Hello everybody, this is Matthew with the follow up from the Arduino night we had on June 23rd, 2011. Wow that was fun! We saw lots of new faces at the Arduino night!

To recap what we learned, we controlled a motor using the Arduino, a transistor and a diode. The principle was that based on a positive charge from the Arduino to the base pin of the transistor, the negatively charge collector would connect to the negatively charged emitter. That would complete the circuit and the motor would turn on. Also, we used a diode to prevent the motor from giving off a high voltage that would destroy our circuit. To view the presentation follow this link: http://bit.ly/hicap_AN3_Pres

A few people mentioned projects they wanted to build the Arduino. One person even brought a counter which would display the results of a race between matchbox cars. If you have an idea, please submit the idea to our Google Moderator. To get there, click on the “Got Ideas?” link at the top of this page. Thanks!

After the success our first few IGDA Board game nights, we thought we might need to change locations to make room for more people.

For our third game night on Thursday, June 30 from 7PM to 11PM, we’ll be at:

Petals & Beans 1288 Ala Moana Boulevard

(Google Map)

Like last time, we will try to bring a few games that we can play, but if you have something you would really like us to try, please bring them. If this is your first time attending, we’re just a bunch of gaming enthusiasts that love to play games. In our previous game nights, we played Settlers of Catan and Blockus. Bring a new game to teach people or join an existing game for a night of friendly competition! :)

The official closing time is 11:00, which is when we expect to be done, but you are of course, welcome to stay longer if you want (or at least until our host kicks us out :-) )

Feel free to RSVP on our Facebook invite so we have a general idea of how many people are coming!

Hope to see you there!

Attention all programmers! We’re going to be hosting a kickoff for our entry in the International Conference on Functional Programming this coming Thursday, June 16th.

The ICFP Programming Competition is an informal competition where the teams compete to solve various programming problems. There is no advanced registration required, or any limit on the size of the teams. The competition starts at 2pm June 16th HST and ends at 2pm June 19th HST.

See the ICFP announcement for more details: http://www.icfpcontest.org/2011/05/contest-announcement.html

• What: Programming competition
• When: Thursday, June 16th, 7pm
• Where: Manoa Innovation Center 2800 Woodlawn Dr, Honolulu HI, 96822
• Why: Because programming is fun!

Please RSVP on Tech Hui: http://www.techhui.com/events/hi-capacity-icfp-programming