The Premier Cincinnati Hackerspace

nCome join the Hive13 crew at the Mini-Sumobot Competition at LVL1 Hackerspace.  There will most likely be some car pooling going on the day of the competition but the details are not worked out yet.  If you want to help we are still building our sumobot and you are welcome to come down the the Hive and work on it with us!  We have practice sumo rings already setup!nnnnOfficial LVL1 wiki page is here.  See you there!nnn

n Sunday December 20th is Arcade Night.  This is were anybody who is interested in fixing up arcade machines or building your own game system or augmented reality game should come and collaborate!  Starting at 5pm on Sunday show up to help out or start your own project.  We will be fixing up several standup cabinets as well as the rather large arcade units.nnNote:  This is not a night to play arcade games but to build/refurbish them.  Although we will always need to test our final products, of course…nnn

n******The Hive now has a Training Program! You can sign up for a full year of self paced training classes and unlimited use of the workshop and labs. This can be an easy training decisions for companies who want to provide extra high value perks for their employees!nnSee Hive13 Training Program for more information!nnn

nAfter you vote at the polls we will be having a vote for both CTO and COO positions.  You must be physically present to take part in this vote.nnhttp://wiki.hive13.org/index.php?title=November_3,_2009nnn

nOne project that was used for the passcode challenge is called the Zen PIN.  The problem is people who shoulder surf can see your PIN on a keypad system.  So a fun and simple solution is to have the user memorize an algorithm instead of a PIN number.  For a Proof-of-concept the Zen PIN was developed that uses three lights.  The user enters a random PIN and the system then generates an internal random PIN.  It then blinks certain lights to indicate if the next number is greater or less than the one last pressed.  The user follows these visual clues to "unlock" the keypad.  In the PoC this just lights up the green light and plays a "good" tone.nnnnYou can take any type of spin with this.  Such as, using multi-colored LED buttons that randomly display a color and the user knows to always press to the left of the "orange" button.  Etc.nnFor more information on this project see the wikinnn