Wow! That was so cool. Ill let the lead summarize the today I learned but here are some
happy snap shots
I didn't realize we would be building a computer out of humans..
Neat that the 1977 byte article and program we enacted with our bodies happened to be
written by a femme!
Very happy to see this sci fi feminist book laid out too
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Romy Ilano
Founder of Snowyla
http://www.snowyla.com
romy(a)snowyla.com
On May 28, 2013, at 21:56, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Please join us this Saturday June 1st at 2pm for the
FREE workshop ��Today I Learned: The Simple Computer.�� Perhaps you��ve heard of the 0��s
and the 1��s. Perhaps you��ve heard of bits and bytes. But how do the 0��s and 1��s tell
your computer to do things? How do we go from 0��s and 1��s to lolcats and code? How does
the little box of plastic and circuits do anything at all?
Want to have the most basic introduction to what a computer is and how it works? We will
break a computer down to its most basic concept and answer any and all questions you will
have (dumb questions, smart questions, normal questions �C all questions are welcome!).
Finally, we will take what we��ve learned and build a very simple computer! If we have
enough folks come, we will BUILD A COMPUTER OUT OF HUMANS (WHAT?!)(YES.).
Specifically, during this ��Today I Learned�� workshop we will:
Go on a quest to make computers as simple as possible. Intro to computer science.
Understand how computers work!
Cover binary math and boolean logic
Make half & full adders made of water, marbles, rocks, dominos, people��
Build a very simple computer with 64 bytes of memory and 4 instructions
This workshop is part of the series ��Today I Learned,�� a series of free workshops that
take place every Saturday at 2PM at Sudo Room, a creative community and hackerspace in
downtown Oakland. Check out the full schedule at
http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned
and please forward widely.
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