Eunpa Industries Survival Kits Workshop
Eunpa Indutries + SeungBum Kim have co-developed a set of kits that can save a life in situations of natural disasters or accidents. Named *Eunpa Industries Survival Kit*, this kit is produced in two types—*Survival Radio Kit* for radio communication and *Survival Energy Kit* for solar energy charging. *Survival Radio Kit* includes a transmitter module and a receiver module, which may be assembled into a transceiver for exchanging audio signals on 90MHz-110MHz FM, while *Survival Energy Kit* can be used to make a solar energy charger capable of supplying power to the transceiver. As an inter-connectable circuit having self-produced power and the ability to communicate with other systems, *Eunpa Industries Survival Kit* can be expanded into a series of additional devices, such as a circuit that turns electricity into heat.
In the process of using *Eunpa Industries Survival Kit* to produce these different gadgets, the user can experience firsthand the “solar energy – power – signals – data – radio – heat” cycle. The assembled circuit can be used, for example, to stage a performance of several people doing a radio broadcast. With the kits, one can also develop a device for exchanging secret codes or encode digital data into sound. Participants can join in the workshop sessions to explore numerous ways of communication mediated by gadgets made with parts from the kits. By making the device, participants will get a hands-on experience of natural phenomena and power, signals and data exchange, and the radio and heat circuitry. One of the goals of the kits is to help the user see electromagnetic waves, regarded as unhealthy, as a source of energy and information critical to our survival.
A typical *Eunpa Industries Survival Kits Workshop* will start by a grouping of participants in order to equalize the average skill sets in each table, and participants will take turns to introduce themselves by pointing out the single item crucial for their survival. Following the instructions, they will assemble the kits, test it and actually use them.
Updates
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Eunpa Industries Survival Kits: Energy Kit Workshop Anyang Pavilion
11/28 - 12/01
A total of 38 participants came to the two-day workshop, held on November 28th and December 1st, to make a circuit that can turn sunlight into electrical energy. This workshop used the energy kit from Eunpa Industries Survival Kits.
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Eunpa Industries Survival Kits: Radio Kit Workshop Anyang Pavilion
11/21 - 11/24
On November 21st and 24th, a workshop using the radio kit from Eunpa Industries Survival Kit took place. A total of 39 participants came to the two-day workshop, where they assembled and tested a radio frequency communication circuit that can help in case of distress
김승범 SeungBum Kim ∙
Kim majored in life sciences, but became interested in the end-user’s computing environment after meeting Alan Kay. After receiving an MA in computer education, he founded PINY (Powerful Idea jourNeY) and conducted educational projects and studies related to digital literacy and communication for the end user, including *PINY Camp and Media Art for Three 2* (Art Center Nabi; Seungjoon Choi, Kyungsoo Kim, PINY) and *Seoul U-learning Computer Club House*. Kim organizes various workshops and educational programs to help the general public understand and apply the computing media as well as provides consulting services. Recently, he is trying to expand the workshops on new media through such projects as *Lightball*, *StickyBlocks*, and *Fa.Ke.Board*, which integrate analogue, hardware and craft with digital and software media. Kim is a close colleague in learning and experimentation with artist Donghee Park of Eunpa Industries.
은파산업(박동희) Eunpa Industries (Donghee Park) ∙
Eunpa Industries is a company that develops software and hardware prototypes and conducts education for beginners on various softwares and hardwares. Donghee Park is technician, educational coach, and CEO of Eunpa Industries where he currently conducts software and hardware workshops for beginners (2011-present). He participated in artist Hojun Song’s *OSSI-1 Satellite Development Project* (2012-2013). Since 2007, he has organized various workshops for the general public with artist SeungBum Kim on the computing media as a means of production and expression, in particular, *PINY Camp for Teenagers* (2008-2010). He also developed the educational tool *Hello Board* (2009), organized and participated as an educator in *Seoul U-learning Computer Club House* (2010) and *Media Art for Adolescents* (2010).
Notice
For: Anyone in his/her teens or older
Fee (per session): Non-resident adults, KRW 20,000 / Adult residents of Anyang and non-resident teens, KRW 10,000 / Teen residents of Anyang, KRW 5,000
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Anyang Pavilion
180 Yesulgongwon-ro, Manan-gu, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do