The (2^(30402457) - 1)th dorkbot-nyc meeting will take place on Wednesday, October 4th, 2006, at 7pm at Location One in SoHo. - Link.
Rob Seward: The CONSCIOUSNESS FIELD RESONATOR
The CFR is a device based on ESP research performed at Princeton University. It is designed so the owner can have a personal experience of the psychic forces that Princeton claims to exist. The CFR responds changes in “consciousness fields.” Disturbances in these fields are detectable when many people have their mind on the same subject. Events such as Princess Diana’s Funeral and 9/11 have created measurable effects in Princeton’s equipment - similar events should produce a dramatic response in the CFR. This project is my attempt to create an object that engenders a highly emotional relationship with its owner - Link.
Miru Kim: naked city spleen
Naked City Spleen is a multi-media project in progress currently focused on a photography series. The title takes […]
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If you’re in the Seattle, WA area, go check out the Robothon - they have a robot rental and building workshop too… Paul writes - “As the site says, it’s a national event that showcases ROBOTS put on by the Seattle Robotics Society (http://www.seattlerobotics.org/) Best part? IT’S FREE. and two days long! Located at the Seattle Center in Seattle. “ - Link.
“The Robothon is a national event that showcases the capabilities and technological developments in robotics from the amateur robotics community. At this event, people from around the world come together to present new robotic technologies, share ideas, meet fellow robotic enthusiasts, show off their robotic creations, and compete in many robotic competitions and activities.
The Robothon is FREE and open to the public.
The main goal of Robothon is to promote and educate the general public that science and technology is fun and exciting for all ages.”
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From our friend Wendy Tremayne with news on her fantastic Swap-O-Rama-Rama event in Brooklyn. If you’ve already been planning to go, please note the new location change. This is an event not to be missed!
Swap-O-Rama-Rama
swaporamarama.org
October 8th, 1pm to 8pm
$10 plus any size bag of unwanted clothing
Once inside all of the materials for creativity and all the clothes you can carry are free
Join the List
Location: 3rd Ward - http://www.3rdwardbrooklyn.org
195 Morgan Ave. Brooklyn, New York
718-715 4961 (L Train to Grand St. East on Grand, Right on Morgan)
Additional Directions
“There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.” Gandhi
Join in the communal process of reuse and celebrate our collective creativity! Your invited to Swap-O-Rama-Rama, a giant clothing swap and series of do-it-yourself workshops in which a community explores reuse and creativity through the recycling of used clothing.
It’s easy to move from consumer to creator. At Swap-O-Rama-Rama you’ll […]
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MAKE pal Robert writes - “We just had our third Make:Philly meeting last night and I gave a presentation on: “Make Your Own Robots: Integrating and Controlling Popular Electronics and Robotics kits with Adobe Flash”
I showed off BlueMelons BlueSense Kit, MakingThings Telo kit- talked about the new Make Kit and Vex, demonstrated a LEGO Mindstorms NXT how to program it (and how to hack the flash files in the Labview UI). Talked about several other robot kits, etc. and how to tie them all in with Flash of course.
The only one I forgot about, and couldn’t get in time was an arduino board - they look pretty cool - will have to include that for version 2.0 of the preso.
I’ve also uploaded about 136mb of images/videos from the Makers Challenge event last night - building a boat that can traverse a certain distance of water in […]
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Check it out, Nat posted up the Maker fest line up for EuroOSCON on September 20th…
Make Magazine once again hosts Make Fest, an evening of inspiration, know-how, and spirited mischief-making. Expert makers share their projects, creations, and dirty little secrets. Embrace the technology in your life–join in, roll up your sleeves, and tweak technology to your will. It’s like a Science Fair on steroids. This event is free and open to anyone possessing the Maker spirit. All Makers are welcome! The hours are 1930 to 2130, and the location is the Hotel Le Plaza, Brussels, Belgium. The Maker Faire event is being held in conjunction with O’Reilly’s EuroOSCON Open Source Convention.
Ulla Maaria-Mutanen - craft projects, Maker Manifesto
Ewan Spence - podcasting projects
Paul Granjon -sexed (and other types) robots
Fabienne Serriere - electronics and computer hacks
Attila Csordas – how to isolate stem cells from your baby’s placenta, in a rent lab or at […]
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The Art Buggy Derby will be held on Sunday, October 15th in Washington Square Park in Philly. It is both an intense race of speed and a fierce competition of ingenuity. It’s about building the fastest buggy that will cruise across the finish line first. But it’s also about building a buggy that creates art during the journey of the race. Art that will wow the judges after the smoke settles. This is the riddle of the Art Buggy Derby - a buggy can cross the finish line second and still win the race on account of the art it created during the race. Link.
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Team “Kiddie Pool-o-Def” wanted us to know about the upcoming Portland Adult Soap Box Derby on Saturday, September 9th. “An interesting group, ranging from those out for maximum speed to those avoiding speed in creative ways (including ours). Previous years have had 1/4 scale Winnebago’s, canoes, pirate ships, kiddie pools, giant snow balls, boom boxes, bagpipes, etc.” Link.
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If you are in the Los Angeles area this weekend, head on over to the Institute for Figuring’s new exhibit opening, The Business Card Menger Sponge by Dr. Jeannine Mosley. The exhibit will be on display from August 26 - September 24, 2006 at Machine Project (1200 D North Alvarado, Los Angeles). From the site: “Menger’s Sponge - named for its inventor Karl Menger and sometimes wrongly called Sierpinski’s Sponge - was the first three dimensional fractal that mathematicians became aware of. In 1995 Dr Jeannine Mosely, a software engineer, set out to build a Level 3 Menger Sponge from business cards. After 9 years of effort, involving hundreds of folders all over America, the Business Card Menger Sponge was completed. The resulting object is comprised of 66,048 cards folded into 8000 interlinked sub-cubes, with the entire surface paneled to reveal the Level 1 and Level 2 fractal iterations. […]
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If there are any Makers in the South Bank in London, you might want to check out this sound installation - ” PLAY.orchestra will be based outside the Royal Festival Hall for 7 weeks this summer starting this weekend! 56 plastic cubes and 3 Hotspots are laid out on a full size orchestra stage, each cube containing a light and speaker. Sit down on the cube or stand in the hotspot to turn on that instrument and bring 58 friends to hear the full piece.. switch on Bluetooth on your mobile phone and receive a ringtone of the piece you’ve created as well as other Philharmonia Orchestra ringtones.” [via] - Link.
Related:
PLAY.orchestra production blog- Link.
Photos - Link.
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