by andyp | Mar 1, 2018 | Blog, Making
I’ve seen this done a few times and thought as its a bit cold outside I’d try for myself. This is boiling water thrown in to the air which is currently -2.8 °C....
by andyp | Feb 17, 2018 | Digital Skills, Making
Yesterday I delivered one of the Big Ideas Generators Hands-on 3d printing workshops for Madlab, This is part of a program held at libraries all over Manchester introducing people to TinkerCad and the Ultimaker 2 which is now available in a number of...
by andyp | Jan 22, 2018 | Making
One thing a lot of people seem to want to do with the laser cutter at Hack Oldham is to cut out words and letters, Often people want to merge the letters together so that they form one complete shape rather than individual letters. Below I’ll explain...
by andyp | Jan 5, 2018 | Making
I’ve been a fan of the IT Crowd since it first came out, while primarily a comedy many of the ideas it portrayed I had experienced in my life working in IT, So when they showed the internet as being a small black box, I of course decided I needed to make my own....
by andyp | Dec 10, 2017 | Making
When we moved into the house there was a rather dated lantern in the porch which you turned on and off from within the house… so about as useful as a chocolate teapot. I decided to put a smart bulb in it to make it a bit more useful, however when I put my bulb...
by andyp | Aug 27, 2017 | Making
I’ve had the idea of doing something with CheerLights for quite some time and finally came up with a project to make use of it. For those who don’t know CheerLights is an IoT project that synchronises the colour of lights connected to the internet by...
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