Last night, Ash came to the meeting with an RFID reader and a couple cards and an idea to turn it into an automatic door locker/unlocker by hooking it up to a motor and a small microprocessor. I liked the idea enough to toss it up as a project.
The reader speaks 2400 baud 8N1, [...]
(Please distribute widely to interested parties!)
The Washington DC Area has a Hacker Space: HacDC.
We have a space, tools, equipment, donated resources and a growing crop of enthusiastic participants who are ready to launch the organization. We’ve seen the need for a space to collaborate on all forms of technology, culture and [...]
Come to our first public event this Sunday!
April 27 from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM (or possibly later!)
1525 Newton St NW, (located within the St Stephen & Incarnation Church).
Cost:Â Â Â FREE, but please bring a tool/furniture/electronic scrap to donate!
Why:Â Â Â We started HacDC to give the Washington DC area a place to make, build, disassemble, code, learn [...]