Category Archives: Chill Box Project

April 30th Final Day of Chill Box Build

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Jerry

On April 30th, Cole and I met at my home in Haiku to try and get the Chill Box operational. This was to be our last attempt, as we are down to the last days of The Challenge and need … Continue reading →

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April 28 Chill Box Build and Meeting

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Jerry

Our regular Thursday meeting this week was pretty much exclusively a Chill Box Build.  Cole and I arrived a bit before 5pm. We spent about 20 minutes walking the grounds and looking for places on which to put Our Container. … Continue reading →

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Acrylic Chill Box Build

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Jerry

This past week saw a few major steps in the chill box. This post describes building the acrylic container holds the parts and the plantings.. Cole came over to my (Jerry) home on Friday to work on the container.  I … Continue reading →

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April 21 meeting and Chill Box build night

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Jerry

We had another build night on April 21st at CWD Puunene.  We are progressing slowly. Cole and I arrived before 5pm to take over from CWD people.  They are putting in a security system in a week or three, and … Continue reading →

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First meeting in Pu’unene space

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Jerry

We had our first meeting last night (4/14/11) in our new temp space in Pu’unene. Although there was a small turn out (5 total), I consider it a success. We did not so much talk about Makers, finding space, etc … Continue reading →

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GGHC Chill Box V0.1 Build

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Jerry

On March 30th, Laura Burkhart (of SLIM) came to my home and we built Chill Box V0.1.  This is the version she will be showing at the Maui Agricultural Festival this saturday (April 2). It is a simple, no electronic … Continue reading →

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GGHC Chill Box Prototype at Ag Fest

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Jerry

[Update: it worked well!! See blog post for build documentation. and picture below] Our first prototype/demonstration for the Chill Box is under construction and will be shown this week Saturday April 2, at the Maui Agricultural Festival in the Educational … Continue reading →

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GGHC Chill Box week 2 (or 3?)

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Jerry

Our first post to the element-14 site is up.  This is a Group Blog on the element-14 site.  You can comment, etc there by joining the element-14 site, then joining the Group. Basically it gives a background on our space … Continue reading →

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Great Global Hackerspace Challenge – Chill Box

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Jerry

Its official – Maui Makers has been selected to participate in the Great Global Hackerspace Challenge (Spring 2011 edition)!! Here is the brief summary of The Challenge: Your hackerspace will create a project to help with education, using US$900 (or … Continue reading →

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