Join The Hacktory as we team up with Square Peg Artery & Salvage to celebrate Philly's homegrown businesses and enterprises. The event is organized by Yelp and is free and open to anyone 21 and over. Complimentary food and drinks will be served.

You must RSVP at Yelp here to attend and be sure to stop by our table!

What: Party to celebrate Philly's crafty, organic, local businesses and organizations
When: Saturday, March 20, 8-10 pm
Where: CITYSPACE 2200 Walnut St.
Who: The Hacktory and Square Peg Artery & Salvage

Thanks to everyone who made it to our class on Saturday! We had a great time hearing about everyone's projects and learning from the Arduino master, Wil Lindsay. Keep an eye out for more classes for beginners and intermediate Arduino wizards this spring!

Hive76 and Make:Philly need your help! The Franklin Institute has requested a giant game of operation for the upcoming Bodyworlds exhibit. The project has to be up and running by November 20, so the next few weekends will be crucial work time to get it done. If you want to help out, contact Far McKon at www.hive76.com, or check out the group's wiki page here: http://wiki.hive76.org/Project_Giant_Operation.

Check out the kinetic sculptures, exploded views of machines we use every day, and over two dozen rare machines from the institute's collection.

More machines please!

Philly's up-and-coming membership-based “gym for innovators,” Next Fab Studio, is holding a logo design contest.

The best design could win $1000 cash, an NFS membership, and additional graphic design work.

Get your graphic juices flowing here

Here's your chance to make your art and electronics do cool stuff!

The rundown:

- No prior knowledge of electronics or programming is necessary
- All materials will be provided to you as a kit
- You will learn how to program the popular open source physical computing platform called Arduino (www.arduino.cc).
- You will need to bring a laptop

The class costs a total of $185: for the full 6 hours of instruction and workshop time. Class cost include your own microcontroller platform, programming cable, breadboard, and parts to keep. The class will take place at NTR (www.ntronline.org) in Center City Philadelphia on 10/03/2009 from 10:00AM to 4:00PM.

There are a few more spots, so reserve yours today!