So, it's midnight and I'm sitting in the basement of Olin. I'm looking up schemes to help The Segelmeister's wireless connectivity, which has been less than optimal for the past week. I settle on these plans for a coffee can wireless antenna. I spin around in my chair, ready to collect some parts. I look down at my feet. About one foot away, sitting in a box, is a completely assembled coffee cantenna, including enough spare parts for another.

Where else could this happen but in Case's very own Thunder Labs a.k.a. Project Club Lab? I've mentioned Thunder Labs and Project Club several times on this blog, but I've never really explained it to the uninitiated. The wiki page does it no justice. Project Club is where hackers, builders, and inventors can go on campus to tinker!

Located in Olin 101, we've got enough toys to keep the creative and technically minded busy during their time at Case. We have oscilloscopes, soldering irons, motors, wheels, batteries, tons of tools and materials, workstations, servers, computer parts, a projector, a laminator, secure storage lockers, engineering & programming textbooks, a silkscreener, and more. Did I mention we have pirate costumes? Top shelf, in the Dell box.

Want to run a live web cam through some awesome Linux software for your crazy art show project? (Ian?)

Want to use a terminal for the awesome Linux setup in the Jennings lab, except on a couch, with a nice stereo, and even a nice paint job?

Want to build a robot? A tesla coil? An electric bike?

We want to do all that stuff, too. So come give us a hand in Olin 101!

Now, back to Sara's wireless problem...