A must for the aspiring hacker! Join The Hacktory as we team up with the crew from the new fabrication facility, NextFab Studio (http://nextfabstudio.com/) to bring you a comprehensive, 3 hour class on soldering skills. In the class you’ll get a basic introduction to electronics workbench tools, practice soldering and de-soldering techniques with integrated circuits and discrete components - LEDs, transistors, resistors, etc.; learn how to properly maintain a soldering iron, pick up some “wire-bender” skills, and the basics for identifying component values and functions.
Free SparkFun Clock kit is included for you to build during the class and take home. Tool kits and soldering irons will be available for purchase so you can tinker at home.
Hurry, space is limited to 8, so reserve your spot today at http://nextfabstudio.com/calendar/!
Location: NextFab Studio, 3711 Market Street, Philadelphia, 19104
Easy access from the SEPTA Market-Frankford line, 34th or 40th Street stations
Parking available in 3701 Market Street or 3700 Filbert Street garages, $8.
By popular demand, The Hacktory again offers its fun and unique Recycled Electronics Jewelry workshop, on Saturday, December 5 from 1:00-5:00pm. Perfect timing for making cool holiday gifts on a budget!
The Hacktory's mission is to promote new ways of combining art and technology and recycling, so we created the Recycled Electronic Jewelry Workshop. Our summer workshop was sold out--everyone loved making and taking home their amazing-looking creations!
We'll be teaching basic jewelry-making concepts to people of all skill and age levels (10 years old and up), including design ideas, basic soldering and assembly skills, and how to identify materials for creating your own jewelry and small sculpture.
This workshop adds beauty and interest to the world by reclaiming and recycling things that would typically end up in our growing landfills. It's also great fun and sparks creativity in all who participate.
The cost to participate is only $20, which includes all supplies and materials including basic jewelry parts and a nice selection of awesome-looking retro electronic components for making your own creations.
Click here to reserve your seat today for this exciting workshop at The Hacktory!
(Last workshop sold out, so don't delay.)
Impress your friends! Annoy your parents! Make your enemies jealous! It's:
Drawing Outside the Lines: A musical nerd-out featuring the Drawdio
Saturday, June 27th 1-4PM at The Hacktory
$10/person
All ages and ability levels are welcome. Learn how to build a fun and easy project: an electro-fied pencil that makes music!
Jim is going to give an intro to circuit-making to show first-timers how it's done. Meanwhile, Jack will show more advanced techies how to trick out and wackify their invention by connecting multiple pencils, incorporating sub-harmonics and overtones, applying ring-modulation, equalization, and who knows what else.
Whether you have never touched a soldering iron before, or if want to put together your own inventions from scratch (without a printed circuit board), there is something in this class for you. Everyone will go home with a fun and totally annoying noisemaker!
This is the perfect intro class for anyone wanting to experiment with interactive art, or to make electronic projects using the popular open source physical computing platform called Arduino (www.arduino.cc). You will connect a variety of sensors (light, temperature, sound, etc.) to the Arduino and use them to control a motor, LEDs, and other mechanical devices.
No prior knowledge of electronics or programming is necessary, and all materials will be provided to you as a kit (including the Arduino, a power supply, and a great selection of components for experimenting). You will need to bring a laptop since a host computer is needed to program the Arduino. Some computers are available in the classroom at NTR but it would be much better and more beneficial to you if you used your own computer.
The class costs a total of $200: $75 for the kit and $125 for the full 8 hours of instruction and workshop time (lunch included). The class will take place at NTR (www.ntronline.org) in Center City Philadelphia on 10/18/2008 from 9:00AM to 5:00PM.
Enrollment is limited to 14, so reserve your spot today!
