Events – Page 7

Laser cutter class tested on ylab rats

Written on April 21, 2016.

Ylab members volunteered themselves to test out and be tested themselves in our first two formal classes since moving into the DDO – our Intro to 2D CAD, followed by our Ylab Laser Cutter Certification. No actual rats harmed by this laser cutting. Since we want a solid foundation to build-on, we used the free version of DraftSight, a CAD program...

No Open House Wed Apr 13 – Laser Cutter Class

Written on April 12, 2016.

Open house is cancelled this week – Wednesday April 13 – due to our members-only laser cutter class taking over the space. Ylab paid-up members are allowed to come in for whatever activity they normally do. Ylab’s laser cutter at work. What else would we cut?

March 29: Qualcomm Hosting Next Ylab/North of 41 Event

Written on March 10, 2016.

Our last corporate event at Lenovo was such a success that we’re doing it again – and this time, Qualcomm Canada is hosting us. Breakfast with the CEOs: Innovation and Technology in the Cloud Come out and hear how three York Region companies have innovated to use cloud computing to create new lines of business. These...

Habemus Lux Gladium! (We have a laser cutter!)

Written on March 10, 2016.

All great announcements should be in latin.(*) On Monday night we took delivery of our brand spanking new laser cutter – a monstrous 90W unit with a 24″ x 36″cutting surface. OK, it’s a big giant laser. Now what do we do with it? You can feel the excitement. At least he didn’t take a selfie with it. Now comes...

Firsts this week for ylab, York Region, and the world!

Written on February 26, 2016.

Hasn’t been a blog post in a few weeks… because it’s better to be doing than blogging. But once in a while, we need to post something – or people claim nothing is happening! York Region is the y and the why of ylab – and this week we had a bunch of firsts in three different cities. At our DDO maker space in Richmond...

Jan 27: Different kind of Robotycs Mayhem

Written on January 31, 2016.

Everything went so well at our Enabling Hardware Technology event that something had to balance it off. Mayhem struck the Robotycs group on Wednesday night. The first arrivals faced the elements and a locked door at the DDO. There were less people waiting outside than expected – a few of those registered had to bow out due to last minute...

Updated: Ylab Sells Out Corporate Sell-Out Event

Written on January 27, 2016.

Update Jan 30 2016: a photo album has just been posted on facebook, and snapd Markham posted about us here. Our Technology Enablers night was a huge success with almost 80 people in attendance. We went all corporate, and there were enough suits and well-dressed people to make it… well, kinda weird for a ylab event. Yes, we...

Robotycs back with a vengeance on Wed. Jan 27

Written on January 21, 2016.

BATTLEBOTS! Ylab’s monthly Robotycs evening is back with a vengeance on Wednesday January 27. This month’s Robot Talk features battlebot veteran Ramy Gattas. Ramy hosted our first Robotycs events at Logics Academy last year. It’s a privilege to have join us at the DDO for the evening. Ramy will be sharing his adventures...

Ylab Suits Up For First Corporate Event – Jan 25 2016

Written on January 8, 2016.

Did ylab sell out to corporate interests? No, we’re just trying to bring together interesting corporate technology people and companies to join in the ylab community. North of 41 has been hosting informative, entertaining and always relevant Chat with the CEO events for several years now… but always downtown. Their speakers...

First Member-Only Night of 2016 on Monday Jan 4.

Written on January 5, 2016.

Monday January 4 was our first member-only night of 2016. We formally welcomed as new members ylab regulars Brooke and Jay . That’s a polite way of saying that they each gave us a cheque. We need to work out some kind of formal ceremony. Maybe something with a light sabre. Any volunteers to dress up as Princess Leia with the cinnamon bun hair-do? We...

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