Wishlist

Top Priorities

Most of all, we need more money! We also desperately need:

• tall ladder
• power strips / extension cables (primarily 3-prong)
• more tools

Medium Priorities

Infrastructure

• large rice cooker
• shop vac (another one, seriously, for the CNC!)
• quality streaming video setup!
  • camera
  • tripod
  • directional mic

Everyday Stuff

• trash bags
• paper towels
• toilet paper
• sponges
• dish soap & detergent
• whiteboard markers & erasers

Tech Stuff

• working laptops, desktops, macs, pcs, etc
• non-bulky raw materials (actual wood, aluminium, steel, wiring)
• electronics 'kits': altoids tins, heat sinks, relays, perf boards, infrared LEDs, ATiny chips, etc; for TV-B-Gones, Custom remote controls, Minty Boosts etc;
• 3 Raspberry Pis w/ HD cameras for the Milliscope, the macroscope and the microsope
• RGB LEDs (especially strips)
• arduinos [old or new, all good!]
• soldering irons (consider bringing one to donate for a workshop such as Workshop Weekend or Today I Learned.
• laser cutter
• RAM for Mac Mini (c. 2005) 333 MHz PC2700 DDR SDRAM Non-ECC Unbuffered
• things that work, have useful parts or can be easily fixed

Low Priorities

Not urgent, but still accepted

• hose adapter for generic sink faucet
• relevant books

Not wanted

• Most bulky raw materials (case by case basis)
• Printers & scanners - they are bulky, we have enough
• Broken, useless things

If you're not sure, you can contact Matt!

See also

Places to buy things

• UC Berkeley Overstock / Surplus Store
  • 3200 Regatta Blvd., Suite E, Richmond, CA 94804
• Urban Ore (Eco Park)
  • 900 Murray Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
• Unwaste store (of Universal Waste Management)
  • 721 37th Ave, Oakland, CA 94602

Free things

• Hint: Check out the Berkeley flatlands and residential areas around the university for great freepiles (particularly during student move-out times.) ;]

E-waste

There are plenty of California e-waste facilities nearby.