Saturday, February 5, from 1-4 PM
Make a primitive guitar out of scrap wood, wind your own guitar pickup, plug into an amp and rock out!
Sign up on EventBrite here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1165354607
Start Date: this Saturday, Jan 29, 2011
Hours: 12:30PM-6PM
Cost: Free / Venue: Eyebeam
540 W. 21st Street, (between 10th and 11th Avenues)
New York, NY 10011
Tel. 212.937.6580 Fax: 212.937.6582
http://eyebeam.org/events/guardian-project-hack-session
Come learn about mobile privacy, test our software and hack your
Android-powered phones, players, readers and tablets. The Guardian
Project (https://guardianproject.info) aims to create easy to use apps,
open-source firmware MODs, and customized, commercial mobile phones that
can be used and deployed around the world, by any person looking to
protect their communications from unjust intrusion. We will be working
on and testing apps from Guardian and other developers that provide
features for increased privacy, anonymity and security on mobile networks.
The workshop will specifically cover the following topics:
– How to browse the web anonymously and circumvent filtering and
firewalls using Orbot (Tor for Android) and Firefox Mobile
– Tweeting over Orbot using transparent proxying (iptables magic!)
– Secure your SMS and mobile IM conversations using “Off the Record”
messaging
– Make end-to-end encrypted voice calls using CSipSimple and Freeswitch
– Learn about the state of and “how to” on rooting Android devices, and
building and booting your own firmware
This event is being hosted at Eyebeam by Hans-Christoph Steiner as part
of his X-Lab Residency. Attendance is free – email stephanie [at]
eyebeam [dot] org to RSVP.
Do you like making funny noises? I do, and every February I try to make a new handmade musical instrument or noisemaker every day of the month. To celebrate 2011’s noisy noises, I’m hosting classes every Saturday in February.
Electric Junk Guitar – Saturday, February 5, from 1-4 PM
Make a primitive guitar out of scrap wood, wind your own guitar pickup, plug into an amp and rock out!
Laser Whistles – Saturday, February 12, from 1-4 PM
Learn how to use the laser cutter by making wooden whistles, recorders, or ocarinas.
Fun with Sensors – Saturday, February 19, from 1-3 PM
Assemble vibration, light, and magnetic sensors and use them to pick up hidden sounds from the environment and to hear objects and musical instruments in a new way.
Handmade Electronic Noise – Saturday, February 26, from 1-4 PM
Make simple synthesizers and sequencers from dirt-cheap integrated circuits.
Click on any of the class links for more information or to sign up. (As an extra incentive, if you attend three or more of these classes, I’ll sneak you in for free to any one future class I personally teach at NYC Resistor in 2011.)
Junk guitar video from NPR’s Science Friday
Frznmargarita
Frznmargarita is our house computer, it watches for people and tells us what the temperature in the space is over IRC. The ARM based Bug Labs device runs Poky Linux and sits on the LAN. I’ve used it as an SSH proxy, and a shell for running my IRC client. It’s about as versatile as any shell server you might have lying around in a datacenter or attached to a desirable subnet. Frznmargarita is fairly small, even by mini-ITX standards, and consumes very little power. With a healthy microSD card, you’ve got an enormous, yet small and unobtrusive world to stow data, serve up web pages, or even interact with the environment. With that in mind, I set out to add a new service: Wiki.
Inspired in part by Aram Bartholl’s Dead Drops project involving USB keys in public spaces, the idea of a tiny, self-contained library of files and knowledge seemed a good fit, although Frznmargarita is not “off-the-grid,” and evolutionary step might involve wrapping a similar ARM system in an outdoor weatherproof enclosure, strapping on a solar panel, and configuring it as a wireless access point – off-grid – to become an “interactive dead drop” where others can get an interactive experience, such as a replicated copy of Wikipedia, or a location-specific Wiki. Perhaps the romantic notion of an old school Multi-User Dungeon (MUD) or community BBS that can only be accessed by visitors to the neighborhood or park where the device is located.
