::fibreculture:: Fwd: This Saturday 'opening up the hood' - e-waste/electronics workshop

[Melinda Rackham]

hello all,

Miss Despoinas Hackspace Hobart is for people interested the worlds of:
Tech skills share | collaborative learning | craft knowledge | smart  
crafting | computer security | social engineering | fashion technology  
| hardware hacking | theory & philosophy
and... racy - craft - tech - linux - hack - geek - lab - free software  
- electronic sculpture - homebrewed - computing & electronics -  
emergent design - haecksen - rogue internet despots - linux chix - GCA  
- vaudville - mesmerism.

more info at http://sistero.org/mdhhh/

join at http://genderchangers.org/mailman/listinfo/mdhhh

Next work shop info below...
its worth a tiger flight to hobart :)
cheerio
Melinda Rackham
melinda at subtle.net

>
> Miss Despoina’s Hackspace Hobart - http://sistero.org/mdhhh/
> presents our 2nd workshop 2010 - 17 April.
> Saturday 10:00 - 16:00 @ Moonah Arts Centre 65 Hopkins St, Moonah  
> TAS 7009
> More info @
> http://www.sistero.org/mdhhh/index.php?/project/e-waste-hardware---opening-up-the-hood/
>
> Most of us work with computers one way or another processing  
> programmes
> and surfing the net, but how often does someone not familiar with
> computers look inside the case and touch things?
>
> After we pull apart the old computer hardware and name it, what then?
>
> This workshop is about making accessories with old computer  
> electronics,
> mobile phones, tape recorders, even kitchen appliances.
>
> Transform these old favourites into trinkets, wearables and all the  
> while
> learn about computer or machine hardware. And learn basic soldering
> techniques too!
>
> Hardware is a mystery, may seem difficult but is actually a lot of  
> fun.
> While involved in hand-on demolition and reconstruction learn about
> masters and slaves, the difference between memory and storage and the
> components of your computer.
>
> Workshop involves:
> Opening the guts (taking stuff apart naming it)
> Fishing for components (choosing trinkets)
> Making a wearable, (and even functioning), accessory
>
>
> Things to bring:
>
> An object to dismantle (and re-incarnate)
>
> A piece of clothing to modify (optional)
>
> Tools eg drills, screwdrivers, pliers (some will be provided)
> Want to know more?
>
> Want to be involved?
>
> http://sistero.org/mdhhh/
>
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