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X-WR-CALNAME:Programmable\, Melodic Christmas Lights in Fairfax\, VA a
	t Postal code 22030\, United States - Eventful
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DTSTART:20081206T130000
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SUMMARY:Programmable\, Melodic Christmas Lights
DESCRIPTION:  Want to impress your family and friends over the Holiday
	s? The following event I've been developing for awhile\, and decided t
	hat it would be a great hands-on workshop activity around the Holiday 
	season. In this workshop\, we will program microcontroller (Pic\, Ardu
	ino\, Robostix\, or Axon) to pulse\, and attenuate strands of Christma
	s lights to the music of Jingle Bells\, Silent Night and other popular
	 Christmas tunes played on a laptop or from a stereo. The cost of this
	 workshop will range between $50-$75.00 for a MCU with audio capabilit
	y and several strands of Christmas lights. We may also integrate bluet
	ooth into the MCU so that the MCU can learn new tunes that are played 
	in real-time. We will investigate ways to use Artificial Intelligence 
	to get the lights to learn tunes from christmas music and compose new 
	tunes based on music it just heard. We may also try to figure out how 
	to pulse lights to music\, we can program that permanently into the MC
	U. Individuals that develop an interesting idea based on this workshop
	 may or may not lead to commercial based products or patents. More inf
	ormation on this event will be available. Please RSVP if you are inter
	ested in this event.\n
LOCATION:Postal code 22030\, United States @ Fairfax, Virginia 22030 U
	nited States
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URL:http://eventful.com/E0-001-014713879-3
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