Difference between revisions of "Eat-n-Educate"

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What?

The same idea as a Lunch-n-Learn except at dinner time. These are ~1hr learning sessions about random topics. Bring a dinner, and an appetite for learning something random. Please look in the session description for any prerequisites that may be needed for interactive sessions.

Calendar

• September 24, 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - 3D printing errata with ctag
• October 22, 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - TMK Keyboard Firmware with Nathan

Yet to be scheduled

•  ?? , 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - Lighting Talk / Show & Tell with YOU!
•  ?? , 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - Intro to Wiki Markdown with Benjamin
•  ?? , 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - DTMF over MURS (or citizenband) with ctag (aka is this even legal?)
  • ctag already has a draft powerpoint for this talk, since it was a class final project.

Upcoming Sessions

Identifying Recasting and Mold making with Lowell

• August 27, 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - Identifying Recasting and Mold making with Lowell

A thermoplastic by any other name with ctag

• September 24, 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - A thermoplastic by any other name with ctag (topic: FDM 3D printing errata)

Completed Sessions

• August 27, 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - Identifying Recasting and Mold making with Lowell

Learn you some buspirate with mog

• August 13, 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - Learn you some buspirate with mog

Lighting Talk / Show & Tell with YOU!

• July 30 , 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - Lighting Talk / Show & Tell with YOU!
• Kirstin is talking about the trials and tribulations of being a lab tech
• Sam is talking about resistance to the Nazi party from within Germany
• Hunter is talking about the shop infrastructure
• David is talking about composites
• Tim is talking about his latest web-app/api project.
• Preaux will be talking about kitchen knife skills

Intro to Haskell with Shapr

• You will need to create an account on the FPComplete site https://www.fpcomplete.com/ as this introduction will be using their Web based IDE.
• July 16 , 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - Intro to Haskell with Shapr

Design a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) with KiCAD

• June 18 , 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - Design a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) with KiCAD

Intro to SketchUp with thematthewknot

• June 4 , 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - Intro to SketchUp with thematthewknot

thematthewknot is going to go over basic use and tip for using sketchup for 3D modeling.

• Have SketchUp installed on your computer before hand.
• Bring a mouse as touch pads are difficult to use with this application.

RTL-SDR with Mog

Mog is going to learn us some Software Defined Radios using DVB-T dongles!

• May 21 , 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - Intro to RTL-SDR with Mog
• Recommended Hardware - http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00SXZDUAQ
• Recommended Software - Gnuradio Companion and gqrx

Intro to Tasker(Android App) with Tyler

• April 9, 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - Intro to Tasker(Android App) with Tyler (link)

Intro to Python with Shapr

Shapr is going to learn us some Python!

• April 23, 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - Intro to Python with Shapr
• Intended Audience - Some previous programming experience, a single college class is fine.
• Recommended Software - Linux environment (Raspberry Pi, Native Linux install, VM on Windows)
• Recommended Hardware - Laptop with wifi, or Raspberry Pi with screen and keyboard and mouse.

Intro to OpenSCAD with Phil

Phil is going to learn us some OpenSCAD

• May 7, 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30: Eat-n-Educate - Intro to OpenSCAD with Phil
• Please install OpenSCAD http://www.openscad.org/