Update! New class added at new time! Sign up here!!! I am also going to be teaching this class in the new year!

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On Saturday, November 22nd, you can harness the power of an Eplilog 35 Watt Laser! In this class you’ll learn everything you need to know to make the ideas in your head become a reality with a laser.

In this two hour class, we’ll walk through all the steps from idea to pressing the “go” button on the laser. We’ll cover safety and basic design skills in Inkscape, the open source vector editor and you’ll learn how to do a burninate test to find out if something is laserable.

After learning the basics, each student will create their own design and lasercut it on the laser! A $10 lab fee is included in the ticket price and covers 12″ x 12″ of 1/8″ acrylic and time on the laser cutter to cut and etch it. Bring a laptop if you’ve got one and design ideas for your own holiday decorations.

Because this class starts insanely early (10AM) I will also be providing bagels and cream cheese. Give me a heads up if you are a vegan and I’ll make sure to have some jam or tofu cream cheese!

I’m creating a video a day for every weekday in November and I kicked it off by making videos through the weekend as well I’m posting them to my blog everyday. Subscribe in iTunes and you wont’ miss any of them!

Remember that part of Tron when the Master Control Program digitizes Flynn with a laser? Raphael Abrams is making a low resolution probe in which he will basically do the same thing with a few components! Learn more about this probe thing!

Have you ever wanted a box that could control anything? Justin Day created the spooky box as both a physical and virtual interface for working with processing, a programming language popular with artists. Learn more about the spooky box thing!

Adam Cecchetti wanted a chess set and he wanted it now so he rapid prototyped one using inkscape to design it and a lasercutter to cut it out of acrylic. Learn more about his chess set thing!

Stay tuned for more!

Over at my personal blog I’ve written up the epic history of the blinkenlights project as well as the fantastic and imminent arrival of blinkenlights in Toronto. Check em.

Today only from 3-5PM you can come to NYCResistor and get your laptop etched for a mere $25.

This is crazy since we normally charge $100, but it’s a slow day here at NYCResistor so we figured, let’s see if we can get people in here to do something awesome. This is an experiment and it’s likely to never happen again.

It probably won’t hurt to bone up over at ladyada’s setting page and read instructable’s etching instructions.

Laser Etching Macintosh Powerbooks. – More cool how to projects