In the meantime, feel free to take a look at our modest, and fragile, little Wiki on a Wall – it’s a proof of concept, so treat it with kid gloves, please. 🙂
Have you ever envied those beautiful green PCBs that all modern electronics have? Do you want to kick up the professionalism in your projects with a real PCB? Would you like to simply learn how to better document your circuits with a nicely done schematic?
Come take the pcb design class which will teach you how to use this awesome, free EAGLE pcb design program. You’ll learn how to draw schematics, find the right footprint, lay out a circuit board, route the circuit board, and finally prepare the board for production (including successful testing methods). We’ll even show you where you can go to have your boards made for fairly cheap.
This class will be taught by NYC Resistor member Rapael Abrams.
Sign up for this class at EventBrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1203456571
This is your friendly introductory class to soldering and micro-controllers. In this three-hour class we will:
When you leave, you’ll have a micro-controller, a mini-USB cable, a power supply and a few programs to play with.
Please bring a laptop with the Arduino environment on it. It’s available at http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software.
The class will be taught by NYC Resistor members Mimi Hui and Jon Santiago.
Sign up for this class at EventBrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1217998065
Learn how to brew your own beer at home!
We’ll teach you all the basics to get you up and running while brewing a batch of beer. You’ll learn about extract brewing, malts, grains, yeasts and how to avoid or troubleshoot the most common problems. All reference materials will be provided as well as a home brew sample for tasting! We’ll have starter kits available for purchase.
Beginners welcome!
Taught by Douglas and John.
Sign up for this class at EventBrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1133296721
Debian-NYC would like to invite you to our next Novice Night.
Novice Nights are Debian-NYC’s meetings for everyone. If you would
like to install Debian, come on by. If you would like help with
configuring or making Debian do what you need, we can do that too. If
you want to hang out with Debianistas to pick up tips and tricks, come
on by. We can also provide some help with other derivatives of Debian,
such as Ubuntu.
Novice Nights are free-form: bring your questions, and you’ll be able
to talk to people to answer them. There isn’t a set structure here or
presentation, so you can come and go as you would like. There may be
mini-presentations throughout the night. We will be able to help with
new installations or fixing/configuring existing ones. We can make
installation CDs or USB drives. You should bring your computers you
would like help on (and your friends!).
We welcome groups. If you have a group attending, feel free to contact
us in advance so that we can prepare something for you. If you have
questions, please direct them to Richard Darst
Where and When: Eyebeam, Tuesday, January 18th, 2011. Come and go as
you like between 6pm and 10pm.
Getting there: See Eyebeam directions. Eyebeam is on the west side of
Manhattan, in Chelsea. (540 W. 21st Street, (between 10th and 11th
Avenues) New York, NY 10011) A/C/E/1/2/3/L trains are the closest, and
Eyebeam is right next the Hudson River Greenway.
Contact: IRC on #debian-nyc on irc.debian.org ; [email protected] ;
or Richard Darst (rkd at zgib dot net).
WHEN: January 13th, 6pm-9pm “Craft Night*”
WHERE: NYC RESISTOR
(*Craft Night will be open for general hacking/crafting as per usual, the special event takes place in our large room.)
Come to NYC Resistor on the 13th when author and engineer Dustyn Roberts will donate a copy of her new book, Making Things Move, to the members of NYC Resistor. She’ll tell us what it’s all about, and bring all your mechanical questions for a Q&A session!
Come learn how to create a rapid prototype of your designs with our 35watt laser at NYC Resistor!
We’ll cover the basics of how to use the Epilog CO2 laser for cutting and etching.
Our laser can etch glass, cut wood and acrylic, and mark many metals such as your aluminum laptop. The laser can cut and etch lots more stuff too.
We’ll also cover the basics of using a vector based program, such as Inkscape, Illustrator, and Corel Draw to plan your cutting and etching.
Please bring a laptop and a USB jump drive with you.
You can register for this class on EventBrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1175490925