Mark Hinch

Merging the worlds of physical and digital, these 5 different summer workshops at Treehouse NDSM will teach you to go from zero to hero. IOT devices are everywhere in any modern, connected city, and these workshops will teach you how to create your very own interactive objects that connect the digital and physical worlds together.

All workshops are suitable for beginners!

MAKING INTERACTIVE OBJECTS 101
Tue. 28 May '24 @ 7pm — 10pm
Learn how to bring real-world objects to life using sensors and microcontrollers.

BUILDING AN INTERACTIVE COMPANION
Sat. 1 June '24 @ 2pm - 5pm
Learn how to build your own interactive companion. Port of the "l log in. therefore am" exhibition.

RUNNING YOUR OWN PRIVATE LLM
Tue. 11 June '24 @ 7pm - 10pm
Learn how to run your own open-source, local, free Large Language Models.

MAKING INTERACTIVE OBJECTS 101
Sat. 29 June '24 @ 10am - lpm
Learn how to bring real-world objects to life using sensors and microcontrollers.

GIVING YOUR PLANTS A VOICE
Sun. 14 July '24 @ 2pm - 4pm
Learn how to give plants the ability to communicate. Part of the "Creative Garden" sessions.

A smart city is made out of connected objects. Sometimes we buy already-made "smart" objects, but it's also possible (...and really quite easy indeed) to make them ourselves.

In this hands-on workshop we’ll quickly cover the basics of microcontrollers and then we’ll work together to create your very own interactive object. It’ll even be able to connect to the Internet!

Specifically, we’ll be focusing on making a motion-activated light component. With your learnings you’ll easily be able to take the next steps to using other real-world inputs to invoke other real-world outputs.

With your ticket (€50-) you’ll get your own electronic components set (to take home with you after the workshop) and together we’ll hook them up to your computer and program them. This includes an ESP32 microcontroller, a PIR motion sensor, LED lights and all required jumper and USB cables.

Absolute beginners are more than welcome! This workshop will involve some basic programming, and if you don’t have any experience or this sounds intimidating, rest assured that you won’t need to write any code yourself and you can simple copy paste your way to interactivity.

Note: Discounted Stadspas tickets are also available - please get in touch with me for more information on this.