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We are happy to bring you the Do Space Minecraft Universe on Thursday, November 10th at the Do Space Anniversary event. You will be able to explore a growing world that includes Do Space, a library, a school, and even an amusement park with a working roller coaster. There are areas available for you to build in and places to explore. You will start in the Do Space where you can check out our...

Now that you’ve got the windows 10 anniversary update you can use Bash, the shell that has been carried over from Ubuntu Linux. To Activate: Select the Start Menu > Settings. Once settings comes up select Update & Security then For Developers. Now select Developer Mode and exit. Now for the second slightly less apparent part. Begin by Right-Clicking the start...

The software commonly used for computer programming is called an Integrated Development Environment or IDE. There are a lot of IDE’s, out there but for the sake of simplicity I’m going to take you through the process of installing Code Blocks IDE on Microsoft Windows.  I will not be covering any of the other Operating systems but Code Blocks is available for Linux and Mac OS X. First...

So, you’ve got that brand new Raspberry Pi and want to do something fun with it. How about fun project that keeps on long after the build is done. I’m talking about a Raspberry Pi arcade machine where you can play classic games and even bring on some of your own. This project is well laid out here but there are many more available on the web. In the above project they are using the Raspberry...

Do Space sent three representatives to attend the Greater Omaha Young Professionals YP Summit on March 3rd. One of our attendees, Community Technologist Dale Kipple, shared a little about the experience and what he learned at the event.  While at the Young Professionals Summit in Omaha I investigated the future of our city. I found that the conversation was almost wholly centered around...

In my last post we got a basic kiosk setup with a Raspberry Pi and Iceweasel, now it’s time to make it a little more consistent. We are only going to worry about Iceweasel and making sure that it is being used the way we want. Before we get into the project I want to remind you that all those open source projects that we love survive only by our generosity. When you can please donate what you...

Here at Do Space we’ve launched our Raspberry Pi membership kiosk. This was such a fun project we wanted to share with you how to make one of your own. First in this tutorial we will be using a Raspberry Pi B2 with Raspbian Linux installed. This tutorial will not be going into how to use Linux and assumes that you have a basic understanding of how to use Raspbian. This tutorial is intended to...

We have two great 3D printers; the UPrint SE Plus and the Dimension sst 1200es. With these you can print almost anything you can think of but there are some limitations you should know before you begin. The only material available for these printers is ABS plastic. This plastic is hard and pretty ridged which is why it’s used to make amazing things like Legos. If you want to make something...