September 2012
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Intro to Electronics
Weather you want to make cool electronics or awesome toys, you have to start with the basics. The Intro to Electrnics workshop is the perfect place for you to start learning about voltage and current, LEDs and resistors, capacitors and integrated circuits. Through a series of circuit building exercises you will learn how the basic components of electronics fit together and how to read and...
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Getting Started With Amateur Robotics! 09-30-12...
There is only a few days left to sign up for our introductory robotics workshop at the end of the month! Have you always had an interest in making things move and think? Are you tired of making your Arduino just blink LEDs? Our newest workshop will give you hands on experience on the fundamentals of robotics. We will cover many topics that may change the way you view everyday devices that you...
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Advanced Arduino: Reading and Translating Sensors
Just took the Intro to Arduino workshop and looking for ways to move forward with your board? Been tinkering with Arduinos but need something a bit more structured to get into the programming side of the interface? Feeling adventurous and looking to just jump into the Arduino platform?
Come to the Advanced Arduino Workshop on Tuesday, 9/18 at 7 PM.
We will be using analog input sensors to...
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Processing 101: A better way for your Arduino to...
Have you gotten as far as getting never-ending streams of numbers from various sensors out of your Arduino’s analog input but don’t know what to do with all of that information yet? Bored with pie charts, bar graphs, and other lackluster ways to present data? Or maybe you are looking for interesting new ways to create art?
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Come to the Processing 101 Workshop on Tuesday,...
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College of Lockpicking!
You can pick your friends. You can pick your beer. But can you pick… a Lock? Join us on Saturday, September 8th, from 5-7pm as we embark on an ancient mechanical adventure to explore the inner workings of a modern lock, first developed by the Mesopotamians and Egyptians over 4000 years ago. Led by lockpicker Eric Michaud, this workshop will cover - soup to nuts - everything you need to...
