March 2012
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MINI BOOMBOX
Miles took his favorite mono Ipod speakers and fused the wires together to make a mini boom box in stereo. A fairly simple thing to do at Metrix, but seriously cool! “Its the little things”
Mar 30th
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Mar 29th
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Inkscape for the Laser Engraver
It’s finally spring! The season of natural creation- flowers, baby animals, and sunshine. Come celebrate by learning to create something of your own on the laser cutter at Metrix. The Inkscape for the Laser Engraver workshop is happening Thursday, March 29, 7-9:30PM. This class is for beginners who have never used Inkscape before. I will be teaching you all the basics of this free vector imaging...
Mar 22nd
Intro to Arduino-April
Make your electronics come to life with microcontrollers. Come to the Intro to Arduino workshop and learn how you can start to integrate hardware and software for all kinds of exciting projects. The workshop uses an Arduino microcontroller board to go over the concept of using inputs and outputs as ways to both understand and control your environment or different elements within it.  We will...
Mar 18th
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Intro to Electronics-April
You’re just a workshop away from building your own computer…well probably more than just one workshop away, but you have to start somewhere, so you might as well start with the basics. Take the Intro to Electronics workshop and learn about current and voltage, diodes, resistors, capacitors, integrated circuits and how to start connecting all of these pieces to make things that...
Mar 17th