If you didn’t have plans this Saturday, now you do. The Hacktory and the Prometheus Radio Project are offering a bilingual (English/Spanish) workshop to build your own radio transmitter, and Azavea is hosting an intro to Python for women and their friends.
At The Hacktory, staff and volunteers from the Prometheus Radio Project will be teaching a workshop on how to build a small radio transmitter that can reach across a room. It’s an easy way to get music or speech across a short expanse wirelessly and it’s a great intro to basic electronics and soldering. Here’s an interview that Tek Lado did with the instructors.
If that’s not your bag, you might like to try your hand at basic coding in Python, described as “incredibly intuitive.” Python tends to be known as a simple but very accurate language that’s great for prototyping because you can build things quickly, though plenty of projects are written only in Python. This is organized by Dana Bauer, a GIS analyst at Azavea which makes some incredibly cool software. Spang, a coder, cyclist and friend from Boston is coming down to help teach! There are a couple slots left for learners and teachers, so sign up soon. Free pizza!