GrandOpening
From CCCKC
The Cowtown Computer Congress will celebrate the opening of the CCCKC Underground Lab with a week of talks, workshops, classes and projects during the first week of March 2009.
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Monday - Affiliate Showcase
On Monday evening, we will have a special night which showcases our current affiliate organizations and gives other organizations and groups who are interested in utilizing our resources through becoming a CCCKC Affiliate.
If you and your organization will be in attendance and you are interested in becoming an affiliate, contact Ryan, our director of membership and affiliate relations, in advance so we can have some materials prepared for you. Ryan can be reached at cinus at cowtowncomputercongress dot org.
Tuesday - Board of Director's Meeting
On Tuesday night, the Board of Directors will hold the first board meeting of the year. The board of director's meeting is open to the public, and all members are encouraged to attend.
Wednesday - Project Showcase and Film Screening
If you are new to the hacker space movement, electronics design and the hacker / maker culture, this is the night for you. CCCKC members will give presentations on their recent projects and maybe some previews of exciting new things to come.
Following the presentations, we will be showing some selected episodes make: television as well as some other video of things which inspire us.
Urban Exploring "into the darkness" first screening in Kansas City
Projects
- The LabyWiinth Project - Jestin and SomeoneKnows
- DIY Laser Printer
- Kung fu robotics - Mike Overstreet
- Alternative Energy Generation - Randy Childers
Thursday - Membership Meeting and Study Group
At 1800 one of our standing study groups on OpenCV will be meeting.
At 1900 we will be holding our regular membership meeting.
Friday - Speaker Showcase
Computer Technology
- Fun with the Fon - Ax0n and Asmodian X
- An Airport HiJacking (Detailing a case of Identity theft using only Airport WiFi) - hevnsnt
- Implementing and scaling out Moodle for fun an profit. Asmodian X
- Retro Computing - Ax0n and Frogman
History of technology
- The History of Lock Design - Ulysses
Industrial Technology
- Metal fabrication
Saturday - Build-a-Thon
Workshops
- freelance writing
- Introduction to Soldering
- Intermediate Soldering
- Introduction to the Arduino
Events
- Linux Install-a-Thon
- Friday Night LAN Party
Talks
- Arduino Programming
- Wii Device Hacking (the controllers, not the console)
- Metal Fabrication
