Electronics Workshop: Saturday, August 28th with CMKT4

By admin | Published: August 16, 2010

Hailing from DeKalb, IL, circuit-bent rockers CMKT4 present their piezo-electric (aka contact microphone) workshop!
Bring objects and instruments to amplify!
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 28th
5 — 7 PM
1501 DIVISION — EASTERN MARKET
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Piezo-electric transducers translate acoustic energy (vibrations) into a corresponding electronic (audio) signal and can be used to amplify all sorts of objects and instruments. In addition to the workshop, CMKT4 will also do a live demo with their circuit-bent instruments.
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+ $7 Material Cost
+ $10 Suggested Donation
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For more info on CMKT4, check out their videos on vimeo and youtube. For some great info on circuit-bending, check out GetLoFi.
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Electronics Workshop: Sunday, August 8th with Mitch Altman + Jimmie Rodgers

By admin | Published: August 4, 2010

ELECTRONICS WORKSHOP!
FUN TIMES WITH THE AWESOME DUO MITCH ALTMAN + JIMMIE RODGERS
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 8TH
6 PM  — 1501 DIVISION —  EASTERN MARKET
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CHOOSE FROM A LARGE ARRAY OF INTRIGUING 
AND FUN ELECTRONICS KITS INCLUDING:
+ TV-B-Gone (turn off TVs in public places!)
+ Brain Machine (Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!)
+ LEDcube (cool cube of blinky lights!)
+ Mignonette Game (play fun games!)
+ Trippy RGB Waves (interactive colored blinky lights!)
+ MiniPOV (more cool blinky lights!)
+ MintyBoost (charge your USB enabled gadgets!)
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For the more advanced: Microcontroller Programmers 
(program all your AVR family chips!), Arduino clones 
(make just about anything!) and more!
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+ $10 — $30 for kits, depending on selection (other materials supplied)
+ $10 suggested donation for OCD
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FOR EXAMPLES OF PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS LED BY MITCH + JIMMIE, CHECK OUT NYC RESISTOR, BRIGHTON AND DUBLIN HACKERSPACES.
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QUESTIONS? EMAIL OMNICORPDETROIT@GMAIL.COM


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Pre-Maker Faire Party!!!

By admin | Published: July 29, 2010

For those who like to have fun,

WE ARE HAVING A PRE-MAKER FAIRE PARTY!!! That’s right, someone let a bunch of nerds plan a party! The party will be at our hackerspace in Eastern Market, Detroit on Friday July 31st. The hackerspace is located here:
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We are going to have some UH-MAZE-ING DJ’s making sure that your butt doesn’t stop moving, and there is going to be plenty of electronic music so all you with robot ears can get down too. The lineup is as follows (roughly):

10PM-11PM: Dethlab – warming up with electro-shoegaze & coldwave
11PM-12AM: Jeremy – mid-tempo house/techno
12AM-1AM: Deastro – doing what Deastro does best
1AM-2AM: Dethlab – high energy dark electro/techno
2AM-3AM: Glühüfr – eclectic high energy mixmastery
3AM-4AM: (if the cops haven’t shut us down yet) Dethlab either keeping the energy up or winding it down, depending on the crowd

Oh, did I mention it is FREE! Well, it is…but you have to be 21+, sorry little hackers. Don’t feel left out, you should be out figuring out how to distill your own alcohol anyways; it’s way fun, trust me. That being said, we will have a few beverages available, but most definitely recommend bringin’ your own! Keep it easy and cheap!

If our party hasn’t left your brain shriveled and begging for coffee well into the night, our friends over at the Ferndale hackerspace i3detroit are throwing a party Saturday night, so check ‘em out!

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Maker Faire Preparation

By admin | Published: July 29, 2010

Hey all!

As you know this upcoming weekend is Maker Faire!! We are super excited to be participating and have been working hard to get our ducks in a row for the event. AJ, one of our resident engineers and Tesla fan has been waiting for an excuse to finish his Tesla coil, and Maker Faire was it. Check it out below for a few pics and a quick video of it in use. This is only V1.X so expect some beefing up in the future; along with some musical Tesla coils.

OmniCorpDetroit Tesla Coil @ HQ! from Nina Bianchi on Vimeo.

OmniCorpDetroit 7.27.10

We also plan on entering the Pow-Pow-Powerwheels competition! Although many of the other teams have had wayyyyy more time than us to prepare a vehicle, we aren’t letting that get us down. We are slapping some stuff together and just getting it running. Anderson, Brandon, Aaron and Joey have been putting in some serious time on the project and we are finally getting some decent runs out of it.

OmniCorpDetroit Powerwheel test run! from Nina Bianchi on Vimeo.

OmniCorpDetroit 7.27.10

Nina and Mike have been working on our stickers, fliers, and other swag for the faire. AJ, Andrew, and Nina will be giving circuit bending lessons, so check it out if you get a chance!!

OmniCorpDetroit Circuit Bending zine in production from Nina Bianchi on Vimeo.

OmniCorpDetroit 7.27.10

Just so you don’t think they are slacking: Bethany has been busting her ass to get ready for her Cyberoptix booth where she will be teaching screen printing; everyone has been helping coordinate the party which you should all go to!!! and Uncle Jeff has been doing what he does best and wrangling a bunch of hair-brained hack-mongers and making sure we show up to Maker Faire with more than just a mean hangover.

See you fools at Maker-Faire!!!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

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Pre-buildout

By admin | Published: June 13, 2010

So we have officially put down a deposit on our space in Eastern Market. It is on the corner of Division and Riopelle, right near the heart of the market.

We are all super anxious to get moved into the space. The guys at Rocky’s Produce are amazing landlords and buildout is going to begin right away. Stay tuned for updates on the space! If you don’t already, follow us on twitter.

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Twitter

By admin | Published: June 6, 2010

Hey all! Thanks for checking out the blog and look forward to more updates in the future. If you have twitter, follow us at http://www.twitter.com/omnicorpdetroit

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Hot Looking

By admin | Published: May 25, 2010

Merging the best of the templates with some painful brights. Unpurpled.

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