Upcoming: Arduino workshop hosted by Foulab, August 13th

By Heri Aug 12th 2009 in Development, Events

Foulab, Montreal’s own hacker space, is holding an Arduino Jam this upcoming Thursday evening, starting from 7.00pm. It’s an open event is targeted at those who wants to learn about Arduino, and try their hand on the open source microcontroller hardware.

I recommend the event for those who are interested in hardware hacking, for instance to mix real physical events. You can think for instance about innovative interfaces, such as this bakery in London which alerts customers on Twitter, about fresh bread, through a specially designed knob. It’s also easy to think about software services which would offer an Arduino-enabled physical interface.

Photo Credit: Arduino Synthetizer, by Collin Mel

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