Events – Page 8

Ylab Holiday Break and Early 2016 Plans

Written on December 21, 2015.

Not a creature was stirring. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the DDOme, Not a creature was stirring in the maker’s new home; The basement room floor has been painted with care, In hopes that equipment soon would be there; The paperwork done, agreements written and read, As plans for new robots...

The Ylab Holiday Gift List

Written on December 19, 2015.

Yeah, we know, we’re a little late on this for some people… Chanukah is done for this year… but we all know Santa is for everyone. We also know the type of people we’re dealing with don’t need a holiday as an excuse to pick up some new toys and technology. And some are on on the naughty list and will have to buy...

Membership has its privileges. And duties.

Written on December 15, 2015.

Before. Yuck. Monday December 14 was our first members’ only night. Since ylab is an all-volunteer effort, that of course means we got down to some hard work cleaning up the space. Thank you for your membership payment. Now get to work. Our call for equipment donations produced some very timely results. Big thanks to Eric for the compressor and ShopVac....

Memberships: We’re off and running!

Written on December 13, 2015.

Sign here. Press hard. (Photo by stockimages from freedigitalphotos.net) We announced our membership structure and fees on our maker night at the DDO on Wednesday, December 9 – and we have our first sign-ups! Ylab board member Ruby is the first ylab maker space member. When ylab was just a notion of a concept, ...

Maker Space Membership Update – the Paperwork

Written on December 6, 2015.

“ME 401 QuickJob” by Nina Paley – http://mimiandeunice.com/2011/07/25/paperwork/. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork. We’re making progress, but not there yet. The good news is that a lot of the heavy lifting is pretty much done – formal incorporation as a non-profit;...

Meetup.com: From Markham Makers to Ylab

Written on December 6, 2015.

Jay’s Markham Makers group on meetup.com has been a big part of ylab from the start. The group was the initial core, providing a great mailing list for our successful kick-off event. We’re moving from subtle usurping to all-out takeover. It’s now a formal part of ylab. Some of the recent changes...

Changing gears to become a maker space.

Written on November 22, 2015.

“Be careful what you wish for”, they say. ylab is making the transition to become a maker space. ylab started with the goal of building a real tech community up here in southern York Region – Markham, Richmond Hill, Thornhill and Vaughan. There are scores of technology companies in the area, but outside work, everything...

Radio. Ra-D-D-O. Not your grandfather’s ham radio.

Written on November 19, 2015.

Volunteers from the York Region Amateur Radio Club came out to the David Dunlap Observatory to give us a presentation on how they’ve moved on from vacuum tubes to the Internet age. You have to memorise all these frequencies to get your ham radio license. OK, not really. The presentation was a real eye-opener. Amateur...

Robotycs Toy Hacks – They’re Alive!

Written on November 12, 2015.

We held our second Robotycs hands-on night on Nov 11 to continue the toy hacks. It’s great to see new faces coming out to every event, and to see others become regulars. DC power supply. Works much better than batteries for testing. Volunteers brought in a variety of equipment to help things along, and Robot Ross gave a quick presentation...

Big Mix Night: Robotycs, Arduino, Car Hacks and the DDO!

Written on November 5, 2015.

Wed Nov 4, 2015. It was like a whole bunch of ylab events, shaken up, mixed together and served up with everyone wondering how on earth the unholy mess would taste. Our friends at the David Dunlap Observatory somehow agreed to let us in to the darkest recesses of their basement for what was supposed to be a barely-announced Robotycs hands-on night....

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