Geekspace for Women

Posted by ubergeeke on June 22nd, 2008 in blogpost

This weekend’s project was using a local repeater with my HT.

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Posted by ubergeeke on May 30th, 2008 in blogpost

I’m sure that if we all joined together and chipped in a few bucks each, we could get one of these, right? I mean, I don’t know what the hell I’d build with it, but isn’t it cool to think that I could build nearly anything?
Check out what all these companies did with 3D Printers.
And […]

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Posted by ubergeeke on May 27th, 2008 in blogpost, how-to

Listen, we’ve only got four and a half years until the world ends, and if that doesn’t pan out, it’s just a matter of time before some virus strain (or alien culture or robot revolution or our own stupidity) destroys society as we know it. Isn’t it time you made sure your low-tech skills were […]

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Posted by ubergeeke on May 22nd, 2008 in blogpost, sites-to-visit

Leah Buechley is a post-doc researcher in Computer Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Buechley created the LilyPad Arduino, “a set of sewable electronic components that let you build your own soft, interactive fashion.”
Check out her site where she includes an introduction to programming the Arduino, as well as photos […]

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Posted by ubergeeke on May 20th, 2008 in blogpost, how-to

Last week, I was sitting at an Engineering Showcase at the university with my rocket buddies and one of them (thanks, I.O.!) mentioned “Lady Ada”. I’ll chat more about her soon, but in the meantime, browse her site for all kinds of cool goodies.
If you’re looking for the first project to try with your new […]

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Posted by ubergeeke on May 3rd, 2008 in blogpost

I was cruising the Make magazine site, looking for cool stuff, and I came across a post about BENT . The Make post only mentioned Jessica Rylan and her Battery Powered Noise Generator, but the Bent site had this link to her You Tube video . Now, that vid is basically a promo for an […]

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