UMass Amherst M5

02/12/2020

Circuits and Code Fall 2019

If you missed Circuits and Code in December, Don't Worry! We have the highlights right here! We'd like to extend a huge thank you to all of the makers featured in this video, and remind everyone about our next Circuits and Code coming up April 25th 3:00-6:00!
https://youtu.be/aa_FP1iXa58

10/20/2019

Circuits and Code Spring 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZUXmbTUXCM&feature=youtu.be
If you missed Circuits and Code in April, Don't Worry! We have the highlights right here! We'd like to extend a huge thank you to all of the makers featured in this video, and remind everyone about our next Circuits and Code coming up this December!

Music from https://filmmusic.io "Destiny Day" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) "Eternity" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) "Magic Scout F...

10/12/2019

How to make pure, synthetic quartz

beautiful and useful crystals..... https://youtu.be/lzHqhNoyx2o

Quartz is essential for modern technology, and demand is only rising. But natural quartz isn't good enough. And making the crystal synthetically is a long, p...

06/21/2019

M5 Balloon Battle

Check out the results of our mini-hackathon!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3vOfo4dAgI

The summer denizens of M5 spend a Friday night building remote control cars to play balloon battle (a la Mario Kart) in real life. --------------------------...

02/21/2019

What is M5? ECE Academic Makerspace @ UMASS Amherst

Never been to M5? Not sure what we do or what we're about? Check out this awesome preview of our space!
(Video Credit: Otto Benson)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4W5yNMKRto)

02/13/2019

Circuits and Code 2018

Here's a video summary of Circuits & Code Dec 2018, the M5 end-of-semester project showcase!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNgBKv10cgs

https://meganeko.bandcamp.com/album/nascens Meganeko - IO https://audionautix.com Continuum Boom Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Nowhere Land" by Kevin Mac...

02/07/2019

Mimic robot arm with Onshape and Arduino

Dillan Wilson created this mimic-controlled robot arm last semester in M5. Check out his excellent project summary in the video below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDNVZ1Sa6Bc

This is how I made my mimic robotic arm as part of an intro electrical engineering class at University of Massachusetts this past semester. This is a brief o...

01/22/2019

Happy Spring Semester Everyone! M5 has reopened for the semester and we are looking forward to seeing everyone! If you aren't yet a member keep an eye out for our upcoming orientations!

11/13/2018

What is M5? ECE Academic Makerspace @ UMASS Amherst

Checkout our new promo video! Feel free to share it with friends who are interested in checking out M5!

09/26/2018

M5 Wiki

M5 is offering a series of workshops in the coming weeks! Our workshops cover a wide range of skills such as CAD for 3D printing, recreational lockpicking, Analog music synthesis, exploration of polyhedra, and MANY more! To attend any of our upcoming events go to https://sites.google.com/site/m5makerspace/home and RSVP!

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