“Make your own Electronic Wearable Accessory” Workshop IBM and SWE New York Section E in Collaboration with ThinkSTEAM are hosting a “Make your own Electronic Wearable Accessory” Workshop Workshop Highlights: Hands on project in wearable technology to introduce girls to mechanical design and electrical engineering. Girls will work on implementing a fully functional wearable Introduction to program Adafruit’s mini wearable microcontroller using Arduino software. Using hardware and open source software, girls program to power a RGB led pixel creating a wearable lighted hat. Girls will be provided with a free take home kit so they can continue exploring. Event is Free and Open to Middle school Girls Supported By IBM Location: IBM TJ Watson Research Center, THINKLab 1101 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 When: Saturday, May 14, 2016 Time: 1pm-5pm Registration is required, Please sign up at http://thinksteam-wearables.eventbrite.com by March 1. There are 50 seats available. For more information, please email thinksteam4girls@gmail.com