Big projects at Dim Sum Labs for 2019

This year at Dim Sum Labs we are going to have one big project every 2 months or so. It already started since last month (February 2019). The schedule is as follow: February: Spider Robot April: Rocket June: CNC Cutter July: Cube Sat September: Laser Cutter November: 3D Printer Unscheduled: IOT Fridge Cam Dynamic Vacuum …

Hong Kong Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Jam @ Dim Sum Labs

Date/Time: Sat 2 Mar 13:00 – 16:00 The 2-3rd of March is Raspberry Pi’s 7th birthday. On this weekend, the Raspberry Pi foundation is running birthday events all over the world – including Dim Sum Labs. This will also be the first Hong Kong Raspberry Pi Jam – a new regular event to be hosted …

Presentation: Simple Home Automation Explained

Home Automation

Date / Time: Wednesday 14 Nov, 7:30-9:30pm See how you can perform individual human presence detection and have the house react to it, create lighting and sound atmospheres, measure and visualize sensor data. Using a Raspberry Pi, an Arduino and a time series database connected to various sensors and open source smart home hubs (Node-RED, …

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 …

Arcade Table – New Project for Members

Take-Apart Day at Dim Sum Labs

Hello Fellow members, This post is just for you. We have been given by an ex-member (Marc R.), known to develop its version of a Delta 3D printer and a 3D printer kit for kids made out of 3.5″ floppy drive and DVD drive. The Arcade table has already been hacked a couple of years …

Simple Home Automation Explained

Home Automation

— Updated on 2018.02.28 with pictures – see at the end of the post — You want to set-up some home automation at your place, come on Tuesday the 27th of February 2018 at Dim Sum Labs. See how you can perform individual human presence detection and have the house react to it, create lighting …

Robot – Brainstorming

Robot

We have not done something together for some time. So let’s make a robot of some kind. Bring your ideas, your creativity this Saturday, the 25th of November at 2PM, we will gather at our place on Jervois street to brainstorming on the capabilities and functionalities of Dim Sum Labs new robot. The casing is …