About this project
The FAMiLab Hackerspace/Makerspace/Artspace in Central Florida is dedicated to reducing the population of Secret Agents in Florida. If you are from Florida, or know anyone from Florida, chances are that you've heard of our secret agent problem. Party-goers can hardly walk out of The Social without watching five well-dressed men ascend the adjacent buildings by their zippo-lighter zip-lines.
Well, those zip lines and grappling hooks may be imaginary, but they have REAL CONSEQUENCES for business owners and evil geniuses. With your donations, we will create objects that could (feasibly) be used to remove secret agent hooks from buildings, and we will make traps baited with Golden Guns to capture remaining Secret Agents. We also have heard reports of, and will conduct research into the possibility of spade-ing and neutering your Secret Agent, so as to limit to needless loss of life.
(but really)
A laser engraver is a cheaper solution to industrial fabrication than a full laser cutter or cnc router, and can be used to mass-produce cheap parts for MakerBots and RepRaps to precise measurements. it only takes $1600 to $1700 to afford one for our hackerspace open-to-the-public lab in Altamonte Springs.
Links:
FAMiLab website - http://familab.org
$1600 model - http://www.fullspectrumengineering.com/co2laserv2-40w.html (videos)
Local Lake Mary company - http://www.laserphotonics.com/laser_cutting_machines.html
some others within price range:
http://www.iehk.net/Products/IE300.html
http://www.mbkpinternational.com/artcut_m40_laser_engraver.htm
Some photos of the lab:
Some flickr photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chorca/4791548374/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markmmanning/4189004591/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markmmanning/4189759068/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markmmanning/4188989033/
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on September 11, 2010.
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FAMiLab keychain cut with the laser
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a large thing from the ThingiVerse (your choice, within reason), one month free FAMiLab membership, VPN access to the FAMiLab network for games and camera and CTF tourneys.
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a set of laser-cut MakerBot parts, two months FAMiLab membership, VPN access
Pledge $10 or more
FAMiLab keychain cut with the laser
Pledge $64 or more
we cut a small thing from the ThingiVerse (your choice, within reason)
Pledge $128 or more
a medium sized thing from the ThingiVerse (your choice, within reason)
Pledge $256 or more
a large thing from the ThingiVerse (your choice, within reason), one month free FAMiLab membership, VPN access to the FAMiLab network for games and camera and CTF tourneys.
Pledge $512 or more
a set of laser-cut MakerBot parts, two months FAMiLab membership, VPN access
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Connected as Longstem Sarcoidosis (1160 friends)
FAMiLab is a profitless community-based art and technology collective running out of Orlando, Fl (i.e. a hackerspace). The ultimate goal of the FAMiLab is to provide a safe space where hackers, makers, and crafters can wield their imagination in any way they see fit. Think of the FAMiLab as a club for geeks! Be ye art geek, LARP geek, code geek, lab geek, or any geek in between–we would like you to join us at the lab and teach a workshop, lead a lecture, or simply work on a project while surrounded by awesome people. If you can think it, and can find the supplies, it’s fair game at the lab.
