The “Freestyle Soundhack Workshop” by Jessica Thompson happening today in Toronto, Canada gets participants to build “Freestyle Soundkits” which are wearable sound devices that generate and broadcast electronic beats as wearers move around urban environments. Pretty nice simple project that reminds me of the Sonic City project with an added DIY focus. Freestyle Soundhack Workshop […]
Last night at Phoenix DIY we held a soldering and basic electronics workshop. Even the absolute beginners got their kits to work; it was a great time. We made two lights blink alternatingly with a 555 timer. Thanks to Conspire Phoenix for hosting us. – Link.
TechShop meet up, also there will be 9 more TechShops this year! Jim writes – TechShop is an open workshop space that provides its members with access to many tools and machines, and a place that they can just hang out and work on their projects. TechShop also offers lots of short, inexpensive classes on […]
Cyenobite posted a MASSIVE set of photos from the 12th (wow!) MakePhilly meeting, he writes – The most recent meeting of MakePhilly featured guest speaker Don Miller (also known as NO CARRIER) who creates fast paced, colorful visuals for live music events and interactive art installations by hacking 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) consoles with […]
J. Eric Townsend writes: dorkbot pittsburgh: January 24, 2008, 7:30-9:30pm dorkbot pittsburgh meets upstairs at Brillobox, the event is open to the general public, non-smoking, and admission is free. See Events for full details and directions. We have two speakers for this month: Jennifer Gooch (seen above in the piece “An Attempt to Blow Myself […]
Eric writes in – Visit http://lemurbots.org for more info and to sign up – LEMUR is happy to announce the formation of an Art & Technology Education Coalition in partnership with Harvestworks (http://harvestworks.org) and 3rd Ward (http://3rdward.com). Our three organizations have teamed up to broaden our collective offering of art & technology classes, with each […]
Reminder! MakePhilly is today! – The next meeting of MakePhilly (http://www.makephilly.com) will feature guest speaker Don Miller (also known as NO CARRIER) who creates fast paced, colorful visuals for live music events and interactive art installations by hacking 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) consoles with custom programmed cartridges. Don will share his DIY approach to […]
