HackJam: unscheduled presentation on 3D positioning

Cédric Honnet - French hacker

Tonight, we had an unscheduled visit by a French hacker who has been working the past year on reverse engineering the HTC Vive system and made a miniature version of their tracker / sensor. That system enable to follow 3d position a person or an object in a 3d space in real time. He explained …

Workshop: Soldering with Mitch Altman a TV-B-Gone

Date / Time: Saturday, November 24, 2018 from 15:00 to 17:00 Let’s solder! Let’s solder some TV-B-Gone! Let’s solder some TV-B-Gone with Mitch! For those who can’t make it on Saturday, we have another workshop on Sunday, but Mitch won’t be available for this one, as he has to go spread his cheer to other places. To …

Visit: Sham Shui Po Electronics Markets

Visit of the Electronics markets / shops in Sham Shui Po on Saturday the 3rd of November 2018 at 13:00   Dim Sum Labs group visit to Electronics Markets and Apliu Street Flea Market in Sham Shui Po where we can browse consumer electronics, both new and second hand, and top up on project components …

Presentation: What is a Raspberry Pi? A simple overview

Raspberry Pi Model A+

Presentation date: Thursday the 1st of November 2018 starting at 19:00   So what is a Raspberry Pi? You might have heard that it’s a little computer that can help kids learn how to program. But what exactly is it? How you use it? Is it the right thing for your project? How is it …

Workshop: After Take-Apart – Reinvent!

Skunkadelia

Join us, bring any old broken electronics, and train your creativity and skills. After our Take-apart event in July, have more fun and turn components into something else. We will propose some ideas but also invite everyone to challenge what has already been done. The DSL team’s skills and tools will be there to help …

Workshop: Arduino continued

Arduino continued by Dim Sum Labs

Aim This workshop is for people with basic knowledge of Arduino or does have attended our Introduction to Arduino previously. You will continue your adventures with Arduino. If you have joined one of our hands-on introduction workshops and want to dig a bit deeper into using libraries and writing Arduino code, this workshop will show …

Workshop: Light up the room with a DIY LED earrings, pendant or brooch

LED Earrings by Dim Sum Labs

Having some success during the Hong Kong Maker Faire 2018, we are renewing this workshop at Dim Sum Labs space in Sheung Wan. Use some very basic electronics knowledge and skills to create your very own light-up earrings, pendant or brooch using LEDs. Use (or learn on-the-spot) some basic soldering skills to create a bright, …

Workshop: Introduction to Inkscape and the Laser Cutter

Laser cut elliptical king box

Aim of the workshop The first aim is to introduce to you the use of the software Inkscape, a free open-source software, available for all platforms (Linux, Mac and Windows). The software is similar in use and functionality to other may be more well known software such as CorelDraw and Adobe Illustrator. The second is …