Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab

Threadless.com is offering free 'reject' t-shirts to groups of 8 or more.  We will be hosting an event and want you to come!

Come to the lab on Thursday 26th from 5-9pm and we'll work on the shirts.  We'll post photos to their blog and our group might win gift certificates for all attendees.

YOU MUST SIGN UP FOR THE EVENT BEFORE NOON on FRIDAY April 13th (this Friday).  This is the date that threadless wants all group requests in by.  If we don't have your name, we won't have enough tshirts for you to attend.

For more about the event, click here: http://www.threadless.com/news/858616/We_re_hosting_a_Tee_Upcycling_Worldwide_Meetup

TO SIGN UP FOR THE EVENT, FILL OUT THE FORM HERE: http://cucfablab.org/book/attend-class

AND SIGN UP FOR THE EVENT HERE ON MEETUP: http://www.meetup.com/Threadless/Urbana-IL/672692/

Register both on our website and on meetup.com so we know how many people are coming and so that threadless can see who's coming.

Learning how to make and use QRCodes--here is a QRCode for the URL for this web site.  When you scan it, you get cucfablab.org.

This code can be put on handouts and posters, etc.

Also, download the PNG and put it on stuff you make.  Who knows how well it will work, say, etched onto the tail of a dinosaur, but we can find out.

The Fab Lab welcomed iFoundry's special guest Federico Joselevich, technology artist, in a one-day workshop at UIUC's Fab Lab where we participated in creating fun, whimsical projects that combined art and technology! People from varying locations and backgrounds gathered to combine their talents and strengths as a team, exploring the boundaries of their minds and hearts, and fabricating devices that touch and inspire individuals.

The Fab Lab will participate in the University of Illinois Public Engagement Symposium on April 18, 2012.

Come join us from 3:00–6:00pm at the Activities and Recreation Center (ARC), Multipurpose Room 6, 201 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, Illinois.

The Fab Lab will participate in the Urbana-Champaign Mini Maker Faire on April 14, 2012.

Join us at the Independent Media Center,202 S. Broadway, Urbana, from 10AM to 4PM

The Fab Lab will be open regular hours, 12-6, on Sunday 4/8.

From the UIS CS Club:

On Sunday, April 1st, 2012 the Computer Science Club at UIS visited and created an LED edge lit sign using the Epilog laser cutter.

They have posted a full gallery of the trip on their website or check them out on Facebook.

The Empathetic Reformulator was invented as part of a workshop led by Federico Joselevich from Buenos Aires, Argentina.  The workshop was called "A Step Through Los Aparatos," which involved the combination of art, technology and creative expression. 

Bob thought that Kat's T-Rex was pretty cool looking, so he went and made a skeletal Pterosaur.

This is the beta version and Bob says that the final version will be much better with stain or finish.

Here are some projects that Steve is working on, which will be displayed at the Mini Maker Fair next month at the IMC.  Way to go Steve!

Operations Committee Monthly Meeting Thursday March 15, 2012 7:30 PM

Come joins us for an open discussion on

1) Google Calendar updates which allow for event scheduling and volunteer participation - Whitney will report online requests which have come through over the last couple of weeks

2) The Four Week Outlook, including Danville Homefires, workshop with Frederico, Woodturning Group, UIS Computer Group, Community Engagement at ARC, and the Mini Maker Fair at IMC

3) Presentation by Joshua Norris

It's been a busy week for the CUC Fab Lab!  Tuesday from 4-5pm and tonight (Thursday 4-5 pm) we are presenting at the Urbana Free Library's Teen Tech Week.  Teens are able to use the silhouette cameos to make cards and stickers of their own designs.  Furthermore, on Wednesday morning, we were featured on WCIA.  See the videos here and here!

Join us for an open discussion Thursday February 23rd at 7:00 PM at the Fab Lab!  Items include

1) The CUCFL website "Google Calendar" which highlights recurring events at the lab;

2) Volunteer Opportunities for Urbana Free Library "Teen Tech Week", UIUC Community Engagement Symposium, and Champaign-Urbana Mini Maker Faire (@ the IMC) upcoming events;

Agenda will be further developed at the meeting, which will be held to 60 minutes

Come join us this Saturday, Feb 11 from 10-2.This is a free class but some projects may require the purchase of supplies. Please email FABLAB-CURRICULUM@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU to register. 

In this free class, children and adults will create custom valentines. We will offer an Intro to Inkscape where youth grades 2 -12 to adults will learn basic design skills and complete a Valentine's Day themed wood or acrylic gift they cut on the Epilog Laser. In addition, children may choose to make valentines stickers or cards with one of our plotters.