Women in Tech South West - WA

15/06/2021

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It’s time to join our e-volution.

This Thursday 17 June our Waste Education officers will be at South Regional TAFE Bunbury Campus car park. from 8am to 10am ready to accept your e-waste* for disposal.

The first 30 City of Bunbury residents to join us will receive a gift.

To receive your gift we will be asking you to
Download our My 3 Bins App
Snap a pic of your e-waste and share your contribution to our e-volution on social media

Please bring your smartphone and one e-waste item for disposal.
(*no major appliances, no traditional tech, no TVs)

Why do we want you to join our e-volution? So we can help as many people in the community as possible understand what e-waste is and what to do with it.

Find out more herehttp://www.bunbury.wa.gov.au/pdf/E-volution%20info%20flyer.pdf

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18/02/2021

If you slept in and missed the Mars Perseverance Rover landing this morning, pop down and say Hi at the Studio this afternoon!
At 12.30pm we are going to get the recording of the NASA livestream up on the big projector and the actual landing will be shown just after 2pm 🚀
NASA also had 360° coverage so will get it going on a couple of VR headsets for who ever is interested!
There will be tables and chairs set up if you'd like to work while you watch!

11/01/2021

Women in Tech SW & South West Makers have partnered for Bunbury Fringe Festival 2021! We'll be building a photobooth...from scratch!!

We are looking for people who would like to come and take part, whether the words "Arduino" and "Rasberry Pi" makes you say "huh?" or you can solder with your eyes closed (which we don't recommend!), any level of experience is welcome!

Workshops and demonstrations will be held Mon, Tues, Wed of the festival week.

Mon(25/1) 5.30-8.30pm @ Intr Studio
Day 1 - Build a Photobooth part 1
Intro to RasberryPi and electronics

Tues(26/1) 5.00-8.00pm @ Intr Studio
Day 2 - Build a Photobooth part 2
CAD session and intro to 3D printing
If you'd like to follow on with the CAD session please bring your laptop (PC) and make sure you register and download Design Spark Mechanical
https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/mechanical-download-and-installation

Wed(27/1) 5.30-8.30pm @ Intr Studio
Day 3 - General Maker meetup
Bring laptop
Lots of different fun arduino and rasberry pi projects to work on or bring your own
Use the Photobooth we made over the last couple of days

Intr Studio
8/135 Victoria St, Bunbury (Koombana Court)

You don't need to be available for the whole time but it will be worth coming along to each session as they will all follow on from the previous one. The Wednesday night will be a freestyle meetup night and you can join just on Wednesday without attending the Monday and Tuesday sessions!

Under 18 must be accompanied by an adult

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/build-a-photobooth-from-scratch-bunbury-fringe-festival-2021-tickets-135800810881

Women in Tech SW & South West Makers for Bunbury Fringe Festival 2021 will be building a photobooth...from scratch!!

20/11/2020

To end the week, we're sending you a quick reminder to always ask for what you want! You never know where it'll get you.

18/11/2020

Something that we really believe in - When you can't get a seat at the one you want, build your own table and do it your way. So of course, we loved this illustration by

16/11/2020

We saw this quote from Erin Teague and thought it was fitting, and then we looked into Erin some more and WOAH. What a woman!

Software engineer, Product Manager at Twitter, Director of Fantasy Sports for Yahoo, Head of YouTube AR/VR and now heading up YouTube Sports? You could say we're mildly fan-girling.

Take our advice and watch some of her interviews this Monday to start your week with a bang.

13/11/2020

Ever been interested in robotics but don't know where to start? Look no further! We've put together a list of beginner (and interesting!) arduino projects to get you started!

http://www.womenintech-swwa.com/uncategorized/cool-arduino-projects-to-get-you-interested-in-robotics/

11/11/2020

Today's a Throwback Thursday to none other than Ida Hyde, an american physiologist known for developing a micro-electrode powerful enough to stimulate tissue chemically or electronically, yet small enough to inject or remove tissue from a cell.

Not only is her work incredibly impressive, but she repeatedly encountered barriers to her education and career due to her gender, and pressed for more equal access and treatment of women in academia throughout her life (and this is all the way back in 1938!). She wrote about her difficulties in a revealing account in the AAUW Journal entitled "Before Women Were Human Beings".