Latest posts by cborn
Jan 12, 2016
by cborn
TX/RX Labs recently welcomed its first class of Resident Artists. The nine artists represent a wide array of artistic disciplines including sculpture, photography, ceramics and industrial design. All residents are Houston based, come from various backgrounds, and posses a variety of experience levels. As part of the application process residents ...
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May 19, 2015
by cborn
TX/RX Labs and Texas Instruments have collaborated on building an entry for the Power Racing Series, which recently competed at the 10th Annual Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo. Trey German explains in this video
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May 6, 2015
by cborn
TX/RX Labs has partnered with Lawndale Art Center by offering participants in its Artist Studio Program the opportunity to use TX/RX facilities and take classes free of charge. Lawndale Studio Artist Lina Dib has been coming to TX/RX Labs since 2011 when she was working on her PhD in Anthropology. ...
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Oct 23, 2014
by cborn
TX/RX Labs' Halloween Fright Fest is fast approaching. Members and students have been working on their costumes in classes like Life Casting, Costume Armor, Wearable Lighting, and FX Makeup, and are getting ready to show off their works. The party will be starting Friday, Oct 31st at 7 PM.
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Oct 22, 2014
by cborn
Each year developers and enthusiasts from across the country gather for LinuxCNC Fest. This year the event is being hosted at TX/RX Labs. LinuxCNC is an open source framework for building machine controllers for controlling machines like mills, lathes, 3d printers, laser cutters, routers and edm machines. Essentially, LinuxCNC provides ...
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Oct 6, 2014
by cborn
Recently, Charlies Bornstein sat down with member Charlie Larrabee to talk about his passion for music and making. Charlie talks about his plan to turn his vacuum tube based audio amplifiers into a full time business and how TX/RX Labs serves as his base of operations for designing and building.
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Established in 2008, TXRX Labs is a non-profit hackerspace for the greater Houston area. Housed in the East End District, we offer courses in and access to our rapid prototyping lab, woodshop, machineshop, electronics lab, and a wide variety of other tools. Our goal is to educate the public about technology and show how seemingly complex techniques can be used by anyone. If you like what we do, please donate.
This Week at TXRX Labs
- 10/07 - Office Hours
- 10/07 - Woodworking II: Joinery
- 10/07 - Paint Booth Basics: Painting and Finishing
- 10/08 - Ion Prototyping Lab Office Hours
- 10/08 - Private Class: Welding & Jewelry
- 10/08 - Paint Booth Basics: Painting and Finishing
- 10/08 - Jewelry I: Metalsmithing Boot Camp
- 10/08 - Woodworking I: Woodshop Tools
- 10/09 - Office Hours
- 10/09 - Woodworking I: Woodshop Tools
- 10/09 - Welding II: Welding Shop Essentials
- 10/09 - Ceramics Boot Camp
- 10/10 - CNC Lathe + CAM
- 10/10 - Welding II: Welding Shop Essentials
- 10/10 - HEAA Meeting
- 10/11 - Ion Prototyping Lab Office Hours
- 10/11 - Arduino I