So I have just finished doing my second drawdio pencil for one of my construction team mate, I wonder who will get my drawdio pencil. This was an easier pencil to do because I knew what parts went where. And it was very simple and what cut lines that I ne...
Once the whole electronics team were done with our second drawdio we were given a task to get started on our new project on Solar Pannels. I helped Fabiola today to look up some Solar Power Controllers and Fry’s Electronics failed us so bad trying t...
So apparently we are having some worries with Jakes structure. We have been working with lights but the thig is that its inside of a rock the design it was made. Now we would have to check if they would fit inside the small crampped area of the box, we wo...
This is a very late entry but I believe that this is the only blog that I a missing so far from everything I have done so far. This was an interesting project or introduction or getting to know more of the features of google earth, we had to rally point p...
I am currently at a stop point so far…I got the screws to go in the wall and it stood snuggly. But now its a total mess and its 1 in the morning I think I need my sleep to much thinking for one day. Right now the process looks good its the part wher...
What I made in the FabLab is a Picture I took and it was printed on wood. On the picture I have layers with a picture of me pasted on there and 2 photography flash umbrella’s, then i added a film strip border. What i made explains, how i grew up aro...
Well i took my personal project and added 2 red LED lights. It took me a while because i had to flip my LED’s and then i broke both. So i got 2 new LED’s and hooked rewired it, once i was finished 1 LED didnt light up…… So i had to...
This week the electronics team made something called the Drawdio. A Drawdio is a Pencil that has a circuit board that we build and add it on to the pencil. What the circuit board does it has a Circuit board, 2 capacitors, 2 resistors, transitors, ceramic ...
In the making of a 2nd Drawdio for someone in the structure team, Well my first one had a short somewhere but then i fixed it, also i found out some stuff that wouldve caused the problem. So now since i know what to look for i can find out whats causing p...
So we made a googe earth life time line of places we have been to out of san diego. The places I’ve been to is Vietnam, Arizona, Hawaii, Sacramento, Santa Monica beach. We made a quick video and fly by’s of the places we’ve been to and e...
Yesterday we went hiking in Mission Trails and it was intense, probally because i didnt wear the right clothing. My job of the day was to mark way points and my partner Christain is to write down what each waypoint is and what was there, and the time. for...
* Search for sign shops on El Cajon Blvd. * Email Mobile Active contact about setting up teleconference on Tuesday * Email BecauseWeCan Robert Edwards about LED kit * Mill out Switch/LED circuit board and go through the steps with TJ * Document mesh netwo...
– This design team has developped mesh networking systems for the US military, check out the applications and technology page for different ideas. MD4455 Mobile Node with Mobility Scanner – The LocustWorld All-In-One Flasher contains a windows...
– Finish up milling tutorial (will try to complete it today) – Write up a conclusion/findings on the Mesh Network Research – Complete research on the 20×30 LED-Mirror – the mechanism (how the parts communicate to each other) &...
We set out to do some research on cell-phone mesh networking to be used in emergencies/catastrophes when cell antennas are down and communicating becomes critical as it was on 9/11 and during Katrina. Mesh Networking works through connecting nodes, it hop...
We’ve been troubleshooting with the laser cutter and working with Illustrator in Windows, instead of sending our files through CAD in ubuntu. Our first problem was working with a file that was exactly the size of the laser cutter bed. The laser was ...
After the computers were moved around, the one connected to the Modela was having problems communicating with it. I called Roland’s Tech Support and they first told me to: – right click on My Computer – select Properties – select H...
Brian set up the vacuum system for the ShopBot and used Brady Watson’s explanation as a starting point, He reconfigured it to fit our needs but this definitely provides a great description: (from the ShopBot forum: http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/m...
Hi folks, Here’s an eyeglasses holder created from one piece of cardboard. It can be folded along lines to make a 3-D holder. http://www.headsonfire.org/community/sites/default/files/flat_eyeglasses_holder.jpg http://www.headsonfire.org/community/si...
I will be posting interesting links for the comunity on my blog. Usually will be links to sites that have files to download or resources that may be of interest for your projects. Here’s the first batch http://www.headsonfire.org/community/node/66
To all the interns and supervisors I wish to give a heartfelt Thank You. When I approached Xavier and Katie hoping to help out, I did it because I though I had something to offer the lab and the community. Little did I realize that in a few short weeks I ...
What is it ? Fablab required everyone to make a personal project which represent your past, present and future. How is it made ? I made the wall of the school with cardboard, I use the vinyl machine to cut out all the window for the school. The railing an...
Everyone was divided into 2 groups, structure and electronic. In the structure group, we have to think of ideas to create a big sculpture only using pressfit. It was kinda hard since esteban gave us only an hour to design and cut the project. I draw every...
During my summer internship at Fablab I learn a lot of things here. We were taught how to use technology to make almost anything in our daily life. At Fablab we have machines like shopbot, epilog machine, Modella and the 3D printer and also the vinyl cutt...
This structure symbolize the power and energy. If the structure were being look from the top it will look like the sun. Power and energy is needed in everyday life and if we don’t conserve it, there won’t be any left in the future. This struct...
this week i met xavier, miriram, zaira, melia, dr.trefts at ucsd and dr. thefts taught us the 4 chambers of the heart and they are right atrium letf, right atrium, right ventrical, and the leftventrical.we also took heart beats and ming was 70beat a minnu...
Today we worked with most of the machines at the fablab. We created stickers,name plates, necklaces, etc. I made a name plate which I really liked because I got to put pictures on it and Ialso got to work the machine/laser and learned how to do it so well...
one we went to sdsu to learn about the heart and tools.then we came back to the fablab and learnd how to use the sticker machine an the shop bot.with the lazer printer that can engrave stuff on wood plastic.so now we know how to use the machines now so we...
I was at the Malcolm x Library and we did a geocache hunt and we were at the point were the stuff was but there was nothing there. We came back and we listening to a speaker named Oralia Loza. She told us her background and how to do surveys. Then we went...
As a two-headed snake, it appears as the “serpent bar,” an emblem of royal authority carried by rulers. This double-headed rattlesnake serpent was used as a ceremonial chest ornament that may have been worn by a priest. In Mesoamerican culture...
