Philly's up-and-coming membership-based “gym for innovators,” Next Fab Studio, is holding a logo design contest.

The best design could win $1000 cash, an NFS membership, and additional graphic design work.

Get your graphic juices flowing here

Here's your chance to make your art and electronics do cool stuff!

The rundown:

- No prior knowledge of electronics or programming is necessary
- All materials will be provided to you as a kit
- You will learn how to program the popular open source physical computing platform called Arduino (www.arduino.cc).
- You will need to bring a laptop

The class costs a total of $185: for the full 6 hours of instruction and workshop time. Class cost include your own microcontroller platform, programming cable, breadboard, and parts to keep. The class will take place at NTR (www.ntronline.org) in Center City Philadelphia on 10/03/2009 from 10:00AM to 4:00PM.

There are a few more spots, so reserve yours today!

On exhibit in the first floor lobby gallery, at Tyler School of Art, from October 4 thru 16, 2009 are eleven kinetic sculpture works by Philadelphia artist, and Hacktory instructor, Bradley N. Litwin. The building is open every day, and admission is Free. There will be an artist reception on 10/10, from 6-8PM. To attend, please RSVP blit@bradlitwin.com.

Tyler School of Art is located at:
13th & Norris Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19122
more info - 215.224.9534 or blit@bradlitwin.com

DesignPhiladelphia is coming right up with a week's worth of exhibitions, lectures, tours, and other fun stuff celebrating anything and everything related to design and culture.

Check out their calendar of events at their website http://www.designphiladelphia.org

You can also get involved by helping to construct TAZtetris, an urban free-space realized through the reclamation of open lots and the creative reengineering of scaffolding. For the duration of the festival, TAZtetris will provide a home for a randomized series of events, performances, happenings, and exhibitions.

For more information, check out the details here:
http://www.designphiladelphia.org/news_details.php?article_id=32

For those of you interested in fusing old crafts with new technology this exhibition is packed with cool stuff - welded lace, chain-link lace, and other forms. The opening reception is this Thursday the 24th at 5 pm.
Check it out here:
http://www.laceintranslation.com/

http://thehacktory.org/classes/arduino-beginner-microcontroller-amp-elec...

What???
Another Arduino class?
Yep, after minor soldering burns, and un-knotting some schematics this summer...
We're offering another beginner electronics and programming class based on the Arduino platform.

This one uses a "build-your-own" platform, as we've discovered that when you build your own tools, you REALLY understand how they work!

The last class filled quite quickly, and ALL participants walked away with a complete working breadboard-Arduino platform and several example circuits and programs that we went over during the workshop. The hardware kit is part of the class fee and yours to take home and build into your next project.

It's a fast 6 hours, so sleep well and bring a laptop, as that's the only requirement. The class will go from "What is a resistor" and "how do sensors work?" to "How can I get the Theremin I just built to play in stereo while switching the lights on and off??"