Have you heard about Bitcoin but don’t know where to start or how it works? On Friday, April 19th Andrew LeCody will be teaching a class that will cover the basics of the Bitcoin currency and network, including: What is Bitcoin? How to use Bitcoins, finding a good/safe wallet How to get Bitcoins What the heck [...]
Posted in Meetup on Mar 25th, 2013
In recognition of International Tabletop Day, the Dallas Makerspace will be hosting a day of tabletop games starting at 11AM on Saturday, March 30th. Feel free to come out and play games like: Settlers of Catan Magic the Gathering Elder Sign Hive Risk: Onyx Edition RoboRally Small World And more… Some members plan to design [...]
Posted in Meetup on Nov 9th, 2012
Kineteka Systems, a local electronics manufacturer and distributor of SparkFun, Pololu, Adafruit, and iTeedStudio has donated over $1,000 in prizes for the raflle taking place during DMS’s annual Open House event. Raffle tickets are $5 each, funds from the raffle will be earmarked for acquiring a new laser cutter system for DMS. Tickets will be drawn for [...]
Posted in Meetup on Oct 25th, 2012
The Dallas Makerspace will be holding the 3rd annual Open House on Saturday, November 10th. It will run from noon until midnight at 2995 Ladybird Lane, one block east of Walnut Hill Station. There will be excellent food, cool projects, free classes, and lots of stimulating discussion! Come out to see what’s going on! We’ll [...]
Posted in Meetup on Oct 12th, 2012
The Dallas Makerspace, along with sister organization, Dallas Personal Robotics Group (DPRG) will be out for our annual Tanner Electronics event on October 20th. Event will start at 10 am and run till about 2pm. Both groups will have tables set up that showcase some of the neat projects we’ve been working on. This is [...]
Posted in Meetup on Aug 9th, 2012
On Saturday, September 15, Dallas Makerspace is hosting the Dallas portion of the world-wide Software Freedom Day event. Everyone is invited to this event, not just computer geeks! Software Freedom Day celebrates our freedom to do what we want with our software, hardware, and other creative works. Big corporations like Apple, Sony, Oracle, etc are [...]
Posted in Meetup on Jun 13th, 2012
The newly formed DMS Amatuer Radio Club KD5MS will be participating in the Annual ARRL Field Day. Field Day according to Wikipedia: Field Day is an annual amateur radio exercise, widely sponsored by IARU regions and member organizations, encouraging emergency communications preparedness among amateur radio operators. In the United States, it is typically the largest single emergency preparedness exercise in the country, with [...]
Posted in Meetup on Feb 21st, 2012
A big thank you to our guest blogger, Kaela Lawrence! She came out to one of our blacksmith days (which are being held periodically on Sunday’s) and photographed the experience as well as wrote a small piece on her experience. When I walked into the large garage of the Makerspace, I was prepared for an [...]
Posted in Classes, Hacks, Meetup, Photography on Jan 21st, 2012
Our 2nd annual open house was a huge success and it’s about time we posted some photos. The photo above is a 360 degree panorama shot by Nicole on 35mm film. She also got some cool 360 shots of the main hallway, robots and burgers, and the pinhole camera tutorial. Then you can take a [...]
Posted in Meetup, Uncategorized on Oct 27th, 2011
Thanks to the many man hours put into paperwork, defining our mission statement, creating bylaws and standing rules, and the efforts of all the membership in the creation of the Dallas Makerspace. It has paid off. We are now officially a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization! [See the official letter here! 501(c)(3) Acceptance Letter] This couldn’t have [...]
