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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]


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; Where:  [https://goo.gl/maps/kVHFT ThoughtWorks Werkstatt Berlin, Mülhauserstr. 6. Hofgebäude 1. OG, 10405 Berlin, Germany]<br>
; Where:  [https://goo.gl/maps/kVHFT ThoughtWorks Werkstatt Berlin, Mülhauserstr. 6. Hofgebäude 1. OG, 10405 Berlin, Germany]<br>
; Who:  You!  All ages, all skill levels
; Who:  You!  All ages, all skill levels
: -- It is fun to make things in the friendly community of the [http://www.facebook.com/werkstattberlin ThoughtWorks Werkstatt Berlin].
: -- It is fun to make things in the friendly community of the [https://www.facebook.com/werkstattberlin ThoughtWorks Werkstatt Berlin].
: ''Come join us.  Everyone is welcome.''
: ''Come join us.  Everyone is welcome.''
; Cost:  Instruction is free!  We ask that people pay only for the cost of the parts used
; Cost:  Instruction is free!  We ask that people pay only for the cost of the parts used
: -- kit prices range from €10 to €20.
: -- kit prices:
: -------- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6KC9AfGtYA Trippy RGB Waves kits]: one for €10, two for €15
: -------- [https://www.adafruit.com/products/73 TV-B-Gone kits]: €15


Plenty of '''cool kits''' are available to make, including:
Plenty of '''cool kits''' are available to make, including:

Revision as of 03:30, 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

Happy hardware hackers learning to solder

Mitch Altman will bring TV-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

Anyone can learning to solder
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
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!)
  • Brain Machine (Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!)
  • LOL Shield (Lots Of LEDs!)
  • Trippy RGB Waves (interactive blinky lights!)
  • LEDcube (animated 3D cube!)
  • Drawdio (make music as you draw!)
  • Hello My Name Is... badge (Geeky, blinky version!)
  • Arduino clones (make just about anything with your Diavolino!)
  • microcontroller programmers (program all your AVR family chips!)
  • And more.

More info on these projects is available at: