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by Romy Ilano

Movement/Flight <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Movement/Flight#mw-head> <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Movement/Flight#p-search> Contents [hide <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Movement/Flight#>] - 1Overview <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Movement/Flight#Overview> - 2Topics <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Movement/Flight#Topics> - 2.1Drones Dominate <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Movement/Flight#Drones_Dominate> - 2.2Model Airplanes <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Movement/Flight#Model_Airplanes> - 2.3Exploits <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Movement/Flight#Exploits> - 3Learning from your Elders <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Movement/Flight#Learning_from_your_Elders> - 3.1On Past Hippie Attempts to Democratize Flying <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Movement/Flight#On_Past_Hippie_Attempts_to_Democr…> Overview[edit <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Movement/Flight&action=edit&…> ] *It's all about drones, baby* Flight related projects at SudoRoom and beyond. This may include drones but also ways to hack planes. There's some excitement over flying car start-ups in the bay area lately as well, although that stuff up until now has been very costly. I'm sure there are lots of amateur plane makers all over, and I know that gliders bought used are as much as very cheap used cars. I've met people who worked at big airplane companies, but to be honest, I've never seen much on open sourced flight information. Does anyone get the opportunity to hack on that stuff? It always seems to be interesting rich people. In the ultimate MFA senior thesis in college, a rich classmate bought an entire plane for a sculpture, and what can I say, that stuff looks pretty cool. Topics[edit <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Movement/Flight&action=edit&…> ]Drones Dominate[edit <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Movement/Flight&action=edit&…> ] 'Nuff said Model Airplanes[edit <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Movement/Flight&action=edit&…> ] Was this ever a thing? Exploits[edit <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Movement/Flight&action=edit&…> ] Wow, so ... I bet nobody has hacked an airplane have they? (Ducking) Learning from your Elders[edit <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Movement/Flight&action=edit&…> ]On Past Hippie Attempts to Democratize Flying[edit <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Movement/Flight&action=edit&…> ] I know that the crazy hippies in the Cal Sailing Club had attempted to create a low cost, cooperative non profit flying club version so that low income folks like us could fly planes ("Planes aren't just for rich people"), but there's something about the Bay Area topography that makes this sort of expensive. I don't know the details - something about tight flight paths in the mountains, and one of the local tech billionaires pissed people off so much flying his jet loudly in the south bay that private flights are banned in Silicon Valley. But hey! It's always good to know. Category <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Special:Categories>: - Movement <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Category:Movement> ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

9 years, 1 month

movement / boats

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Movement/Boats Movement/Boats <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Movement/Boats#mw-head> <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Movement/Boats#p-search> Overview[edit <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Movement/Boats&action=edit&s…> ] Did you know that many people at SudoRoom live in boats and hack them? Some members have discussed *autonomous boats projects* as well. Questions[edit <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Movement/Boats&action=edit&s…> ] - People come here and are always outfitting their *houseboats.* It'd be cool to take some of that knowledge and permeate it all over... there must be so much carpentry wisdom to share! - Many members of the hacker spaces are part of the breakaway hippie cult group Cal Sailing Club <https://www.cal-sailing.org/home-sp-700/who-we-are>, which offers punk rock low cost sailing lessons and boat lending and proves that sailing "isn't just for rich people" and started with rebellious UC Berkeley students doing some kind of protest against the administration in the 1960s. - There's hella history around ferries in the Oakland bay area... https://oaklandwiki.org/Oakland_Ferry_Services_%28Historic%29 - Did anyone ever hang out with the East Bay Boat Hackers? They were considering a space somewhere in 2012. hackerspaces Link <https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/East_Bay_Boat_Hackers> - So many people die every year trying to immigrate in dangerous boats <http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/04/30/illegal-immigration-by-boat…> - can hackers help make lifesaving, affordable devices for these refugees? There was a UCSD mobile cell phone art project that led immigrants to water in the desert, potentially saving lives <http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/jan/11/ucsd-artists-develop-tool-guide-illega…>. Could there be something similar for boat refugees so that people don't drown or die of thirst? Outside World[edit <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Movement/Boats&action=edit&s…> ] - Hackers are working on some interesting autonomous boating projects <https://hackaday.io/project/8522-project-ladon> out there! Category <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Special:Categories>: - Movement <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Category:Movement> ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

9 years, 1 month

New Wiki: Movement/Trains

by Romy Ilano

We need a SudoRoom wiki page on trains. Many members are huge train enthusiasts, taking the Capitol Corridor to work on the South Bay or the Caltrain. A lot of SudoRoom members regularly Amtrak their way to hacker conferences all over the country! Nerds are fierce bike and Caltrain advocates in Silicon Valley, and they are known to pelt well meaning but surprised officials with elaborate spreadsheets explaining the lower cost per rider of a bike train place than a parking spot place. It'd be cool to see more hacker advocacy, as local trains have increased service this year on the Amtrak due to higher ridership. Preliminary Wondering[edit <https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Movement/Trains&action=edit&…> ] - How do trains work? - Are trains still hackable? - What ever happened to model trains building and collecting? How will we live with ourselves until the 2019, when the model train section <http://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/exhibitions/transport/model-railway/> of the Deutsches Museum is open for the public again? - Will the USA ever get the gleaming speed trains being put up with blinding speed in China? - Has anyone ever tried to illegally hack together a new railways system in some kind of squatter/burning man area or interesting part of town? - Some people are building handmade railcars to explore abandoned railway systems at the TechShop - Neat! http://www.instructables.com/id/Railcar-Project-Techshop/ https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Movement/Trains ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

