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Free Workshop Series on Electronics and Music from ACF

By Georgia | Published: May 7, 2012

The Philadelphia chapter of the American Composer’s Forum, in collaboration with <fidget> space is offering an amazing workshop series over the next month that covers a variety of topics in electronics and composition. The series kicks off this Wednesday with a workshop on Supercollider, a free sound synthesis software. All the workshops are FREE, and you [...]

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Happy Hour @ Philadelphia Woodworks next Friday

By Georgia | Published: May 3, 2012

Phila. Woodworks sez, “To celebrate springtime and the recent explosion of new community workshops opening in Philadelphia, we are hosting a Happy Hour here at our shop. Friday, May 11, 2012, from 5-8pm we invite you to join us at our shop on 4901 Umbria Street, 19128, for drinks and fun with artists, craftspeople, woodworkers, [...]

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Designing for Touch Happy Hour Tonight @ Bluecadet

By Georgia | Published: April 25, 2012

Can’t wait for our Tech Week event tonight, Designing for Touch Happy Hour. Thanks again to Bluecadet Interactive for hosting. Can’t wait to get our hands on the iphone, ipad and touch table apps they will be showing off. You can still RSVP here. The event goes from 5-7 pm, at 1011 N. Hancock St., [...]

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Philly Kickstarter Project: The Switched-On Garden

By Georgia | Published: April 20, 2012

There’s a cool Philly-based project running right now on Kickstarter, The Switched-On Garden. It’s raising funds to let people “explore the relationship between plants, music and technology with an outdoor arts festival, The Switched-On Garden on October 14, 2012.” Over 700 people attended the first installation last October at Bartram’s Garden, and they want to [...]

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Check out the Grassroots Game Conference next week

By Georgia | Published: April 20, 2012

A major addition to this year’s Philly Tech Week is the Grassroots Game Conference, which is taking place in multiple locations from April 23 – 29. There will be panels on Games as Art, Games and Gamification for Nonprofits, and a screening of the film Indie Game. On Sunday the 29th at the Hacking Big [...]

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Arduino Show & Tell Tomorrow

By Georgia | Published: April 13, 2012

We’re pumped for our first ever Arduino Show & Tell, happening tomorrow from 1 – 4 pm. We will have about a dozen projects on display, including wearables, instruments, and motor-driven projects. The video above is a breadboard prototype of one project titled “Stranger Danger” which uses a proximity sensor and an array of LEDs [...]

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Our Picks for Tech Week April 21-28

By Georgia | Published: April 10, 2012

Philly Tech Week is just around the corner, the second annual event celebrating everything tech-related that’s happening in Philly. This year’s event listings are packed with lots of interesting talks, workshops, and parties. The organizers have sorted many of the events into particular tracks that might help you decide what to attend based on your [...]

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Arduino Show & Tell this Saturday

By Georgia | Published: April 9, 2012

It’s happening this Saturday! Stop by our Arduino Show & Tell to check out what people have made with the popular open-source computing platform, the Arduino (ar-DWEEN-oh). You may have heard of these powerful micro-controllers (basically a powerful mini-computer), they’ve taken the maker world by storm because of their flexibility and ease in programming. The [...]

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Only 2 spots left for our studio tour of draft works!

By Georgia | Published: April 2, 2012

We’re looking forward to checking out the draft works studio and work this Thursday from 6 – 8 pm. If you haven’t reserved a spot yet, be sure to do so today, there’s only two spots left! Founder/owner Mike Avery will show us the massive CNC router he uses for his work (like the found [...]

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Studio tour of Draft works April 5

By Georgia | Published: March 26, 2012

There’s still slots available for our tour of Draft Works Studio on April 5 from 6 – 8 pm. Draft works is a custom fabrication studio that has done interesting work around town. If you happened to stroll by the lawn outside the American Philosophical Society last spring, you may have seen a giant white [...]

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