Upcoming event to get your Arduino on. Great place to learn for the July
meeting doing show and tell with this stuff. :)
-Sean
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Subject: Arduino! You are invited to a workshop, all levels - Geek Art
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 12:45:47 -0400
From: Sophi Kravitz <[email protected]>
To: Sophi Kravitz <[email protected]>
*Hello all!*
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*This is an invitation to a Geek-Art programming workshop. You may be
wondering why I've included you on this. *
I probably think you are SMART,CREATIVEand should *KNOW ABOUT THIS EVENT*.
*You may ALSOknow people who fit that description ;) so you should
immediately forward this to your art and tech groups.*
*There is a Facebook event that is posted by slashRoot as well, so you
can invite people that way too.*
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*If you want to get off this list, just say so.*
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*Arduino <http://www.arduino.cc/> Workshop will be held at slashRoot
<http://slashrootcafe.com/> @ 60 Main Street, New Paltz *
*Friday, June 15th at 7pm - ?*
*Workshop will be led by Sean Swehla from Squidwrench Hackerspace
<http://squidwrench.org/>*
*Donations will be happily accepted / **Bring snacks and so will I*
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*So the Big Question is : What is an Arduino?*
*It's a device that you can hook up to sensors and LEDs and program it
to talk to the world. *
*Read this: *http://arduino.cc/hu/Guide/Introduction
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*Make stuff blink!*
*Make cool art that does stuff!*
*Make your clothes heat up!*
*Water your garden automagically!*
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*Bring an Arduino and your laptop, we'll help you get an LED blinking
pretty darn quick. *
*You can come to the workshop just to check it out too.*
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*The programming environment is open-source and free, you can buy an
Arduino for about $30*
*http://www.adafruit.com/products/50*
*Questions? Want to help people get their system going at the workshop?
**EMAIL ME! <mailto:[email protected]>*
*Got a suggestion for topics & speakers for future events? **EMAIL ME!
<mailto:[email protected]> *
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*Hope to see you there-*
*Sophi Kravitz*
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