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Anyone can learn to solder! Even if you have never made anything in your life, you can learn this very useful and enjoyable skill. It really is fun! Appropriate for kids of all ages! | Anyone can learn to solder! Even if you have never made anything in your life, you can learn this very useful and enjoyable skill. It really is fun! Appropriate for kids of all ages! | ||
This workshop is produced by the [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wau-Holland-Foundation/187818557913238 Wau Holland Foundation] and hosted by [https://www.facebook.com/werkstattberlin ThoughtWorks Werkstatt Berlin] | ''This workshop is produced by the [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wau-Holland-Foundation/187818557913238 Wau Holland Foundation] and hosted by [https://www.facebook.com/werkstattberlin ThoughtWorks Werkstatt Berlin] | ||
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[[File:KidsSolderingOHM.jpg|thumb|center|Happy hardware hackers learning to solder]] | [[File:KidsSolderingOHM.jpg|thumb|center|Happy hardware hackers learning to solder]] | ||
;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Altman Mitch Altman] will bring[https://www.adafruit.com/products/73 TV-B-Gone kits] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6KC9AfGtYA Trippy RGB Waves kits]<br> | ;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Altman Mitch Altman] will bring[https://www.adafruit.com/products/73 TV-B-Gone kits] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6KC9AfGtYA Trippy RGB Waves kits]<br> | ||
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* '''''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6KC9AfGtYA Trippy RGB Waves]''''' (interactive multi-colored blinky lights!) | * '''''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6KC9AfGtYA Trippy RGB Waves]''''' (interactive multi-colored blinky lights!) | ||
[[File:TVBGoneKitFromAdafruitIndustries302.jpg|thumb|left|TV-B-Gone kit -- turn off TVs in public places!]] | [[File:TVBGoneKitFromAdafruitIndustries302.jpg|thumb|left|TV-B-Gone kit -- turn off TVs in public places!]] | ||
[[File:TrippyRGBwaves.png|thumb| | [[File:TrippyRGBwaves.png|thumb|center|Trippy RGB Waves kit -- make waves of colors!]]<br> | ||
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More info on these projects is available at: | More info on these projects is available at: | ||
* [http://www.CornfieldElectronics.com Cornfield Electronics (click on the "projects" tab)] | * [http://www.CornfieldElectronics.com Cornfield Electronics (click on the "projects" tab)] | ||
* [http://www.adafruit.com/ Adafruit] | * [http://www.adafruit.com/ Adafruit] |
Revision as of 04:00, 1 June 2014
Learn to solder!
Anyone can learn to solder! Even if you have never made anything in your life, you can learn this very useful and enjoyable skill. It really is fun! Appropriate for kids of all ages!
This workshop is produced by the Wau Holland Foundation and hosted by ThoughtWorks Werkstatt Berlin
- Mitch Altman will bringTV-B-Gone kits and Trippy RGB Waves kits
- and teach you to make these cool, practical, intriguing, hackable projects that you can bring home after you make it
- -- designed for total beginners to complete successfully
- -- and intriguing enough for the total hardware geek.
Mitch has taught tens of thousands of people how to solder all around the world -- He can teach you, too!
What/When/Where
- What
- A place for kids of all ages to get together to learn to solder cool stuff!
- You can easily learn all of the skills you need in a short time.
- Make a project, and take it home with you!
- When
- Tuesday, 3-June, 17:00 - 20:00 (5:00pm - 8:00pm)
- Where
- ThoughtWorks Werkstatt Berlin, Mülhauserstr. 6. Hofgebäude 1. OG, 10405 Berlin, Germany -- map
- Who
- You! All ages, all skill levels
- -- It is fun to make things in the friendly community of the ThoughtWorks Werkstatt Berlin.
- Come join us. Everyone is welcome.
- Cost
- Instruction is free!
- We ask that people pay only for the cost of the parts used
- -- kit prices:
- -------- Trippy RGB Waves kits: one for €10, two for €15
- -------- TV-B-Gone kits: €15
Plenty of cool kits are available to make, including:
- TV-B-Gone (turn off TVs in public places -- up to 50 meters!)
- Trippy RGB Waves (interactive multi-colored blinky lights!)
More info on these projects is available at: