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Thermo-Electric Axolotl Cooling
Posted on December 20, 2011 | 12 CommentsSo in my many ventures around the interwebs I eventually ran into a picture of an unusual animal, the Axolotl. Over the years I have cared for and been aware...
Dimmable AC Light Box
Posted on December 8, 2011 | 5 CommentsThis blog post is about the very long process of how I came to make a box that could dynamically dim AC bulbs via computer control. The main purpose...
Extreme Makeover: Lab Edition (Day 1)
Posted on December 4, 2011 | 3 CommentsFamiLAB has finally moved into the new space, but it needs a little techie touch so we decided to go to town. Day 1 we focused on getting the RFID...
FamiLAB – Now 10x Larger!!!
Posted on November 22, 2011 | 4 CommentsWe are growing! FamiLAB just signed a new lease for 4k square feet, which is TEN TIMES larger than our existing space. We’ve started a wiki page with some information...
Saturday Night at the Lab…
Posted on November 13, 2011 | No Comments
YoungMakers Meeting – November 2011
Posted on November 10, 2011 | No CommentsWe made LED flashlight kits, no one was burned, and everyone was happy. It doesn’t get much better… :) HUGE THANKS to Radio Shack for donating some of the kits...
Open House Pics – November 2011
Posted on November 3, 2011 | No CommentsWe had an AWESOME Open House this week – the weather was fantastic, we had a great turnout of adult makers and Young Makers, and Johnny Diggz stopped by to...
Young Makers Meeting Pics – October 2011
Posted on November 3, 2011 | No CommentsOur first FamiLAB Young Makers meeting was a LOT of fun. We toured FamiLAB, talked about the Young Maker program, and disassembled an Xbox 360… Special thanks to FamiLAB member...
Multi-Breadboard Drifting! (555 timers and such)
Posted on November 1, 2011 | No CommentsFrom the YouTube video comments: “I modified the earlier sketch that draws characters on the led matrix to count from 0-9 (then loop back), and i triggered it with...
This Just In: You Can Laser Etch PCB’s @familab!
Posted on November 1, 2011 | 2 CommentsLaser-Etched PCB Etching Mask!!