Flash CS3 Components (19:00 - 21:00) - Tink Ltd
This session will take you through the component life-cycle, bugs you might come across, how to use them in AS 3.0 projects in Flex Builder, skinning both in the Flash IDE and with code, and extending the components to add your own functionality.

Prizes for the free raffle
1 copy of Foundation ActionScript 3.0 with Flash CS3 and Flex donated by friends of ED.
6 Adobe Air Launch Posters by eboy donated by Adobe.

Sponsored by friends of ED.

When/Where
Date: 29th May 2008 (29/05/2008)
Time: 19:00 - 23:00 (doors open at 18:30)
Venue: CosmoBar, 50-54 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5PS (click for map)
Tube: Barbican

You need to register and sign-up if you wish to attend and be entered into the raffle. You can sign-up in the sidebar on the right of the front page or at the bottom of the post here. Please do not sign-up if you don’t plan to attend. You cannot win unless you attend the event.

Hardware Hacking for Software Scripters (19:00 - 20:00) - Matt Biddulph
With cheap open-source hardware platforms like Arduino, it’s now possible to design and build electronic devices in your own home. Even more importantly, working with hardware is starting to look more and more like scripting with software. In this session, Matt will give a tour of what can be done when you apply a background in building web applications to a box of electronic components.

Hardware Hacking with Flash and Arduino ( 20:15 - 21:15 ) - Alias Cummins
Have you ever wanted to build your own custom controller for your Flash applcation? Wired up your home of the future to a bunch of sensors and lights? Build your very own army of robotic ninjas? Now you can!
Alias will be talking about some of the possibilities of using Arduino and Flash to build your own electronic and interactive projects using cheap, commodity electronics and the neat and inexpensive arduino board. Using some simple examples, we will go through the basics of starting out with hardware sketching, and being creative with electronics and electricity.

Prizes for the free raffle
1 Arduino Beginners Kit donated by Tinker.it!.
1 copy of Essential ActionScript 3.0 donated by Adobe.

Sponsored by Tinker.it!.

When/Where
Date: 27th March 2008 (27/03/2008)
Time: 19:00 - 23:00 (doors open at 18:30)
Venue: CosmoBar, 50-54 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5PS (click for map)
Tube: Barbican

You need to register and sign-up if you wish to attend and be entered into the raffle. You can sign-up in the sidebar on the right of the front page or at the bottom of the post here. Please do not sign-up if you don’t plan to attend. You cannot win unless you attend the event.