November 2012
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Intro to Electronics
Still trying to figure out your holiday season attire? Snazz-up your old reindeer sweater with some blinky lights and be the life of the party! Take the Intro to Electronics Workshop on December 4th at 7:00 PM and learn about voltage and current, resistors and capacitors, LEDs and integrated circuits, and how to put them all together. The workshop will cover basic components and tools as well...
Nov 21st
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Intro to E-textiles, Tuesday November 27th
Join our firefly committee!  We have a few spots left in our Intro to e-textiles class next Tuesday, November 27th at 7 PM.  This workshop is an introduction to e-textiles and focuses on integrating ordinary electronics into fabric.  We will modify ordinary electronic components and sew them together using conductive thread.  At the end, you will take home a plush firefly that lights up in the...
Nov 20th
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Nov 17th
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"Hello, World!": Programming for Beginners
Alan Turing says, “Hello , World!” Join us on Tuesday, November 13th at 7 PM for our our beginner programming workshop, “Hello, World!”.  This workshop is designed for absolute beginners and can be used as a stepping stone to the Intro to Arduino workshop. You will learn basics of programming by running Python examples.  Then you will see how these building blocks appear...
Nov 6th
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Intermediate Workshop : Build A Synthesizer!
    Everybody likes music! Now is your chance to get some hands on experience and insight on how sounds can be generated electronically and manipulated to make different tones and effects.    In our newest intermediate level workshop we will teach you the fundamentals of wave forms and oscillation while we show you how to build the ever popular Atari Punk Console. We wouldn’t feel right...
Nov 5th
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Nov 3rd
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