---
layout: meetup
title: Making old electronics new again ...with JavaScript!
author: astacy
when: 2017-01-17T19:30:00-06:00
speakers:
  - name: Rachel Weil
    title:
    avatar: https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/9647195?s=400&u=b47db267381d012f8d58985f8a67b1309602dab5
    bio: Rachel is an experimental designer and video-game historian who hacks electronic artifacts to create alternate, cuter visions of computer and video game history. She currently works as a technical evangelist at Microsoft. In addition, she heads up [FEMICOM](http://www.femicom.org/) Museum and helps run numerous indie game events in Austin, including [Fantastic Arcade](http://www.fantasticarcade.com/), [Juegos Rancheros](http://www.juegosrancheros.com/), and [Arcade of Anything](http://juegosrancheros.com/residencies/).
    email:
    homepage: http://nobadmemories.com
    twitter: partytimeHXLNT
    github:
    linkedin:
sponsor:
  name: data.world
  url: https://data.world
  careerUrl: https://data-world.breezy.hr/
  location: N, 7000 Mopac Service Rd \#425, Austin, TX 78731
venue: spredfast
after: gingerman
organizers:
  - lingram
  - astacy
---

Happy New Year everyone! Here's to fresh start. We're kicking the year off in style with a great talk from Rachel Weil!

Rachel will share a selection of personal projects that bring vintage electronics into the 21st century with Node.js and hobbyist microcontrollers. She’ll also cover some of the basic tools and approaches to getting started with refurbishing, refitting, and reworking old game consoles, computers, and digital toys.

<img alt="Rachel's Ballie Bear Video Arcade installation" src="http://i.imgur.com/UjVAaeL.jpg" style="max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto; display: block;" />

In other big news, Spredfast is now the official location for AustinJS! The Spredfast team has always been kind to share their `~*luxurious*~` downtown space with us, so we look forward to making more memories going forward. Thanks Spredfast!
