Hackpittsburgh makerspace

Making pins with the HackPittsbrugh crew

Coming all the way from Pittsburgh, PA to attend the Maker Faire Detoir, was this group of Make afficiandos who called themselves Hackpittsburgh. Normally housed in a garage in PA they came to the Faire to promote themselves (and for what else is hard to say, as it did not seem they were selling anything) and their collective.

From their website they have this to say about themselves:

HackPittsburgh is a non-profit, community-based workshop that allows members to come together and share skills & tools to pursue creative projects. Our membership is open to everyone but typically comprises inventors, engineers, scientists, programmers, hobbyists, artists, roboteers, families, entrepreneurs, and arts and crafts enthusiasts. Our focus is on collaboration, education, and community outreach. We’re a benevolent group and do not promote or condone illegal activities. The term “hacking” is used in a benign sense, in the context of deconstructing and understanding objects and systems and re-purposing existing materials for new and innovative uses.

LEDFlower and StringGirl, they promised we could take one later but we missed them

One of the cool projects there, in addition to the button making was the LEDFlower, a simple enough construct that they were offering (to those who might be there at the end of the day) to take with them to plant and record its location on an online map. StringGirl would love to promote their mission globally. So we've tweeted out to them to see if we can get one going.

The nice people from Hackspace Pittsburgh. Smile for the camera. Thanks for the button, StringGirl wears it with pride.

Printing with Cheese

One of the highlights of their "Yurt" was the printer that used cheese as it's medium. As far as tasteful hacking goes, this was a winner. They even encouraged participants to eat their projects.