It's time again for our monthly Show & Tell with a great lineup of projects from our featured speakers. As always we welcome others to bring projects to show and discuss at this event. We are also looking forward to getting an update on the progress at the BTC Fab Lab and further opportunities with Make:KC.

B u I l d - G r o w - E x p l o r e - M a k e

• Where: Metropolitan Community College, Business & Technology Campus - Fab Lab.
• 1775 Universal Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64120
• Room TC 200, Enter through the South entrance.
• When Tuesday, April  5, 2011
• Time: 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
• Live Webcast Event.

Hoop House Gardening:

Spring is here with trees and yards showing signs of once again turning green. It's also time when many people are planning their gardens. We're looking forward to hearing from Bill Pabst about the Hoop House he's built as part of his gardening project.

 

Windows Based Micro Controller Options:

Tom Collins is working on ways that incorporate the Microsoft .Net Micro Framework as part of a new direction into the micro controller world. He'll be discussing how it compares to existing platforms in the industry, from hobbyist to professional use. Click Here for the DotNet Micro Framework PPT presentation.

 

Space Exploration from Kansas City: 

A few months ago Make Magazine featured DIY Space Projects. If you were fortunate enough to catch the performance last February of Orbit by Dark Matter at Union Station's Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium, you experienced an audio visual guided tour into the cosmos with live electro-acoustic musical performances. We are looking forward to hearing from Daniel Eichenbaum about Dark Matter returning to the planetarium in May and another project he's working on using a helium filled balloon to take camera equipment on a photographic journey into near space.

Content, The New Drug!

According to T-Rave "Content is Everywhere" and Taiwan is his destination to find it this summer. He is a producer of new media as a vlogger, blogger and as the Technology Chairman of the Social Media Club of Kansas City. His interests include helping educate others in using these forms of communication. His mission is to raise funds for equipment, software, and supporting the costs of web services. His goal is to help educate users in ways of using this technology to provide content of your own. To follow his progress and to help contribute to this effort check out his web site on Indie Gogo. Our first lesson is in finding creative ways of raising funds for your own projects through micro funding web sites like this.