Tag Archives: Michigan

Uncle Jeff’s World Famous Pickle Light!

By ajmanoulian | Published: April 15, 2011

Put a nail in each end of a pickle. Hook each nail up to one side of your standard home 110VAC power. Turn the power on. That’s it! Be safe! 110 volts will give you a nice jolt!

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This Sucks: Zine Making Workshop May 7

By Nina B. | Published: April 12, 2011

“You won’t BELIEVE what happened to me today…” “…and you know what CONTINUES to piss me off?” “Did you SEE that?! It’s like people can just go around and…” “THIS SUCKS! I really just wish that-” SATURDAY, MAY 7 1 — 5 PM $8 / OMNICORPDETROIT 1501 EAST DIVISION (EASTERN MARKET) If you find yourself [...]

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Speaker-rama!

By admin | Published: December 18, 2010
Doin' it.

Thanks to all who came out to join us in putting together some speakers! We hope to “hear” from you soon…(har har har).

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HUMAN POWER: D.I.O Electricity Workshop

By Uncle | Published: October 19, 2010

Bummed out by your electrical bill?  Sick of buying batteries?.  Well hell, let’s MAKE OUR OWN ELECTRICITY! For those of you who have no idea how it is made or where it comes from (or even if you do), come on over this Thursday 10/21 7pm-9pm and we’ll roll our own generators and yak about [...]

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Electronics Workshop: Saturday, August 28th with CMKT4

By Nina B. | Published: August 16, 2010

Hailing from DeKalb, IL, circuit-bent rockers CMKT4 present their piezo-electric (aka contact microphone) workshop! Bring objects and instruments to amplify! . SATURDAY, AUGUST 28th 5 — 7 PM 1501 DIVISION — EASTERN MARKET . Piezo-electric transducers translate acoustic energy (vibrations) into a corresponding electronic (audio) signal and can be used to amplify all sorts of [...]

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Electronics Workshop: Sunday, August 8th with Mitch Altman + Jimmie Rodgers

By Nina B. | Published: August 4, 2010

ELECTRONICS WORKSHOP! FUN TIMES WITH THE AWESOME DUO MITCH ALTMAN + JIMMIE RODGERS . SUNDAY, AUGUST 8TH 6 PM  — 1501 DIVISION —  EASTERN MARKET . CHOOSE FROM A LARGE ARRAY OF INTRIGUING 
AND FUN ELECTRONICS KITS INCLUDING: + TV-B-Gone (turn off TVs in public places!) + Brain Machine (Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!) + LEDcube [...]

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Maker Faire Preparation

By admin | Published: July 29, 2010

Hey all! As you know this upcoming weekend is Maker Faire!! We are super excited to be participating and have been working hard to get our ducks in a row for the event. AJ, one of our resident engineers and Tesla fan has been waiting for an excuse to finish his Tesla coil, and Maker [...]

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