<div dir="ltr">Hey all,<div><br></div><div>I just looked, the Tuesday night workshop at the Forge in Cary has room, we could just all sign up and make it ours! </div><div><br></div><div>Who wants to make a cool cross-over from real world to virtual to real world in the world of rube goldberg. </div><div><br></div><div>An arduino, a pi with some gpio, a couple of large monitors with virtual rube goldberg happening that was triggered by the real world. if we really use gpio with inputs, we could come in and out of virtual world several times. it could be really amazing to watch.</div><div><br></div><div>Or we could go old school mechanical, if that's more the rube goldberg way...</div><div><br></div><div>Anyone in?</div><div><br></div><div>Rob.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Glen Smith via TriEmbed <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:triembed@triembed.org" target="_blank">triembed@triembed.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The Forge Downtown is creating a community event and we are hoping to get some adult teams that can really inspire people with some more complex mechanisms - either mechanical or electronic. Raspberry Pi, and/or Arduino controlled contraptions are encouraged! Check out the release below and please consider signing up. <div><br></div><div>Glen <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: The Forge Initiative <<a href="mailto:connections@theforgeinitiative.org" target="_blank">connections@theforgeinitiative.org</a>><br>Date: Thu, Apr 28, 2016, 9:11 AM<br>Subject: The Inaugural Community Chain Reaction! May 15th<br>To: <<a href="mailto:mrglenasmith@gmail.com" target="_blank">mrglenasmith@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div><u></u>
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Kay Yow Gym </span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;margin:10px 0;padding:0;line-height:150%">Questions? <br>
Check out the website: <a href="http://theforgeinitiative.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9474991d7bd59ca3da1595b4d&id=0c86a981b4&e=f04ceafbbe" style="color:#007fff;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"> http://theforgedowntown.org/ccr</a><br>
Email us at: <a href="mailto:ccr@theforgeinitiative.org" target="_blank">ccr@theforgeinitiative.org</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="color:#f2f2f2;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;margin:10px 0;padding:0;line-height:150%">We’ll be hosting several classes and workshops this summer. You can get a current list of classes and workshops on our website at: <a href="http://theforgeinitiative.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9474991d7bd59ca3da1595b4d&id=1b5b852dc5&e=f04ceafbbe" style="color:#007fff;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://theforgedowntown.org/classes</a><br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="color:#f2f2f2;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;margin:10px 0;padding:0;line-height:150%"><a href="http://theforgeinitiative.us3.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9474991d7bd59ca3da1595b4d&id=c49e66d115&e=f04ceafbbe" style="color:#007fff;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Explore Chain Reactions!</a> May 1, May 3 and May 7</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="color:#f2f2f2;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;margin:10px 0;padding:0;line-height:150%"><a href="http://theforgeinitiative.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9474991d7bd59ca3da1595b4d&id=cdc451fb4e&e=f04ceafbbe" style="color:#007fff;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">3D Printing: Let’s Print! </a> May 23 and June 10</p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="color:#f2f2f2;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;margin:10px 0;padding:0;line-height:150%"><a href="http://theforgeinitiative.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9474991d7bd59ca3da1595b4d&id=bf1acdf9f4&e=f04ceafbbe" style="color:#007fff;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Custom Computer Build</a> June 20/21</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="color:#f2f2f2;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;margin:10px 0;padding:0;line-height:150%">More are in the pipeline so keep checking the site to see when things come up! Or if you have a workshop you'd like to share, contact us!<br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="color:#f2f2f2;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;margin:10px 0;padding:0;line-height:150%">For the 4th year in a row, The Forge Downtown will be running an <strong>Intro Robotics Camp</strong> in June and an <strong>Advanced Robotics Camp</strong> in August through the Town of Cary. </p>
Intro Robotics June 13-17<br>
Advanced Robotics August 8-12<br>
For both classes, sign up through the Town of Cary’s website: <a href="http://theforgeinitiative.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9474991d7bd59ca3da1595b4d&id=c164e9649d&e=f04ceafbbe" style="color:#007fff;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://classweb.townofcary.org/eConnect/Start/start.asp</a>
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<p dir="ltr" style="color:#f2f2f2;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;margin:10px 0;padding:0;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Join The Forge Initiative as we partner with the Museum of Life & Science for a </strong></span><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>Tinker Tech Family Workshop on 3D Printing </strong></span></p>
<strong>When </strong>Sat, April 30, 10:30am – 12:00pm<br>
<strong>Where </strong>Museum of Life and Science, 433 W Murray Ave, Durham, NC <br>
Sign up on their website at: <br>
<a href="http://theforgeinitiative.us3.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9474991d7bd59ca3da1595b4d&id=225df24781&e=f04ceafbbe" style="color:#007fff;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="line-height:1.6">http://www.lifeandscience.org/calendar/entry/tinker-416/instance/4-30-2016</span></a>
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<span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Our students will also be providing the Tuesday morning programming for the </strong></span><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>Town of Cary's weekly Space Camps</strong></span><span style="font-size:14px"><strong> from June through August</strong></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="color:#f2f2f2;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;margin:10px 0;padding:0;line-height:150%">Where: Middle Creek Community Center, 123 Middle Creek Park Ave, Apex, NC </p>
<p dir="ltr" style="color:#f2f2f2;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;margin:10px 0;padding:0;line-height:150%">Sign up for the camp with the Town of Cary:<br>
<a href="http://theforgeinitiative.us3.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9474991d7bd59ca3da1595b4d&id=1d046d483d&e=f04ceafbbe" style="color:#007fff;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://classweb.townofcary.org/eConnect/Start/start.asp</a></p>
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The Forge Downtown's calendar can be found at:<br>
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