The Amazing Lab is becoming part of our department’s favourite places to get things done. Just the way we intended for it to be.
Did we tell you this is the week of the “Queima das Fitas”? These are brave souls, indeed…
Life @Amazing Lab
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(Amazing) IoT workshop
Our first workshop was a success! We learned how to build a simple IoT device, how to provision and program it and to bridge it with an MQTT broker.
Still, no stuff was burned. Definitely we should improve that part…
Also, a big “thank you” to the department’s students nuclei for their help and support!
An Amazing workshop for our visitors from the Escola Secundária Emídio Navarro
On this day we were visited by a group of 48 students and accompanying teachers from the Escola Secundária Emídio Navarro. They came from Viseu just to visit us and know a little bit more about the department and the Amazing Lab.
An Amazing workshop for our visitors from the Escola Secundária D. Maria
We were visited by a wonderful group of students and teachers from the Escola Secundária D. Maria. João Afonso, an ex-student of ours and good friend of the Amazing Lab was among the teachers. What could we wish more?
Amazing Lab, v1.0
Let’s celebrate! We reached the minimum operational capability within the E4.6 classroom.
Let’s call it “Amazing Lab, v1.0”, shall we?
Where we’re going we don’t need stinking game controllers
Well, we may need. Eventually.
But we can do it on the cheap with a pencil and two pieces of paper. Don’t believe us?
See for yourself!
Our SFX is awful! If you don’t believe us just turn on the sound…
Making a difference, again
The Amazing Lab is supporting the SANS – Sensing and Actuation Networks and Systems course of the Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science and Engineering. We are providing hardware, as well as an suitable environment for course activities.
Thank you, Vasco and Karima, for letting the Amazing Lab become involved in your course!
An wifi-capable, accelerometer-based, roll and pitch IoT sensing device
What does it happen when you mix an ADXL375 accelerometer, an ESP8266 and an MQTT broker? Just add some physics and maths knowledge into the mix, and the results can be quite interesting!
Work in progress, #5 – about friends and ideas
…this is what the Amazing Lab is all about!
“Let’s empty the drawers and clean them, these workbenches are for you to take to the lab”.
Once upon a time, there was a couple of workbenches on someone’s lab, but not anymore!
Our good friend, Professor Licínio Roque, decided these would be just perfect for the Amazing Lab. So, just guess what he did?
Work in progress, #4 – “barn” finds
Our department has its own share of secrets. Look what we found!
Sustainability is one of the key aspects of the Amazing Lab mission statement.
Recycle, reuse and repurpose – that’s we way we do things!
Thanks to our Department’s director, we found a way to reuse the FACOM cabinet. Guess this is what friends are for. A big “thank you” to Professor Edmundo Monteiro!