May 2011

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Build your own 3D printer!

May 31, 2011 in Advanced Output Center, Uncategorized by Kate Roger | No comments

More news from the DIY printing world,

Pumping Station One, a hackerspace at 3354 N Elston invites you and all of your friends to come and learn the how to’s of building your own Replicating Rapid Prototyper, or more specifically, a Prusa Mendel. Since I am rather unfamiliar with the mechanics and know how required to even imagine building such a thing, here is an excerpt about the class from their site explaining what the class will cover:

“At the workshop, we will receive the parts and support to build the X-Y-Z gantry for a RepRap Prusa – all the plastics, mechanicals, belts, pulleys, MDF build platform, etc. At the end of the day you will have a fully-built XYZ body and build platform that just needs electronics installed and programmed to get up and running.”

Example of a completed Medel Prusa RepRap

The class is run by Pumping Station One member Chris Jansen, and the cost is $100 for parts supplied. You can read more about the class and how to sign up on their website http://pumpingstationone.org/

Happy Printing!

-K

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Digital Printing with Pen and Ink- “The Drawing Machine”

May 27, 2011 in SAIC, Uncategorized by Kate Roger | No comments

Drawing by Harvey Moon's "Drawing Machine"

Ladies and gentlemen, presented for your entertainment… part artist, part robot, the technical marvel that is the “Drawing Machine”!

Harvey Moon, a current student at SAIC, presented his “Drawing Machine” at the Maker Faire last weekend in San Francisco. The culmination of four years of work the “Drawing Machine” takes a photo and recreates that image over a period of weeks, using a micron pen which is raised, lowered, and moved across the page by a series of gears and pulleys. These gears, moving in infinitesimally small degrees, are taking their cues from software written by Harvey. (Click HERE to watch a short piece WIRED Magazine blogger Geek Dad did on The Drawing Machine.) Harvey has made the instructions and software that made the “Drawing Machine” available to anyone who wishes to recreate, alter, or improve on his design.  You can check out his Kickstarter site for links and technical updates.

Since 2006, Make Magazine’s Maker Faire has served as an annual get together of DIY crowd and their fans, “to celebrate arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset”. To read more about the fair this weekend and upcoming fairs here is their site http://makerfaire.com/

Happy Printing!

-K

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Upcoming Show 5/20: Ceaseless Blooms in Jobless Colors

May 13, 2011 in Service Bureau, Uncategorized by Kate Roger | No comments


Photo by Eileen Mueller

School is done. Summer is finally here. Its the perfect time to go out and see some art! And while there is a lot going on, both good and bad, there is one show, next Friday 5/20, 7PM-10PM, that is guaranteed to be both awesome and fun- Ceaseless Blooms in Jobless Colors, a one night only photo, video, and new media show at Johalla Projects 1561 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor.

Artists include:

Thomson Dryjanski
Brandy Fisher
Emerson Granillo
David M. Hall
Misato Inaba
Absis Minas
Jen Smoose
Jaroslaw Studencki
Kristen Lee Stokes
Eileen Mueller
Casey McGonagle
Hyounsang Yoo

Ceaseless Blooms in Jobless Colors is a collaborative effort by the Upper-level Undergraduate Photography Class, a class comprised of some of this years most promising photo graduates (and frequent Service Bureau users). From what I’ve seen, it promises to be a great show. Bask in their “shared sense of ambivalence about leaving the detached cloister produced by an art education” and show your support for these talented few freshly minted graduates. Be there for the beginning!

Happy Friday,

-K

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The National Jukebox, pleasantly dated

May 13, 2011 in Uncategorized by Kate Roger | No comments

Music in all its forms has always been a welcome distraction from time consuming or tedious work. Whether humming, whistling, singing, or simply listening, music has the uncanny ability to make time fly. Introducing The National Jukebox- a new site from the Library of Congress that provides listeners with vintage music to distract from their modern frustrations, like how unbelievably long it’s taking to upload that file to the desktop.

The National Jukebox is a digital archive of the Library of Congress’ audio collection. Currently this includes “more than 10,000 recordings made by the Victor Talking Machine Company between 1901 and 1925″, with more to come as the site grows.

Like my other favorite time wasting site- http://www.nasaimages.org/, The National Jukebox feels like an endless archive of entertaining and educational material that you could get lost in. Its a pleasant reminder of the always positive side of government, the cataloguing and sharing of the lighter moments in American history. Happy listening!

-K

The Service Bureau is hiring for the summer!

May 10, 2011 in Service Bureau by mczerepak | No comments

That’s right…ther Service Bureau is hiring summer semester print jockeys!  If you are work study eligible and keen to hone your digital output skills the Bureau just might be the place for you.

Stop by the window (SP1111…but you already knew that, right?) to fill out an application and drop off a resume.

Adventure awaits those with a hearty soul…or just want a cool summer job.

-michael

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