{"id":553,"date":"2016-01-10T05:46:31","date_gmt":"2016-01-10T05:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/?p=553"},"modified":"2020-04-19T01:07:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T01:07:00","slug":"the-third-annual-blackerathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/?p=553","title":{"rendered":"The Third Annual Blackerathon"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Third Annual Blackerathon was a great success this year. After dinner the first weekend of second term, the dining hall was invaded by a moley bunch. Teams worked on projects through the night, and here\u2019s what they came up with:<\/div>\n

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\nHouse tool checkout system<\/b>
\nAn electronic system consisting of an iPad and scanner for easy checkout of tools from the Toolroom.
\nTalia, Francesco<\/i><\/p>\n

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Misc. Sewing Projects<\/b><\/div>\n
Sewing a pillowcase and a skirt in an attempt to see what our sewing machine is capable of.<\/div>\n
Catherine<\/i><\/div>\n
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Giant Origami<\/strong><\/div>\n
Making a large version of an Origami Lion<\/div>\n
Diandra \u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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\"lionnnn\"<\/a><\/div>\n
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Corean Crash Course\/Minimalist Cooking<\/b><\/div>\n
What started as a quest to learn Korean in 24 hours<\/span><\/span>, “got distracted by flour” – Connie<\/div>\n
\u201cWant to taste this? It\u2019s whole wheat flour without all the stuff that\u2019s in regular flour\u201d – Meiburg<\/div>\n
Meiburg, Choward, Becky, Lucille, Brian, Mayra, Mark, Connie<\/i><\/div>\n
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3D Printed Stamps<\/b><\/div>\n
3D printed stamp designs, starting with a snake for the back of blue books.<\/div>\n
Julie<\/i><\/div>\n
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\u00a0\"3dprintallthethings\"<\/a><\/div>\n
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Cotton Candy Machine<\/b><\/div>\n
Made with a total budget of $25, this cotton candy machine is thriftiness and reusability at its yummiest.<\/div>\n
Annie, Tyler, David<\/i><\/div>\n
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\u00a0\"cottoncandy1\"<\/a><\/div>\n
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\"cottoncandy2\"<\/a><\/div>\n
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Hell Lighting <\/b><\/div>\n
Adding a computer to the Hell Lighting system to enable more complicated patterns, will be mounted in Purgatory; fixing damaged lights<\/div>\n
Tom, Diandra<\/i><\/div>\n
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Caltech Scarf<\/b><\/div>\n
Finished knitting a black and orange scarf with a ironed-on Caltech logo.<\/div>\n
Kalliopi<\/i><\/div>\n
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\u201cDeath Spike\u201d<\/b><\/div>\n
Adding padding to the Gondor couch to make its \u201cdeath spike\u201d less deadly.<\/div>\n
Hannah, Ben, Allison, Michelle<\/i><\/div>\n
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The Third Annual Blackerathon was a great success this year. After dinner the first weekend of second term, the dining hall was invaded by a moley bunch. Teams worked on projects through the night, and here\u2019s what they came up with: House tool checkout system An electronic system consisting of an iPad and scanner for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[66,67,34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":583,"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions\/583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}