{"id":736,"date":"2017-01-13T19:40:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T19:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/?p=736"},"modified":"2020-04-19T01:06:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T01:06:51","slug":"fourth-annual-blackerathon-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/?p=736","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Annual Blackerathon (2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blacker’s fourth annual 24-hour Blackerathon kicked off on January 6, 2017 at 7:00 PM. Here are some of the projects:<\/p>\n

Tool Room clean-up<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cleaning up and re-organizing the hovse’s tool room. (Photos taken by Talia)<\/p>\n

Alex Reeves, Diandra<\/em><\/p>\n

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“Sew all the things!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Learning\/using sewing machines to produce a cloak, skirt, and shirt.<\/p>\n

Carly, Ben, Bethany, Talia<\/em><\/p>\n

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??? (Brian), Carly, and Talia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Playing the Ride on the Tesla Coil<\/b><\/p>\n

Using a Tesla Coil assembled this year by Tyler M to play a MIDI file of the Ride of the Valkyries.<\/p>\n

Brian<\/em><\/p>\n

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Brian (right) adopts a defensive stance in anticipation of being showered.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Golf cart\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Working on a golf cart using a salvaged cart base.<\/p>\n

Jake, Francesco<\/em><\/p>\n

\"golf-cart-in-progress\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Fruit Roll-Up “Gun”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prototyping a candy-propelling device with a motorized wheel.<\/p>\n

Aiden, Jake<\/em><\/p>\n

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Fruit roll-up wars after Snake Kits may never be the same.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Courtyard Planter<\/strong><\/p>\n

Planting drought-resistant, partial shade plants to liven up the plot of dirt in the courtyard.<\/p>\n

Kalliopi<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cotton Candy Machine, improved and upgraded<\/strong><\/p>\n

Revamping a\u00a0cotton candy machine<\/a>\u00a0built during last year’s Blackerathon to produce more cotton candy rapidly.<\/p>\n

Annie, David, Tyler M<\/em><\/p>\n

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Assembling the base.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Once the machine heated up, it took about 30 seconds to make a sizable cone of cotton candy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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If we missed your project or you would like any images to be taken down, please email us\u00a0mole-historians@blacker.caltech.edu<\/a> and we’d be happy to help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blacker’s fourth annual 24-hour Blackerathon kicked off on January 6, 2017 at 7:00 PM. Here are some of the projects: Tool Room clean-up Cleaning up and re-organizing the hovse’s tool room. (Photos taken by Talia) Alex Reeves, Diandra “Sew all the things!” Learning\/using sewing machines to produce a cloak, skirt, and shirt. Carly, Ben, Bethany, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74,66,34,40],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736"}],"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\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=736"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":764,"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736\/revisions\/764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}