This Week in Pics Because it Happened

HeatSync Labs operates at regular hours, with events and activities happening on a near-daily basis! Pics because it happened:

• Jasper anodized an adapter that she made for her microscope. Photo by HeatSync Labs
• Will did a reflow on a RROD'd XBox 360. Photo by HeatSync Labs
• Heather and Stephanie take apart some electronics at this week's Tear Apart night. Photo by Ryan Rix
• Jacob added caffeinated air to the HeatSync vending machine. Photo by Jacob Rosenthal.

Last Week in Pics Because it Happened

HeatSync Labs operates at regular hours, with events and activities happening on a near-daily basis! Pics because it happened:

• Moheeb finished up some awesome Steampunk goggles. Photo by Moheeb Zara.
• We received a box of stickers from some folks on the Hackerspace.org mailing lists! Photo by Ryan Rix.
• Jasper Nance sealed and anodized aluminum! Photo by Jasper Nance.
• Ryan (@blhack) laser etched the Voyager plaque over some aluminum donated by K-zell metals! Photo by HeatSync Labs.
• Jacob made a remote control hamster ball! Photo by Jasper Nance
• Jacob judged at the State championships for FIRST LEGO League earlier this month! Photo by Jacob Rosenthal.
• Will has been working on RFID controlled relay interlocks for our big tools. Photo by Will Bradley.
• Will etched his own boards for the RFID interlocks. Photo by Will Bradley.

This Month in Pics Because It Happened

HeatSync Labs operates at regular hours, with events and activities happening on a near-daily basis! Pics because it happened:

• Jacob and jeremy completed the Turtle Shell racer! Photo by Jeremy Leung.
• Moheeb works on his art project for Gallery 100. Photo by Moheeb Zara.
• Will pretends that the 2.4ghz antenna that showed up in the lab is a chain gun. Photo by HeatSync Labs.
• Local artist Barry Sparkman plays around on the laser cutter. Photo by HeatSync Labs.
• Robert Bell plays with Wurstcaptures and outputs the math to our Oscilloscope. Photo by Ryan Rix.
• Ryan finished up his chiptunes synth keybard. Photo by Ryan Rix.

Last week in Pics Because it Happened

HeatSync Labs operates at regular hours, with events and activities happening on a near-daily basis! Pics because it happened:

• Tentacled polyhedra invade HeatSync Labs and Thingiverse during the Thanksgiving Printparty! This one was printed by 3dYeti!
• The results of Thanksgiving Printparty 2011. Jacob, Prescott and Moheeb printed a ton of items, including the solder spools used in Mitch's workshop. Photo by HeatSync Labs.
• It's a full house at HeatSync Labs for Mitch Altman's Arduino for Total Newbies workshop! Photo by Ryan Rix.
• What Thingiverse meme would be complete without a Colbert head? "While some might experience print defects, I see only a magnificent Col-beard. " Photo by Prescott Ogden.

This Week in Pics (Special Halloween edition!)

Our Halloween Hack prize winners were!

• Rashad cut and sculpted Foam Flooring from Home Depot to create this amazing mask and body armor! Photo by Jacob Rosenthal.
• Erica cooked gelatin for fake skin and did her own zombie makeup at the lab! Photo by Jacob Rosenthal.
• Diane did her led and EL wire soldering at the lab for her Quorra costume! Photo by Maya Kessler.

Honorable mentions go to:

Last Week in Pics Because it Happened (Special MMF Phoenix Ed.)

Our apologies for the late post! Last Saturday, HeatSync Labs hosted the Hacker Pavillion at the Valley's first Maker Faire, and we've been busy! But boy howdy, was it incredible! We also had the chance to see the Tesla Coil back in action in time for Second Friday thanks to the awesome work of Jasper and Prescott. There's action in the space nearly 24 hours a day, so be sure to check it out!

• Sam and Steve etched rings in to their coffee table and lit it with LEDs! Photo by Will Bradley.
• Disco Stalin brings Disco to Europe. No need for other explanation. Photo by Ryan Rix.
• Jadis plays with millions of volts of electricity. No big deal. Photo by HeatSync Labs.
• Maya enjoys a crepe from Jobot before the HeatSync Labs post-MMF party. Photo by Ryan Rix.
• The Squires show off their leather working expertise at MMF Phoenix. Photo by Ryan Rix.
• Everyone was mesmerized by the 3D printers at our 3D printing table! Photo by Ryan Rix.
• SlackFarmer from Greathouse Labs plays with one of their Bellflower-esque flamethrowing beasts. Photo by Ryan Rix.
• Heating up MakerFaire! Photo by Schuylar St. Leger.
• Todd's SpokePOVs are in action! Photo by HeatSync Labs.
• Easton LaChapelle shows off his absolutely BA animitronic hands! Photo by Ryan Rix.
• A closeup of Easton's sensor glove. Photo by Ryan Rix.
• HeatSync Labs at the Jobot afterparty. Photo by Schuylar St. Leger.

There are tons of other pictures from MakerFaire Phoenix! Check out these flickr streams and sets: hslphotosync, JohnKit (in 3D!), 5footerica and more!

This Week in Pics Because it Happened

HeatSync Labs operates at regular hours, with events and activities happening on a near-daily basis! Pics because it happened:

• Jim St. Leger charges his Nissan Leaf EV in front of the Lab. Photo by Will Bradley.
• Ryan laser cuts decor to wear at Minecon. Photo by Ryan Rix.
• Harry Meier talks about his Transcranial DC Stimulation at Thursday's Hot Topics. Photo by Jacob Rosenthal.
• The Remote Control SWAT bot is back in action! Photo by Ryan Rix.

Last Week in Pics Because it Happened

HeatSync Labs operates at regular hours, with events and activities happening on a near-daily basis! Pics because it happened:

• Jasper designed a custom feedthrough for the SEM's vacuum chamber. Photo by Jasper Nance.
• The Sock Baby class was a huge fuzzy success! Photo by HeatSync Labs.
• Ryan plays with scraps from the lathe. Photo by Ryan Rix.
• Will takes apart a dress shirt to see how it is built. Photo by Will Bradley.

This Week in Pics Because it Happened

(Left to Right)

• WidgetPhreak gives a live performance of 8bit piped straight out of Little Sound DJ on his Gameboy. Photo by Ryan Rix
• A new microcontroller area appears at HeatSync Labs, and new signage appears to show off the areas of the lab. Photo by HeatSync Labs
• The whiteboards are used, as always, for a bit of lighthearted fun. Photo by HeatSync Labs
• Robert Bell recreates the universe. Photo by HeatSync Labs.

Last week in pics because it happened

HeatSync Labs operates at regular hours, with events and activities happening on a near-daily basis! Pics because it happened:

(Left to Right)

• Stuart shows off Intel's Atom powered Quadrocopter. Photo by Ryan Rix
• HeatSync Labs rocked custom PCB board badges at DEFCON 19. Photo by Will Bradley
• Will shows off the power of the new laser cutter by blasting through super thick Delrin plastic. Photo by Will Bradley
• Jasper spent some quality time with the SEM Vacuum chamber and polished the paint off of it; it's now on its way to K-Zell Metals for some welding work. Photo by HeatSync Labs