Jared’s mobility scooter robot receives its first victiwilling volunteer
Author: matt
Meeting Point
Naomi and Neil (otherwise known as Digital Prisoners) are out in Bonn Square tonight with their Meeting Point installation, part of the Dancin’ Oxford festival. The installation captures the images and movements of two strangers on opposite sides of the square, and creatively manipulates and merges them into a single image, projected onto a “meeting point” in the urban landscape. Built with Neil’s Praxis LIVE software, the piece expands on last year’s Meeting Point project with eight new scenes, set to soundtracks from a variety of independent musicians.
Oxford Flood Network is go!
The Oxford Flood Network, a project set up by Oxhack denizen Ben Ward, and recently the subject of a workshop at the hackspace (as well as getting us a mention in New Scientist), now has its first water level sensor in place on Wareham Stream.
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— Oxford Flood Network (@oxfloodnet) February 15, 2014
3D printing
Ladies and gentlemen, the Makerbot can now print things!
Paper folding
Hugh has been trying his hand at paper folding, instructed by Paul Jackson’s Folding Techniques For Designers…
Tool wall
Thanks to the deft carpentry skills of Igor and Lauren, we now have a tool wall!
Musical MakerBot
Okay, so our Makerbot can’t actually print yet. (It can extrude plastic, and move the print platform. Just not both at the same time, it seems.) It has another trick up its sleeve that’s almost as cool, though: by varying the step rates of the motors, you can get it to play musical notes. And since it moves in three axes, it can do three part harmony:
The real holy grail would be to do this while actually printing something. Playing some Beethoven while printing out a bust of Beethoven, perhaps…?