[dorkbotsea-blabber] November Dorkbot: Kit Night

[Josh Kopel]

If you are interested in kit night, but have not yet bought your kit 
please do so today!
We really need some time to get everything ordered and shipped.

Thanks!

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WHAT:            November 2008 Dorkbot: Kit Night (and Tools Fundraiser)

WHEN:             Weds, November 5th, 7:00pm - 10:00pm

WHERE:           911 Media, 402 9th Ave N.

                           http://www.911media.org/

ADMISSION:    30$ for kit and tools.  (deadline for ticket purchase is 
Oct 20th)

                        Purchase tickets here: 
 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/46619

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Josh Kopel and Eric McNeil will be leading us in a kit workshop!

Learn a bit about soldering and constructing circuit boards, burn your 
fingers, and end up with a cool new toy to take home, while at the same 
time benefiting our hosts and friends at 911 Media Arts Center.  Your 
ticket purchase gets you kit materials with a little extra thrown in for 
us to buy soldering irons etc. for 911 Media Arts Center workshop classes.

We have identified three great kits to build:

1. The infamous TV-B-Gone
This is a fairly complex kit, but it comes with a high quality printed 
circuit board and all the parts needed to turn off any modern TV from up 
to 150 feet!  If you choose this one MAKE SURE to bring 2 AA batteries 
to power your kit.

2. BEAM Robot
BEAM is an acronym standing for Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics, 
Mechanics and represents a very simple approach to building low power 
robots with almost biological properties. These aren't kits, as much as 
they are an inexpensive bag of components so you can build yourself a 
small robot (instructions included). This kit requires some manual 
construction, and is not recommended for absolute beginners, but don't 
let that stop you! This one is solar powered so no batteries are required.

3.  The Solar Powered Theremin
This is another battery free solar powered marvel.  Use free energy from 
the sun to produce lovely music, or at the last some fun sounding 
warbles. This is the simplest choice and is best for beginners.  The kit 
is designed to fit in an "industry standard" mint tin which is not 
included, so if you want an enclosure you will need to bring your own.

Kit Night tickets are $30.00 each which gets you the kit of your choice, 
and the warm feeling of helping out a great organization.

Dorkbot will be able supply some tools and solder, but if you have a 
soldering iron or tool kit of your own please bring it along to make 
sure there are enough to go around.

Purchase tickets here:  http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/46619

We'll be ordering the kits online so please purchase tickets by Oct 20th.

As always, special thanks to our hosts at 911 Media Art Center!!  if you 
have any questions about the workshop please email joshkopel at yahoo.com 
<mailto:joshkopel at yahoo.com>
or Shelly at shellyhivemind at gmail.com <mailto:shellyhivemind at gmail.com>.

Your Friendly Dorkbot Overlords


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josh kopel

joshkopel at yahoo.com

twitter / jkopel <http://twitter.com/jkopel>

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