THS Moving Fund Contribution

Submitted by MRE on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 00:40
THS needs to make a move. Help us out.
YEN500

THS will need to move house in July!

 

We need to save up about 500000 yen (thats a bit over 4 grand, USD).

Why so expensive?

Typically in Japan, you need to pay equivilant to 3 months rent in deposits, guarantor fees, leasing agent fees etc. In addition, we need a bit of cash to pay for trucks, gas, and starting utilities.

If you would like to help us out, you can make donations in 500 yen increments. Its a bit under 5 dollars. Just add as many to the cart as you like!

Pay by paypal using your account, or with credit card.

YEN500
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MITx Preparation Workshop I: Calculus

Submitted by tayken on Wed, 02/15/2012 - 14:47
02/22/2012 19:30
Event Type: 
Workshop

As those enrolled in MITx 6.002 are expected to know basic calculus and linear algebra, upon member request, this refresher course has been created. It will be fast paced a little as there is a lot to cover (I took calculus for 2 semesters!) but I will supply materials for you to study and practice and also solve some examples.Part I is about calculus. We start with functions, dive into concept of limit which forms the base of derivative and then move onto inverse of derivative, integral.

Instructors: 
tayken
Pricing
Member Price: 
500
Non-Member Price: 
1000

Weekly Meeting 2/7

Submitted by Richard Frankum on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 18:51
02/07/2012 19:30
Event Type: 
Meeting

 

Pricing
Member Price: 
0
Non-Member Price: 
0
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Special guests at the 1/17 THS Open Meeting....... meeting that's open to all

Submitted by DrJ on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 11:14
01/17/2012 19:30
Event Type: 
Meeting

Andy Kroll and Alvin Richards will be coming to the 1/17 THS weekly meeting to discuss the Mongo DB (database). "MongoDB is an open source, NoSQL database. MongoDB is used in production for many use cases by companies like SAP, Telefonica, Disney, and Taobao. At this event, Adam and Alvin will give an overview introduction about MongoDB for engineers of all experience levels. This will include the basic product philosophy, the most popular features, and information about how to learn more about MongoDB. If you have used MongoDB, please come with any questions that you have.

Instructors: 
John Helwig - Moderator
Instructors: 
Andy Kroll and Alvin Richards
Pricing
Member Price: 
0
Non-Member Price: 
0
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Summer 2012: Power tools drag racing!!!

Submitted by MRE on Fri, 12/16/2011 - 12:08
08/01/2012 12:00

The second big contest for Tokyo Hackerspace will be a late summer 2012 event (so you have plenty of time to buy, modify and test your racer)

POWER TOOL DRAGS!

We will need to find a suitable venue for such an event, and I suspect that somewhere at the summer/fall MAKE will be the time and place.

The rules are simple:

1: Buy a power tool
2: Hack the power tool
3: DRAG RACE the power tool!

More info TBA, but you can get the idea from the image above.

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Contest: Clothes-Line Racing

Submitted by MRE on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 10:23
07/15/2012 13:00
07/15/2012 17:00
Event Type: 
Project

EVENT WILL BE POSTPONED

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THS Admin meeting

Submitted by MRE on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 01:38
12/18/2011 14:00
12/18/2011 16:30
Event Type: 
Meeting

Admin meeting

Officers are expected to attend if at all possible. They include:

MRE - Chairperson
Lauren - Marketing officer
Dr J - finance officer
Robin - Membership officer
Taylan - Space maintenance and beautification officer
Chris S - Web Officer
Richard - Historian, Secretary, documentation officer

All MEMBERS are welcome to attend.

Since this is a formal meeting governing the structure and operations of THS, we follow more formalized procedures than Tuesday meetings. Your opinions will be heard, but officers reserve the right to table discussions when necessary.

THS Bonenkai AT Kimono Wine Bar

Submitted by MRE on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 22:04
12/14/2011 19:30
Event Type: 
Social

THS will have a bonenkai at Kimono Wine Bar.

The nearest station is Nogizaka.

http://www.kimonowinebar.com

Design Your Own Printed Circuit Board with Eagle- Part II: Board Layout Editor

Submitted by tayken on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 18:25
01/21/2012 15:00
01/21/2012 17:00
Event Type: 
Workshop

Eagle CAD is a PCB design tool used by many hackers around the world. It can be used on multiple operating systems, free for non-profit use (although a little bit limited) and has a nice learning curve. It has some drawbacks but if you are designing PCB's for a relatively simple project it is a nice choice. It is quite a detailed program and I'll divide it into 3 parts for focusing on different aspects of it. Part I is about using the schematic editor, part II is about board layout editor and part III is about library editor.

Instructors: 
tayken
Pricing
Member Price: 
1000
Non-Member Price: 
2000
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Hackers On A Plane at Tokyo Hackerspace

Submitted by akiba on Thu, 11/17/2011 - 08:52

Hackers On A Plane is a hacker touring group led by the infamous Nick Farr. He organizes hacker trips to places like the annual XXC3 conference, CCC camp, and other prominent points of hacker interest. They also have been coming to Japan the past few years and we get the chance to show them around and hang out with all the other international hackers. Currently, they're in Tokyo for PacSec, AVTokyo, and hanging out at Tokyo Hackerspace.