Monthly Archives: August 2011

Some photos from our first meetup. Video tour of the house to follow soon.  

The kits are ready for tomorrow’s Arduino training course: The following people are attending: Wynand Jacques Philip Andrew Anthony & brother Yusuf Gerrit HC If you can, please bring long nosed pliers, or any wire stripping instrument.  Also, if you … Read More →

We are planning an Arduino crash course on this Saturday 10-12 : “Zero to Arduino Hacking Hero” We are putting together 10 kits consisting of 1 x Arduino UNO 1 x Breadboard 1 x USB programming cable, a USB A-B … Read More →

Thanks for everyone contributing to making the first meetup a great success! HC & Katarina video recorded & took lots of photos and promised to post some of these soon. The day went as follows:We first had a show and … Read More →

A couple of us are getting together on Tuesday morning to chat about the house and build a simple cellphone controlled access system for the house. We are installing a magnetic lock on one of the doors and opens the … Read More →

What will you build next? I am going after this: See full description here: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/more-3d-printing-thingiverse-s-bodgie-quad  

The video shows the outside of the building and selected areas inside using still photos – the letter on the photos refer to the area on the architect drawing posted earlier and attached to this message. For example the letter … Read More →

We want to fill the house with Workbenches White boards CNC machines (well maybe this one in the garage) Maker bots – 3D Printers Oscilloscope Bandwidth Etc, etc So that if you want to build a twitter controlled coffee serving … Read More →

After an amazing weekend with the guys from Johannesburg Startup Weekend, I am really inspired to get this idea off the ground.  What do we have: 1 x House (400 m²) in Centurion – portion of this is used by … Read More →