9 years, 1 month

Mac Minis donation

by Carl Gorringe

Hey Sudoers, I came by Sudo Room Wednesday and dropped off a donation of 13 Mac Minis! They were donated by Liz from Mozilla. Some other hackerspaces also got some including Noisebridge. Specs: mid-2010 model, Core 2 Duo cpu, 4 or 8GB RAM, 320 GB HD (wiped clean), DVD-RW drive, HDMI video out. They are missing power cables (but they're standard and power is built-in). They'll work with the latest Mac OS - just need to be installed. Or you can install Linux. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Mini#Specifications_3 Enjoy! -Carl G

9 years, 1 month

Cooperative alternatives to Sharing Economy platforms (Uber, AirBnb)

by Glenn Meader

Here's an interesting article about cooperatives/worker-owned services http://www.shareable.net/blog/11-platform-cooperatives-creating-a-real-shar…

9 years, 1 month

Hardware Hack Night: Movement - Car and bike related stuff

by Romy Ilano

Hey everyone, I'm excited about Hardware hack night. I'm continuing my connected car hack (using the automatic API) so I can track my car and do fun experiments: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Movement I'm going to focus on completing a project and having something to present by the next meeting, and giving tips on how I did it. In the future I'd like to: - Encourage people who drive cars to exercise more - Find ways to enable people to ride the Amtrack more by make tools that solve the last mile problem, since we sorely need more rail in the East Bay - explore topics around hacking wheelchairs. Best, Romy ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

9 years, 1 month

Paper towel dispensers?

by Patrik D'haeseleer

How do we feel about paper towel dispensers at the Omni? Are we intentionally doing without, to save some trees? Are people worried the paper towel roll will get stolen? Or have we just not bothered putting any up yet? I'm planning to get one for our lab sink in CCL, but I'd love to have one in each bathroom at the Omni. Touchless towel dispensers start at $25 at Office Depot. There's probably better places to get them too... Patrik PS: Ditto for wall-mounted soap dispensers...

9 years, 1 month

Re: [sudo-discuss] [sudo-info] [Declaration of Intent to Join] Adam Flynn

by danarauz＠gmail.com

fyi #daniel On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Sudo Room <info(a)sudoroom.org> wrote: > (Pseudo)nym or Name: Adam Flynn > Email: adamwflynn(a)gmail.com > Why do you want to be a member of sudo room?: I've been working from > home, and instead fretting about the state of the world. So instead, I'd > like to have a place to both 1) do my day job, and 2) plan, organize, and > bring the new world into being. (This may depend on the viability of Sudo > room as a workspace...If it's less viable I may just become a more sporadic > member.) > If you know already, what are you excited to do at sudo room?: Build out > infosec and opsec capacities, ask dumb math and science questions, > whiteboard furiously. > If you know already, what are you excited to share with the sudo room > community?: Historical thoughts on technology and the shape of social > change, and also the concept of "solarpunk" which I kinda helped popularize. > Have you ever been banned from another hackerspace? If so, when and why?: Nope! > Also if you need endorsements of character, you can ask Johannes from > Monochrom. > _______________________________________________ > Info mailing list > Info(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/info > > -- Daniel Signal: 415.336.9143 <https://whispersystems.org/> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

9 years, 1 month

Re: [sudo-discuss] [sudo-info] [Declaration of Intent to Join] Michael Huang

by danarauz＠gmail.com

Hello Mike, not sure if you have been contacted regarding your application, but I am forwarding to our main discussion email. I hope someone would reply to you soon! And if you hear or not from anyone, I highly recommend that you stop by Sudoroom and introduce yourself, and start hanging there to know folks, and for folks to get to know as well. Thanks! #daniel On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Sudo Room <info(a)sudoroom.org> wrote: > (Pseudo)nym or Name: Michael Huang > Email: mike(a)htwins.net > Why do you want to be a member of sudo room?: I want to meet people with > similar interests and also learn to solder > If you know already, what are you excited to do at sudo room?: Solder > If you know already, what are you excited to share with the sudo room > community?: Friendship and money > Have you ever been banned from another hackerspace? If so, when and why?: I > have never been to a hackerspace > _______________________________________________ > Info mailing list > Info(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/info > > -- Daniel Signal: 415.336.9143 <https://whispersystems.org/> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

9 years, 1 month

Re: [sudo-discuss] [sudo-info] Funding

by danarauz＠gmail.com

Hello Barrett, (I am not sure if this email is spam or legit. I hope is the second one.) I don't know about how you can get funds for your book, and I am not sure if members of Sudoroom can help you either, since that is not necessarily in our mission. However, I am forwarding your email to our main discuss list, and if you would like to provide more information on a second email, please do, so I can forward that one as well. Good luck! #daniel On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 12:20 PM, Barrett Booth <bbooth0000(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > My name is Barrett Booth. > > I am interested in learning about ways of obtaining funding for a book > project. Thank you! > > Sincerely, > > Barrett > > _______________________________________________ > Info mailing list > Info(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/info > > -- Daniel Signal: 415.336.9143 <https://whispersystems.org/> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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