We have some exciting news this week! From launching a revolutionary new way to fund our projects, to some really cool events, be sure to get involved!

This summer, we’re experimenting with some new methods of fundraising for projects. We present to you:

Robotic Pipe Organ Kickstarter

We’ve created a kickstarter for our robotic pipe organ project! We’re looking to moving into a community funding model for our projects, and we’re testing this out with our Robotic Pipe Organ!

Kickstarter is a site for individuals to invest and follow interesting creative projects. We’re looking to get the global community to participate in our organization, so we’d appreciate your support in our first effort!

Please take a look at our Kickstarter page and tell your friends!

3D Printing Marathon (Saturday 23rd, 1-6PM)

Want to learn how to make something cool with a 3D printer? Well, show up on Saturday for “Hanging out with Makerbots!

For all adults and students, we’re encouraging everyone that has a 3D printer to bring one, and anyone interested in learning to come and hang out!

At both 2PM and 4PM, Mr. Harman will be teaching hour-long sessions everyone how to design and print something out in 3D. Bring a laptop if you have one, but we have four if people need to borrow them.

By the end of the event, you’ll be able to take your own creation home! Tell your friends!

Let us know that you’re coming by attending the Facebook Event!

Three new projects have started this summer at StudentRND this week, and we have more exciting events coming up soon!

Projects
Different leaders at StudentRND are working on different cool projects this summer. If you’re interested in joining in on some of the projects, you can either drop by when we’re open or email the project leader!

Robotic Pipe Organ (Tu/W/Th 12-4PM)
Led by David Tyler <shoebane@gmail.com>, StudentRND is making a robotic pipe organ! This pipe organ will be computer-controlled, and will have be able to play music (and people can watch) via the internet! See more at http://roboticpipeorgan.tumblr.com/

CNC Router (M/Tu/Th 11-5PM)
Led by Nolan Miller <nolanamiller@gmail.com>, StudentRND is building a CNC router, which can be used to make lots of cool stuff! See a Youtube demo.

RepRap 3D Printer (M/W/F 12-5PM)
Eric Yu <ericyu3@gmail.com> is building a RepRap 3D Printer, which will allow StudentRND to print bigger and better things! Sample Video.

WinPhone 7 App (M/Tu/W/Th 3-7PM)
Adam Stephenson <is working on StatsPad Baller, an app that enables the average basketball enthusiast to track and record statistics from basketball games of any level.

Events
We’ll have quite a few exciting events in the next week! Here’s a quick list!

Community Lunch (Every Tuesday, 12:30-1:30PM)
Starting this Tuesday, we’re starting up a weekly event called Community Lunches! Everyone, including adults, students, volunteers, and mentors are invited, and we’ll have the various teams working on projects at StudentRND talk about what they all do! Pizza will be provided.

Volunteer Meeting (Every Wednesday, 4-5PM)
Interested in becoming a volunteer or are you already a volunteer? You should come. We’ll talk about what needs to happen in the next week or so, and how more people can get more involved in StudentRND.

Soda Making (Wednesday the 13th, 7-9PM)
Enjoy the soda tasting last week, with all of those unique flavors? Think you can do better? Let’s make soda!

Ice Cream Social (Friday the 15th, 6-8PM)
We’ll bring in the ice cream, you do the rest!

Volunteering
We’re still looking for volunteers to help out with StudentRND. Hit the contact form above to get involved, or just drop by our workspace!