Greetings from the Perth Artifactory
Daniel Harmsworth
The Perth Artifactory has been up and running since July last year, we
have a 2 storey space in Mount Lawley, we have been occupied mostly
with developing our infrastructure so far so nothing too impressive,
but we hope to change that soon!
Our irregularly-updated website can be found at http://artifactory.org.au
Our major projects so far have been the Swarf-O-Mat CNC Milling
Machine and the construction of a RepRap v2 'Mendel' 3D printer, we
are keen to engage in inter-hackerspace projects and would love to set
up some videoconferencing/telepresence tech with other spaces.
GavMechatronics
Wow, it sounds like you've been busy. Congrats on getting a property
to use!
If you're ever in Sydney, give us a buzz at Robots and Dinosaurs.
What sort of teleprescence tech did you have in mind? Sharing lectures
and talks is a good idea. Also we could maybe have some linked devices
just for kicks. The thought of flipping lights in Perth from the R&D
house makes me grin.
Cheers,
Gavin Smith.
On Feb 23, 9:37 pm, Daniel Harmsworth <danielharmswo...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Greetings fellow hackers!
>
> The Perth Artifactory has been up and running since July last year, we
> have a 2 storey space in Mount Lawley, we have been occupied mostly
> with developing our infrastructure so far so nothing too impressive,
> but we hope to change that soon!
>
> Our irregularly-updated website can be found athttp://artifactory.org.au
Mitch Davis
<danielha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings fellow hackers!
>
> we are keen to engage in inter-hackerspace projects and would love to set
> up some videoconferencing/telepresence tech with other spaces.
Cool!
We (several CCHS members) have a bed-ridden geek friend. We have on
our TO-DO list the design and construction of a telepresence rig, so
that this friend can get out and about. For example, to go to a
conference and interact with people there.
We would be interested in working on a telepresence setup.
Mitch.
Connected Communities Hackerspace
Melbourne, Australia
Gav
If you need any pieces of acrylic laser-cut, let me know. I'd be happy to supply components for an awesome idea like that.
Plus, if you make the design open-source, then others around the world can easily copy :)
How're you thinking of doing the hardware? A eeePC with inbuilt webcam would make a nice cheap core. All that you'd need is some motor control & maybe sensors if you want it to be autonomous as well.
Mitch Davis
> Sounds like a cool project.
>
> If you need any pieces of acrylic laser-cut, let me know. I'd be happy to
> supply components for an awesome idea like that.
>
> make a nice cheap core. All that you'd need is some motor control & maybe
> sensors if you want it to be autonomous as well.
Funny you should mention that, as I had considered the exact same
idea. Some acrylic for the mechanicals would be really excellent.
I think we won't be working on it until we have our CNC mill up and
running (it's a blocker, oops, enabler for so many other things), but
we'll certainly be in touch then. Or you could start first :-)
> Plus, if you make the design open-source, then others around the world can
> easily copy :)
I like that idea. Mobility stuff is expensive, yet it's aimed at
people who generally have very little money to spare.
Now, where were we?
Mitch.