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Bellink is one of the new prototypes developed at the 1scale1 studio signed T. Olsson. Bellink is a visual helping tool for the hearing impaired that have a hard time of determining if their mobilephones are ringing. If you leave a mobilephone next to the Bellink it will give a enhanced visual feedback when a incoming call is on its way and even work if the mobile is muted.

And in the tradition of recycling, the Bellink is made from a classic Swedish “Televerket” phone.

When:   Sunday Jan 25th
Time:    Let's meet up from 14.00 to 18.00
Where: Electronics lab at DKDS, Copenhagen
Directions: http://ciid.dkds.dk/contact/directions/
Arrangement for those coming from Malmö:
Let's meet up at Centralen at 12.50. leaving on the 13.02 train
What you should bring:
Your Arduino board, sensors, some MDF of Plexiglass (the CIID guys have a laser cutter that works), nice ideas, fresh eyes and your own tools.
What's gonna happen there:
Arduino Community meetings are social gatherings to hack together and physically brainstorm while doing. After the meeting we will go out for a drink.

Last week 1scale1 was visiting KomTek in Helsingborg, Sweden to host a workshop in Electrogodis. The participant were 5-9 Grade teacher from schools around the city. Together we built up a couple of different electronic instruments and also gave the teachers a short introduction to physical prototyping and how to work with electronics in a fun and exploring way with their students. All in all the outcome was very good and the workshop was very appreciated. More pictures can be found at Flickr

(Created by: Andreas Göransson with the help of Mattias, David C, David S)

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As one of three major activities during our nightly events at Lördagsplan, Malmö Festival 2008, we created this simple multiplayer game where by-passers could just pick up one of the massive controllers and start playing for a minute.

The game we created is essentially a worm/tron type of game where you're supposed to outthink your opponents, trapping them in the game. 

Interaction

The controlers, which physical design is attributed to Mattias and implementation by Andreas, use the Arduino microcontroller with an XBee shield for the wireless radio communication.

Every controller has 3 buttons (Left, right and join game) which would let participants quickly grasp the concept of the game.

During one day in January 1scale1 will be hosting an intense workshop in how to combine Arduino with MIDI and DMX. It is hosted together with Stagevision and is part of their "Digital picture" conference which, except the Arduino workshop, also include how to work with Pandoras box, innovative Stage and theater tehniques and much more.

For complete  information please see their webpage

When: 13th January 2009

Where: K3, Malmo University

Price: See Stagevision webpage

When:  Sunday Dec 14th
Time:    Let's meet up from 14.00 to 18.00
Where: Prototyping lab at K3, School of Arts and Communication, Malmö University
Directions: building number 8 on the map at http://mah.se/templates/Page____12998.aspx
Arrangement for those coming to Malmö:
It is just a 5 minutes walk from Centralen to K3, leave the building through the gate by Espresso House, take a right, cross the bridge on the left, and K3 is behind the first row of buildings. In Swedish the building is called "Konst, Kultur, och Kommunikation". Call 0708 655 284 once you are at the entrance in order to go in.
What you should bring:
Your Arduino board, sensors, nice ideas, fresh eyes and your own tools.
What's gonna happen there:

D. Cuartielles spent two weeks (November 2nd - 15th, 2008) launching the Lab-in-a-box project together with the Ministry of Education of the City of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Thanks to the kind support of the Carolina Foundation, the CCEBA, and the Spanish Embassy (through the Education's Council) David could travel to Argentina and run a course for 25 high school teachers who are strongly involved in the use of new technologies in the classroom.

This is the seed for this new project that we expect will transform the way technology is perceived as an educational tool. David had a long conversation with some of the ministry's representatives regarding this topic and some of the other concerns that drive 1scale1 and other initiatives where David is involved. That interview has been transcribed almost fully and it is available at the ministry's weblog. Take a look at it here (it is in Spanish):

The dusk is one of 1scale1 newest creations by David Sjunnesson with assistance from Tony Olsson and its the progression of the dawn breakout board for the TLC5940 chip by David Sjunnesson. The dawn has the possibility to pwm (pulse width modulation) 16 different ports over serial communication from example an arduino microcontroller or similar. (This means in ordinary language that you can for example dim 16 LEDs up and down individually) The max rating of the chip is 17V and 120mA / port. This is adjustable by an resistor down to about 10 mA.

http://www.instructables.com/id/The_Dawm/ for more info about the board.

When:   Saturday Nov 22nd
Time:    Let's meet up from 14.00 to 18.00
Where: Electronics lab at DKDS, Copenhagen
Directions: http://ciid.dkds.dk/contact/directions/
Arrangement for those coming from Malmö:
Let's meet up at Centralen at 12.50. leaving on the 13.02 train
What you should bring:
Your Arduino board, sensors, some MDF of Plexiglass (the CIID guys have a laser cutter), nice ideas, fresh eyes and your own tools.
What's gonna happen there:
Arduino Community meetings are social gatherings to hack together and physically brainstorm while doing. After the meeting we will go out for a drink.

Call for 4-6 thesis workers in Interaction Design (BA or MA), Graphic Design, Product Design and related fields. 

INTRODUCTION

Lab-in-a-box is a project aiming the developent of educational materials for primary and secondary schools in the fields of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Natural Sciences, Geography, and Technology. The contents will link theory and practice and will allow for an easy transition between the physical and the virtual through the creation of mixed media exercises.

Furthermore, Lab-in-a-box will be working only with open source technologies (both software and hardware), will become a commercial product, but will also offer alternatives to those not able of purchasing it. 

GOALS

The general goals of the project are:

- Introduction of state of the art of technology into primary and secondary education

- Bridging the digital divide in education through the use of open source technologies

Specific goals for the project: