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Emily VelascoI want to teach a class on repurposing electronics. We could start out just taking some broken things apart and seeing if we can fix them, but every student would have to pick something to repurpose or revive as a semester-long project. Maybe they want to turn an old propane lantern into an LED lantern, convert a cordless drill with dead nicad batteries to lithium, or jailbreak an e-bike. Everyone should leave the class with a device or appliance with a new lease on life. A community college should hire me for this
I had to mute this post. People really love the idea!
Steve's Place@MLE_online There is safety in muting, lol. It's a great idea.
misternineham@MLE_online people are hungry
Toughest Bastard on the Fedi@MLE_online
I would sign up for this class. Extra credit if your project was a road find.
I would sign up for this class. Extra credit if your project was a road find.
Chip@MLE_online That would be excellent.
kimu@MLE_online @afewbugs one idea: proposing it as a class at a local makerspace or public library. In my experience, CCs have fairly tight curriculum requirements & also budget challenges, so starting off in an environment with more open requirements might get it off the ground faster. It’s an amazing idea! 100% would love to take a class like this!
KnowAttitude@MLE_online
This was started by someone who simply has a scheduled open invitation to meet for coffee https://www.sbmakers.com/
Who knows what it will lead to?
(If you are in the area again, you'd fit right in)
This was started by someone who simply has a scheduled open invitation to meet for coffee https://www.sbmakers.com/
Who knows what it will lead to?
(If you are in the area again, you'd fit right in)
Thin Line
frankiezafe@thin_line a bit too far for me, but i have a friend who is very competent in this field
I am Jack's Found 404This is like next level Repair Cafe 👍
The Doctor
SQLAllFatherI would attend
nethope@MLE_online Absolutely would take this class!
The last time I had a dead fan, I scavenged parts from it - like the toroidal inductor for a simple joule thief flashlight. Just need to know what to keep from "dead" equipment!
Ma Quest 
@MLE_online Thanks for posting. Tagging for an early #SolarPunkSunday
Emily_S@MLE_online that would be a blooming awesome. Maybe have a mini project each week to teach about some material or components. So they cover more things and maybe learn about something tha helps them later.
"Today we're making a light weight bending break from two by fours and some clamps. This will be helpful making enclosures for your big projects"
NilaJonesMy local community college, you can teach pretty much anything through continuing ed, if you bring in a minimum number of students
Parks and rec classes might also be an option, although it depends on who uses them where you live, whether that is your demographic
Of course you know I wish you would teach this on video! But I think you prefer in person
ShadSterling@MLE_online I have some old devices I wish I could give away to anyone who would make them into something useful again.
(Also old things that are not electronics; I wish I could pay to have any old things repurposed. I’d call it “waste not, as a service”)
Guda Blues@MLE_online Well, if you ever do it online, please, sign me in!
Ericka Simone@MLE_online there a fix-it community that pops up in Pasadena that has been addressing this. I don’t know if you’re LA local but if you are I can send more info if you want.
@ErickaSimone I've volunteered with them before! That's a great group of people
@MLE_online good to hear. You deserve your own class at this point. lol.
Rue Mohrheh :]
Dave bauer@MLE_online This sounds amazing. I think a lot of folks would like to do this but don't know where to start.
Perkele@MLE_online close where I live, there's a monthly thing where a group of professionals help others to fix their broken things. Mostly electronics etc. The people who frequent there also help out others. Its pretty neat.
@ItsePerkele we have a repair cafe in this area too. I volunteered once. i should do it again
MrGrumpyMonkey@MLE_online Why stop at the Community College level. We need this as early as Jr. High School, if not earlier. I could imagine a bunch of engineers ready to take on the world and put companies out of business, just due to what was learned extremely early on. But, I can get behind this option. I sure wish I had something like this. Alas, I got to learn about other less interesting things.
Tim the Enchanter@MLE_online a class like this would be fantastic
Human Brain Enthusiast@MLE_online please a course on making new battery packs for old cameras and laptops
mds2 (Michael Sch-sko)@MLE_online I would take this class. Hell I'd sign my kids up for it too
Entikan@MLE_online Sounds awesome. I still have the itch to turn a random DC-motors into a windmill.
Unbinare@MLE_online This is exactly what the Reverse Engineering Toolkit (RET) aims to support. I've designed a set of tools that aims to bridge the gap when you're repurposing electronics. Check out the repo at https://repo.unbina.re/
Jack Yan (甄爵恩)@MLE_online Great idea! My dad was a master at this stuff, rehabilitating parts and machines. Fancy bottles turned into lights, literally using human hair inside circuitry (canʼt remember why now), using paper to fix an LCD, and tons of stuff I donʼt remember.
busy_wizard@MLE_online I would love something like this. Perhaps an open curriculum or wiki to help others get started with electronics and repair would be a good place to start?
Dan Lyke@MLE_online oooh. I have a brushless drill that uses NiCd or NiMH batteries, and I haven't tackled the "what would it take to LiIon this?" because voltage mismatches and controllers.
I'd take this class...
Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)@MLE_online @abraxas3d I would take this class!
Frank Bennett 🇯🇵@MLE_online Excellent idea. When I was a teenager in 4-H, I joined a section on Tractor Maintenance. The instructor, owner of a local Massey Ferguson dealership, gave each of us a discarded one-cylinder utility engine to fix. The story goes downhill from there—the shop owner was in fact a shit teacher, and we were lost, my dad recruited a neighborhood mechanic to help with mine, and I was the only kid to return a working motor. But I learned a lot from old Darrel!
MoveFastAndFixThings@MLE_online I’d love to attend something like this
Den of Earth@MLE_online
In the second semester you can teach people how to recover maliciously bricked polish trains.
Also ping @pluralistic for the OP ⬆️⬆️
In the second semester you can teach people how to recover maliciously bricked polish trains.
Also ping @pluralistic for the OP ⬆️⬆️
arcadeshopper@MLE_online Great idea! That fits right in with the idea for the makerspace of my museum that I'm setting up here in Oregon would be a great class to have there.. https://pnwmct.org
secretspecter 🚲
@MLE_online pitter patter let's get at 'er 😋
David W. Jones@MLE_online
When I was in 6th grade, our science class spent time desoldering and sorting electronic components (resisters, capacitors, diodes, etc) from old TVs and such, then used them in our projects. It was fun!
When I was in 6th grade, our science class spent time desoldering and sorting electronic components (resisters, capacitors, diodes, etc) from old TVs and such, then used them in our projects. It was fun!