HackJam – August 25th 2015

Quadcopter at Dim Sum Labs

Quadcopter After an extremely short flight, Andy shared his knowledge on Quad-copters, the options to add-on such as GPS, camera, and not forgetting the functionalities of the firmware installed on the copter. Functionalities such as what the copter should do when it is out of range, low in battery, etc … making the difference between …

HackJam – August 18th 2015

Broken Air-Conditioner

Here some of what happen last week HackJam. Air-Conditioner Last week after a brain storming with few people on the basics of how an Air-Conditioner unit should work, we, this week, put the Air Conditioner down to check what was the cause of the problem. We determine that the current was not reaching the unique …

Arduino introduction workshop Wed 6 May 2015

UPDATE: We had 9 participants for this session, keep an eye on this website and the HackJam FB group for the next edition. SLIDES Due to popular demand another edition of the Arduino hands-on introduction workshop at DSL on Wednesday 6 May 19:00-21:00! HKD 200 for non-members HKD 100 for DSL members We’ll introduce you …

Saturdays declared Bao Enrichment Days – B.E.D.

In order to grow the community, work on the lab, contribute to shared projects, to, in general “enrich the Bao“, Saturdays have been officially declared Bao Enrichment Days (B.E.D). As Tuesday’s Hackjam serves as an occasion to show and tell, Saturday’s Bao Enrichment Day is supposed to serve as a day where members and interested outsiders …

ESP8266 wifi for Arduino workshop 15 April 2015

Join the IoT with your Arduino using the ESP8266 wifi module! The ESP8266 wifi chip has proved very popular over the last few months, enabling us to add relatively cheap wifi to Arduino projects. This workshop will show you how to get the ESP connected to your Arduino board via Software Serial, and how to …

Next 3D Printer Workshop for April announced! How to build your own Mini Kossel Delta printer

Hi there, The next 3D Printer workshop in Hong Kong just went online: Click here for more info It starts on April 12 for 3 Sundays. If interested, please PM. There are currently only 2 available spaces left and they usually fill up pretty quickly! For details, please visit our group on Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/groups/3dpahk/ Thanks …

Free LiV Workshop for DSL members on April 9 at 8pm

I am opening the series of LiV workshops in Hong Kong with a free workshop at Dim Sum Labs. I am offering this to Dim Sum Labs members only. I will also offer the workshop free of charge to the first three people who will join DSL before end of May.   There are still …

Second 3D Hubs Meetup in Hong Kong on April 2, 2015

For the second time, DimsumLabs’ 3D Printing Meetup joins forces with 3D Hubs on April 2, 2015! Event details: https://www.facebook.com/events/815859381837656/ The topic of this months MeetUp is the ultra low-cost Infinity 3D Printer, which is currently in development by Marc Rogivue with support of the PolyU. The printer is an excellent ultra low-cost platform ideal for …