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What: 4:04 Hackathon
When: Saturday, 24 February 2018, 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Cost: FREE

This hackathon takes place in one afternoon. All projects must be started and finished in 4 hours and 4 minutes. Any project which you or your team believe can be started and completed in the time allowed is welcome! No restriction on theme, materials, content, danger level or amount of therapy needed by witnesses. Projects can be virtual, mechanical, structural, electrical, artisinal, biological, medical, illogical, whimsical, etc.

Rules:

  • No materials can be precut or modified except as needed for transport to the space, unless they are commonly acquired that way.
  • No code, other than libraries, can be written before starting.
  • No prewiring of electronics, unless it is commonly acquired that way.
  • Boneyard items can be collected beforehand but not disassembled for parts.
  • All work must be done at LVL1 or in the close vicinity for projects needing outdoor assembly.
  • You can bring in plans, files for laser/CNC cutting or 3D printing. 3D prints must be less than 2 hours on a single printer per team.
  • Tools down after 4 hours and 4 minutes.
  • Everyone is expected to clean up their own messes after the event, however, teams can buy 16 minutes extra time by agreeing to clean up a major area of the hackerspace afterwards - either the wood shop, the metal shop, or the main room.
  • Slight exceptions for time may be made for projects that are really close to being done and also really awesome (as judged by the group).

Prizes will be awarded by ballots submitted by hackathon participants and guests present for the project presentations. The ballot will ask you to rank the top 3 projects in each of 3 categories: Best Project, Most Impressive Use of Time, and Most Dismal Failure. Individuals and teams will only be allowed to win in a single category, in the event of a team winning two categories, the second place team will be judged the winner of the next category in order they are listed above.

Cheating: Mild cheating will not be tolerated. If you are going to cheat, it must be bold and brazen. Those who wish to finish a project started before the hackathon begins are welcome to compete for a separate prize, awarded to the project with the earliest start date that both has substantial work done and is finished in the 4:04 timeline. This will be judged based on the individual's age.

Snacks and drinks during the hackathon and pizza at the awards will be provided.

1:00pm - Hackathon begins
5:04pm - Tools down
5:20pm - Project presentations begin
6:00pm - Pizza & awards

Prizes:

  • Best Project - A Mini Hero Delta 3D printer kit! You can print small quantities of real disappointment in a variety of colors at your own home! Also, a trophy plaque with your name on it as the winner will be on display at the space.
  • Most Impressive Use of Time - An Arduino CNC kit - Arduino, motor controllers, limit switches and 3 stepper motors. Making the rest of a 3D printer or CNC cutter should take you no time at all.
  • Oldest Project Completed and Most Dismal Failure - Surprise awards appropriate for your accomplishments.

Please note: This is a competition organized for fun by a volunteer. Food is provided by LVL1, prizes were paid for by the organizer. Complaints or conflicts will be dealt with at the organizer's discretion, all decisions will be final.

You do not need to be a member of LVL1 to participate in this hackathon. If it is your first visit to our space, you will need to sign our waiver of liability. (This is standard procedure for all LVL1 activities.)

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By all accounts our recent Archer Marathon Hackathon was insanely great. Kudos to Charles the Hat for organizing and running it.

Here are the Hackathon winners:

  • Hostile Work Environment ~ Spy Car
  • Phrasing ~ Snarky Bear
  • That's How you Get Ants ~ Sugar
  • You're Not my Supervisor (bonus category) ~ Magic Mirror

Congrats to winners and participants alike!

Here are some scenes from the weekend:

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Bingewatch episodes of Archer, the animated spy sitcom, and make some cool spy gadgets. (Really, are there any spy gadgets that are NOT cool?)

The fun begins at 8:00pm on Friday, 3 November, and runs continuously until 12:00 noon on Sunday, 5 November. Prizes will be awarded at noon on Sunday in three categories: Hostile Work Environment, Phrasing, and That's How you Get Ants.

You do not need to be a member to attend this event or use our equipment to make cool things.

Note: Our weekly Irregular Movie and Pizza Night coincides with the Archer Hackathon. You can still come and watch (Archer episodes instead of a movie) and/or make cool stuff (even if it's not Archer related) and/or just hang out.

Check the calendar on our events page for other upcoming events and workshops.

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LFML

  • Date: Saturday July 9, 2016
  • Time: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
  • Moment of Truth: 2:30 PM
  • Prize: $100.00
  • Max Participants: 15 individuals or Teams
  • Fires not permitted inside space, that is what the outdoors is for.

All you have to do to compete is start a fire. How hard can that be?

Any Fire will do. It can be brief and small or larger and long.  However, large and long burning fires are more theatrical, something I’ve come to understand is important to hackerspaces.

The challenge is to create a fire or ignition source that can ignite the sample or another combustible material by mechanically damaging any part of the sample using 24 volts DC max.

Sample furnished at no cost, 1 per Competitor/Team

Combustible materials can only include things found in no particular order:

First aid kit,

Standard Tools common to a mechanic’s tool box

Other combustible materials that can reasonably be found at a manufacturing facility when under construction or during maintenance including things that could be brought in but normally not i.e. under espionage or with malicious intent.Personnel Protective Equipment common for working in a confined spaces

Hard hat, safety glasses, face shield, respirator, Purified Air Personal Respirator, SCBA Respirator, Escape Respirator, misc. under clothing, pens, pencils, gloves, rescue harnesses, footwear, non-fire retardant coveralls (Tyvek), steel toed shoes, shoe covers, socks, name patches and similarCombustible materials may not include: flammable liquids or gasses, fireworks, matches or anything disallowed by LVL1

Sample: an ~12" length of functional IP 68 LED rope light

Results to be judged based on creativity, simplicity and of course awesomeness. While the judge is not perfect their decision is and that decision is final. Winner take all.

 

Now let’s get this fire thing started and Win a Benjamin!

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