Introducing the Gorduino!

Peoples of the Internet, the Transistor is happy to introduce our first official board design release: The Gorduino. Designed by tT member Gordon Cooper, it is our favorite way to build a quick prototyping board out of one of our Minimalist Arduino Kits. Head over to the Project Page for schematic downloads and look below for pictures of the first production run of the Gorduinos.

The Original Gorduino

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Donation Day

A while back we had a few parts donated to us. Here is a picture of the modest shipment.

Donation Day

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Halloween Party Pics

Here are pictures from our Halloween Party in 2010!

Doctor Horrible

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Spooky Mummy Drink Dispenser

For our Halloween party this year Deven and Gordon decided to make a spooky drink dispenser. It featured a mummy and a cannibalized water cooler/heater jug assembly. We routed the hot pipes separately from the cold and served hot cider and cold punch. These are some of the build pictures.

Functioning Tubes

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Making of Zombie Laser Tag

While a bit late, here are some of the many pictures we have from the Zombie Defense game we did for the Take on the Machine competition back in October. Enjoy!

Zombie Gun Interior

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No more Arduino Night! (Hosting Make:Provo)

We are totally canceling Arduino Night. :( But before you do anything drastic, please note that we will be hosting Make:Provo every Saturday from 4pm to 8pm (excluding holidays). Make:Provo is hosted by theTransistor, and is sponsored by MakeZine. It …

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Maui Makers visits theTransistor

You may remember this post when we were visited by the Maui Makers. I happened across some pictures of the visit and thought I’d share them here.

Maui Makers Visit

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No Arduino Night Dec. 25th.

Hi everyone. Just posting to let you all know what there will be no Arduino Night on December 25th due to it being Christmas.

We’ll be updating our website in the next week or two with pictures from the past few months of projects and Arduino Nights, and look forward to another year of making/hacking with the Utah Hackerspace scene. Cheers from the Transistor.

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Take on the Machine – WINNER ANNOUNCED!

After a long couple months the winner is finally announced!
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Maui Makers Visits theTransistor

A couple months ago we had the pleasure of having the founder of Maui Makers visit our space. This is their story.
Maui Makers

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Take on the Machine – The Transistor

Enjoy! We promise to openSource everything once we get it a little more sorted. Pictures / build logs / parts lists / specifications will be posted soon. (Forgive the quick write-up.) While the game worked great, we do have future plans (hints below).

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Take on the Machine – Artisans Asylum – Part 2

Artisans Asylum: Part Two

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Take on the Machine – Artisans Asylum – Part 1

Artisans Asylum: Part One

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Take on the Machine: Crash Space – Part 2

Crash Space: Part 2

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Take on the Machine: Crash Space – Part 1

Crash Space: Part 1

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