December 2012

Imagine a whole field of these guys swaying, bobbing and dancing in sync to the thoughts and mental cues of their Mommy, myself. Count on seeing it for real this summer…! Now that Christmas is over I can afford to focus some more attention on getting that army of delta robots made. I’m still not sure if I’ll have the volume featured above ready in time for the Mini Maker Faire next month (in fact there is no way), but I’m going to try like hell to have an array of at least four to show off. Do these look familiar? YES, YES, They do! I disassembled my two prototypes from the summer this afternoon and have started compiling them into one better working robot. I have enough regular sized servo motors to make exactly four deltas, so I’ll use what I’ve got. In other news, I’ll be doing my soldering…

Time to talk about the amazing thing that happened this weekend… It feels like I have been waiting forever and it’s crazy to know that everyone else has been waiting five times longer than I have… but finally, FINALLY the keys were given over to us and the SYN Shop is for the most part, ALIVE and open. The wait began for me towards the end of this summer when my dad brought me an article promoting the shop and its booth at the upcoming First Friday. He prompted me to read it claiming he had found the thing I had been searching for in the Vegas community. It was true that ever since I had moved back to my native city from college in Chicago, I was craving the type of environment I had in my technology department… a sort of studio space but for tech geeks and the…