* Remove/paint over small amount of graffiti on outside of building
towards 48th st doors
* *Finish and install awning
*
* Move stove remnants, other metal from basement kitchen to EH for
metal waste pickup on Wednesday
* Bocce court bathroom - clean and organized, w compost and trash cans
* 48th st hallway - *rehang fire extinguisher*, paint and install
baseboards and or molding if we have, final mop, leave completely clear
* Stage left bathroom -*paint stained side of ceiling w glossy white*,
also stalls. remove graffiti on mirror, general cleaning
* Disco room - *finish painting*, *clean plexi floor*, remove mirrors
that aren’t hung to dump or store safely, restick Marley (tape in
cabinet is disco room - Luka watched video on how to lay properly.
If there isn't time for this just layit out flat over the floor )
* Small classroom- remove excess chairs, boxes in front of electrical
panel, cobwebs, straighten out
* Bathrooms cleaned
* Ballroom bar - final sweep and organize
* Trash room - should look organized w minimum stacked cardboard
* Make sure Shower is not dripping
* Entry area to bocce court organized
* Get rid of all trash piled in sudo
* Basement northwest corner (where Village stuff was) ceiling water
damage - cover and potentially replace damaged ceiling tiles
* Remove hanging wires in den. If time, prime and paint ceiling
* Sudo mesh area organized
* Move Stage section upstairs
* Fix broken stair steps
* Disco room door - Wash w tsp; if time, prime and paint w grey in the
storage
* *Wednesday evening - fisnish up any work in progress, general
cleaning and organizing so everything is in its place, organize
trash cans in rooms (a trash, recycling and compost can grouped
together, except bathrooms need one compost and one trash) and put
in bags/liners *
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