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+''Lecturer:'' [[Christian Doeller]]
+''Credits:'' 3 [[ECTS]], 2 [[SWS]]
+''Dates:'' October 20-22, November 3-5
+''Venue:'' DIY Electronics Lab, Bauhausstr. 15, basement
+''First meeting:'' October 20, 9.30 (excursion)
+<u>Video Link:</u>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eGINgA--p8&ab_channel=KTL011
+<u>Description:</u>
 Tired machines, exhausted, worn out and carelessly discarded on the garbage dumps of our consumer paradises find their way into a new, cultivated afterlife. They play the first violins, flutes and basses of a post-apocalyptic ensemble, the Tired Machines Orchestra.
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 The finale of the course will be a collective concert.
-Applications via Email to christian.doeller@uni-weimar.de, sibject „Anmeldung Tired Machines Orchestra“, including a short motivation letter (3-4 sentences) until Octiber 15.
+<u>Participants:</u>*YOUR NAME
+*YOUR NAME
+*YOUR NAME
+*YOUR NAME
+*...
+<u>Artists / Links:</u>
+*[https://www.jennifergabrys.net/ Jennifer Gabrys]
+*
+<u>Schedule:</u>
+October 20, 9:30 – 17:00
+:- excursion to e-waste recycling facility
+:- examples, positions, artists
+:- tear down session
+October 21, 13:00 – 17:00
+:- DIY electronics basics
+:- open tinkering session
+October 22, 13:00 – 17:00
+:- Arduino basics / motor controllers
+:- open tinkering session
+:- preview of prototypes
+:
+October 22 – November 3
+:- self-guided work on prototypes
+:
+November 3, 9:30 – 17:00
+:- updates of prototype status
+:- open tinkering session
+November 4, 13:00 – 17:00
+:- open tinkering session
+November 5, 13:00 – 17:00
+:- finalization
+:- concert
+<u>Topics:</u>
+Technology:
+*Basics of electronics and hardware hacking
+*Getting started with Arduino
+*Getting familiar with motor drivers, relays and MOSFETs
+Art & Thinking:
+*Contemporary (media) art positions that relate to the subject matter
+*Media Art & Sustainability, e-waste, hardware hacking
+<u>Literature:</u>
+*Make: Getting Started with Arduino, EAN 9781449363314
+*Arduino Cookbook, O’REILLY, German/English, ISBN Print: 978-3-86899-353-0
+*Arduino Tutorials 1: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/HomePage
+*Arduino Tutorials 2: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfYfK0tzHZTpNFrc_NDKfTA
+*Jennifer Gabrys: Digital Rubbish, A Natural History of Electronics, https://press.umich.edu/Books/D/Digital-Rubbish
+<u>Materials</u>
+*please bring your laptop / computer
+*please bring your Arduino hardware and electronics (if available)
+*bring a disused / unloved device to experiment with and keep your eyes open on the streets ;)
+<u>Language & skill level:</u>
+*The module will be held in English, unless all participants are speaking German.
+*No prior knowledge of electronics/programming is required.
+<u>Criteria for passing:</u>
+*be on time, attend the classes
+*self-guided work between our meetings
+*document exercises on the wiki
+*take part in the Tired Machines Orchestra