York Hackspace at Manchester Mini Maker Faire

York Hackspace at Manchester Mini Maker Faire

Our York Hackspace group set up at the Manchester Maker Faire over the weekend of Saturday 26th / 27th July. On the official site this event is described as: “the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth—a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and...
The teensy issue with Teensy

The teensy issue with Teensy

I’ve been using these super small boards for my latest projects, and one of them I needed to hook up very specific ports. I needed access to data information and you can only use the I/O that is designated for that. The component needed to be hooked up to the...

Internet of things Printing…

Here is a great link to a superdooper (yes really!) tutorial for hooking up your mini printer to the Internet. There is an Introductory Blog Post to get things off the ground. This initial post – is long and very detailed. It discusses reasons why they made...
Cardboard!

Cardboard!

Super fun for folks with an old pizza box lying around and who want a cheaper version Oculus Rift! Cardboard is a project from Google, to help you make your own! Read about it here, more information taken from Laughing Squid: Cardboard is a simple experimental project...
Leeds Creative Labs… collaborative projects

Leeds Creative Labs… collaborative projects

[UPDATED] This year I’ve been selected as part of the Leeds Creative Labs cohort, which brings together Academics and Creative Technologists for collaboration. We have all met so far for an initial session to get to know each other and to be paired in our group...