Interest Groups

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List of Interest Groups

This is a list of interest groups formed, affiliated with, or wished for at Pumping Station: One

Chicago RepRap

We are currently building a REPlicating RAPid prototyper from the reprap foundation [http:/www.reprap.org/]. We meet weekly on Sundays - Contact Sacha or John S. to join us in a meeting (build meetings are held at a private residence, so you need to contact us for directions). Join us if you're interested in mechanical, electrical, materials, programming, or 3D design

DIY Musical Instruments

Not yet organized. We currently have interest in cigar-box ukuleles, theremins, circuit-bent keyboards, and more.

Molecular Gastronomy

A group for those interested in molecular gastronomy (the science of cooking). No meeting time determined yet.

Perl Desktop Stuff

No meeting time or etc yet. A group for people interested in Perl and applying it to various desktop related stuff on unix system.

Resilient Communities

This interest group will discuss the various ideas and issues surrounding the development of resilient communities(brief explanation from Global Guerrillas); technology, organization, strategies, and other related theorics/praxis will be debated and discussed, and the interest group will provide a launching point for projects along these lines.

Talk to Teddie about getting involved.

Reverse Engineering Task Force

A group for those interested in reverse engineering everything they see. Focus on reversing electronics hardware, embedded firmware, computer software, protocols, file formats, mechanical systems, etc; study of R.E. methodology, creation of R.E. tools, etc). We're looking for projects and stuff to tinker with! No meeting time determined yet.
-- Contact slifox if you are interested

Screen Printing Workshop

We will discuss printmaking from start to finish. I'm learning right alongside everyone on a lot of this stuff, but do have some technical knowledge from what I've read in the past few years. Anyone with experience interested in helping put this together, let me know.
Interested parties contact Nathan