Wednesday, June 24
7:00 - 8:30 PM
AS220 Labs
115 Empire St., 2nd floor

Come down to AS220 Labs and join the Pd club for it's first meeting!

Pd (Pure Data) is a graphical programming language and open source project with a large and growing user base. Pd is widely used by artists to create interactive computer music and multimedia works, and to some extent is interoperable with its commercial cousin Max/MSP.

The Pd club will be a periodic, informal gathering (a "patching circle") where Providence-area "patchers" can work together, exchange ideas, trouble-shoot, and learn from one-another. The club is open to all, from beginners to experts. Artists, students, teachers, programmers, hobbyists, and the "just-curious" are welcome. The only requirements are that you like a challenge and have a laptop.

On the agenda for the first meeting will be an introduction to Pd by Shawn Greenlee. Shawn will cover the basics of patching, working with sound, and handling communication with Arduino boards and MIDI devices.

Before the meeting adjourns, we'll get beginners up and running and determine the summer schedule for meetings.

What to bring: your laptop with Pd-extended installed. Pd-extended is available (for free) at http://puredata.info/downloads

More about Pd from the Pure Data portal.

By popular demand, an introductory-level class based on the Arduino microcontroller system will return to the Labs on Tueasdays beginning June 23rd. This is a thorough introduction to this open source development platform for creating your own interactive object(s). No previous programming or electronics experience necessary.

4 weeks, Tuesdays in June
June 23rd, 30th, July 7th, July 14th
Instructor: John Duksta Workshop cost: $100 + $100 materials fee = $200
Materials fee includes an Arduino and all components needed for the class. In the AS220 Labs space, 2nd floor, 115 Empire Street, Providence

Sign up here!

It's official. This past weekend we hosted Zack Hoeken of Makerbot Industries and NYC Resistor and built a Makerbot with the help of about a dozen workshop-goers over the two days. Reprappers Bruce and Nick Wattendorf arranged the whole event; Nick is shown in the photo above, working on the Makerbot with Zack. The Makerbot we built is #48 in the lineage of Makerbots.

Thank you to everyone who bought raffle tickets! We sold a total of 107 tickets, and received a $100 match from board member Brian Jepson (thanks Brian!). The raffle closed at midnight last night, at which point Arley-Rose pulled a name from the glass jar. Drumroll please... and the winner is...

Rebecca Stern of Tempe Arizona.

Congratulations Rebecca!

Check here for a full list of everyone who bought tickets and threw their names in the hat. The current batch of Makerbot kits is sold out, but we will be trying to get an order for the AS220 Labs bot in the July batch.

Take a chance on winning this homebrew CNC (Computer Numerically Controlled) three dimensional printer! The Cupcake CNC is truly the cutest rapid prototyping machine ever. This piece of equipment will be the one built from a kit at the 3D printing Summit on June12-14th at AS220.

We'll even give you a training and some plastic to start with. The winner will be selected on June 14th, 2009.

Our goal is to raise enough money to buy a second Cupcake kit that can live at AS220 Labs. The maximum number of tickets sold will be 150. Oh, and we'll ship anywhere in North America.

Buy a ticket at the AS220 Shop.

Bruce Wattendorf is organizing AS220's first 3D Printing Summit featuring Makerbot and RepRap demos and howtos. It will be held at AS220, 115 Empire Street, Providence RI on June 12, 13, and 14.

The team will be building a MakerBot, a DIY open source 3D printer. The build will be organized as a series of sessions, so you can help AS220 build a MakerBot and learn about electronics, 3D printing, and the design of the bot. The meeting will kick off Friday night, June 12 at AS220 Labs (2nd floor) from 7-8:30pm to come up with a schedule for the weekend.

Sessions will from 10am to 2pm Saturday and Sunday and will be held in the Performance Space.

There is no charge for these sessions, but you can help AS220 by entering in a raffle
to win a MakerBot of your own. Details in the AS220 Shop.

For more information about the specific 3D printing platforms, visit:

http://makerbot.com
http://reprap.org

For more info contact Bruce at bwattendorf@gmail.com or 401-339-5625.