Past events tagged "tinkering"
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Jan. 18, 2020 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Given that the smallest computer available in the 1960s had a price tag of $18,000 ($140,000 in today's dollars), required a small cargo van to move, and had RAM measured in 12-bit word lengths, how did people code and game at home in the Age of Aquarius? The answer is that they used mechanical...
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Jan. 04, 2020 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Before the invention of the electric motors, software and computers that power today's toys and robots, there was the age of mechanics where motion was driven by cranks and gears. Coding was done with cams and followers, and simple machines created surprisingly complex engines mirroring the...
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Repeats every 3 weeks every Tuesday until Sun Sep 30 2018.
Sep. 04, 2018 - 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, Sep. 25, 2018 - 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm Playful hacking can be a great way to learn how technologies work. Using spare parts, exciting kits, and team collaboration, fire up your imagination and see what you can make.
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Sep. 04, 2018 - 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, Sep. 25, 2018 - 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Playful hacking can be a great way to learn how technologies work. Using spare parts, exciting kits, and team collaboration, fire up your imagination and see what you can make.
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Sep. 24, 2015 - 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Join us in The Studio for a variety of tinkering-themed projects, from dissecting an old computer, to hacking broken games for parts, to making our own tech toys. Appropriate for students in grades 6-12.