Monthly Archives: July 2012

Hacking the Gender Gap part II & III

By Georgia | Published: July 16, 2012

Back in April we created a Hacking the Gender Gap workshop at the Women in Tech Summit. By “gender gap” we mean the different levels of men and women in science and tech fields.  For the workshop, we start by sharing some research on the gender gap including when it arises age-wise, why it arises, and [...]

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Support NeuroDreamer Kickstarter

By Georgia | Published: July 14, 2012

We are in NY at the HOPE conference this weekend, taking in talks by amazing speakers and spreading the word about The Hacktory. Just wanted to give a plug for this kickstarter for a really awesome project designed by Mitch Altman, one of the founders of the hackerspace movement in the states. The NeuroDreamer is [...]

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Hack Manhattan’s MANIC display

By sarahguck | Published: July 8, 2012

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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Soldering Class Tomorrow!

By Steph | Published: July 6, 2012

Just a reminder that if you’re looking for a fun and friendly introduction to the art of soldering, tomorrow we have a great opportunity to dig in.  Inventor and teacher Mitch Altman will lead an intro to soldering class tomorrow at our space at 1524 Brandywine Street, just off the Spring Garden stop on the [...]

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Open Hack 2012-07-02

By bergey | Published: July 4, 2012

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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Why Sensors are Super Cool

By Georgia | Published: July 2, 2012

Here’s some info from Christalee and Daniel, who are teaching the Intro to Sensors Class in a few weeks. They wanted to explain a bit about why they think sensors are super cool, and why you should consider attending! Sensors take input from the environment, to make your device interact with users on the spot [...]

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