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Intro to Circuits class on Oct. 13

Have you been tantalized by neat projects using LEDs, Arduinos, or EL-wire? Ever wondered what’s going on inside your computer, television, or vacuum cleaner? Electricity permeates our modern existence, and learning your way around circuits is the first step in demystifying it. In this class, we’ll start with the very basics, teaching you how to [...]

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Hacking the Gender Gap in DC today

We’re heading down to DC today to present our Hacking the Gender Gap activity with HacDC. We’ll be giving a short presentation and then collecting more stories of people’s experiences with technology – the good and the bad – to see what we can learn from the group about where the gender gap arises. Read [...]

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Announcing Science Per Forms this October

We’re very excited to announce the dates for an amazing collaboration we’ve been working on all summer. The Hacktory has been working with Carbon Dance Theatre, and students and faculty from UPenn’s Immersive Kinematics program on a dance performance that explores humans, robots and cyborgs. Yep, cyborgs, as in Donna Haraway’s manifesto about how all of us are [...]

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Mark your calendars for Nerd Nite

Hey folks, just so you know, I (Georgia, Director of The Hacktory) have been invited to present at Nerd Nite Philly in October. In case you aren’t familiar with Nerd Nite, it’s a monthly event happening at Frankford Hall where a few speakers talk about a range of nerdy topics each time. If you’ve never [...]

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Sparkly New Arduino Class!

Have you ever been interested in programming but didn’t know where to start? Do you love robots like Wall-E, Johnny5 and Curiosity and wish you could make your own? Do you have an idea for a cool new tech tool but aren’t sure how to begin prototyping? If you are drooling at your computer and [...]

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New Class: Intro to Audio, September 8

What are all these audio plugs and how do they work? How does my voice get from a microphone to speakers? How can I keep feedback from ruining my day, and why can I use headphones as a mic in a pinch? Most importantly, how do I avoid blowing out my roommate’s speakers?? Come learn the basic science [...]

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Trip to Longwood Gardens September 20th!

Ok August 16 was a little too ambitious for us to plan this, so we’ve rescheduled. Take a trip to see Longwood Garden’s LED installations by Bruce Munro with us! Your ticket gets you a seat on our charter bus to the garden, covers the entry fee to Longwood, and a picnic dinner. Longwood Gardens [...]

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Hack Manhattan’s MANIC display

A couple of weeks ago while in New York, I stopped by Hack Manhattan to see what everyone was working on. The crew had recently returned from FIGMENT on Governor’s Island, where they had set up a giant game of mind vs. machine LED pong. The last time I visited the hackerspace, I got to [...]

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Open Hack 2012-07-02

On Monday we convened for our weekly Open Hack. The evening started with plans for HOPE, which several Hacktory members are attending. We’ll be participating in the Hackerspaces Village and running a Hacking the Gender Gap Workshop on Saturday. Daniel and Christalee soldered a bunch of alligator clips to wires for use in the upcoming [...]

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ARTspiration this Saturday @ the Fleisher Art Memorial

The Fleisher‘s 6th annual ARTspiration festival is happening this Saturday. There will be food vendors, performers, and lots of art-making going on. We’ll be there with our electronic components for anyone to make into awesome jewelry or sculpture. Stop by anytime from 10 am  – 4 pm on the 700 block of Catherine street.

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  • What Is The Hacktory?

    Hack (def): to find a new (sometimes inelegant) solution to a problem

    Factory (def): a place where products are made, or art like Andy Warhol's Factory

  • What's Up @The_Hacktory

    • Just a reminder we are @FleisherArt for ARTspiration today, 7th and Catherine, NOT at 3711 Market for soft circuit Saturday
      2013/06/08 11:02
    • Hey if you've been to our Hacking the Gender Gap workshop and found it useful add a note to help us win a grant!
      http://t.co/25B8XKPn6I
      2013/06/04 09:14
    • Artists! Scientists! Makers! Still a few tickets left for our *celebrated* Intro to Arduino class starting TONIGHT!
      http://t.co/WrnNpJONdD
      2013/06/04 07:42
    • Recap of our great Intro to Interactive Art class, includes link to a pirate pad with tons of links:
      http://t.co/x4dQPa1n3C
      2013/05/28 07:14
    • “@colinangevine: At @The_Hacktory learning about interactive art. So far so awesome.”
      2013/05/22 21:16
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