Re: [ajug-iot] Book club style engineering/hack club

What part of town?

Kevin Petteys

> On Dec 22, 2015, at 1:17 AM, Phillip Harbison <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Summers wrote:
>> My roommates have a monthly book club. They read a book and then
>> get together to have snacks and discuss it. I was wondering if
>> people would be interested in doing something similar except with
>> technology/hacking.
>> 
>> The idea would be is we have a monthly topic we can work with.
>> The topic could be anything from stupid FPGA tricks (hardware,
>> low level, etc), node.js tricks (something purely software),
>> drones (cheap toys), etc. At the end of the month we get together,
>> show off some cool things we did, discuss the technology, have
>> some snacks, and then start over for the next month.
>> 
>> Anyone interested?
> 
> I'm interested. I have been accumulating Arduino and Raspberry Pi
> starter kits. I could do a presentation on these to give people an
> idea of how to get started tinkering on a budget. I can also bring
> along test equipment such as meters, an oscilloscope, and an old
> logic analyzer in case anyone needs help debugging their work.
> 
> As for toys, I recently ordered some spider-like remote controlled
> robots for terrorizing my cats. One shoots foam darts and the other
> shoots foam discs. One of the Arduino kits mentioned above is also
> a 4-wheel drive vehicle. Should be fun.
> 
> -- 
> Phil Harbison
> 
> 
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