New venue for Dorkbot, a place called Waid's that looks like fun.
Caribbean food and electronics.
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From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: November 3, 2009 9:12:56 AM PST
To: [email protected], A discussion list for dorkbot-
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Subject: [dorkbotsea-announce] Fwd: November Dorkbot: Projects from
Burning Man 2009
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Reminder! Tomorrow night!
This year at Burning Man a few really great large scale,
collaborative projects came out of Seattle! Come hear about the
Groovik's Cube (multi-user controllable LEDs), Steve the Robot
H.E.Ai.D. (interactive music and lasers), and Incunabulum (fire
sculpture).
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WHAT: November 2009 Dorkbot: Projects from Burning Man
2009
WHEN: Weds, Nov 4th, 6:30 - 9:00pm (talks start at 7:00
promptly)
WHERE: Waid's: 1212 E Jefferson St, Seattle, WA 98122, by
Seattle U
http://waidshouse.com/
ADMISSION: Free! But bring $$ for food/drinks from Waid's kitchen.
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Presentations:
The Groovik's Cube, presented by Barry Brumitt
Earlier this year, I led a team of ~70 engineers and other motivated
luminaries on a mad 6 month rush to design, produce, and install
Groovik's Cube (a 40' tall, user-controllable Rubik's Cube: http://theblight.net/09/bm/73PICT120394.jpg)
which, rather than being mechanical, is illuminated & animated from
within by 324 (or 1.8KW of) LEDs. I'd like to share with you not
just the design & enabling technologies (Arduinos, GumStix, and
custom high-current LED drivers), but also the engineering and
management practices (social contracts, redundancy, etc.) that
helped a fledgling team complete this complex project on an
incredibly compressed timeline.
Plus, I'll show some really pretty pictures from our exceeded-all-
expectations installation in Black Rock City, aka Burning Man.
Dr. Barry Brumitt is a Software Engineer & Tech Lead with Google,
Inc with a peripatetic background in robotics, physics, computer
engineering, AI, ubiquitous computing & software development.
Steve the Robot H.E.Ai.D., presented by Peter Brown and Christopher
Overstreet
Steve is a 35 foot, interactive, collaborative installation that
allowed people to create sound and music together. Steve is a
sensing, reactive playspace; using video sensors to collect people’s
motion and interactively generate music and lasers. This is a H.uman
E.nergized Artifical i.ntelligence D.evice. Learn more about Steve
here: http://dbltht.org/ubergeek. For this presentation Peter and
Chris, two of the developers on the team, will discuss the
technology that made Steve a reality.
Incunabulum, presented by Kay Morrison/Iron Monkey crew
In`cu·nab"u·lum is a literal microcosm. The universe as we know it -
formed into the shell of an egg, cradled by the hand of man. The
Iron Monkeys built this 15' art piece over the course of the summer
of 2009, and trucked it to Burning Man to display for a week.
We will share the process of physically building the piece,
including the brainstorming, construction and implementation of the
propane flame system which lit the piece every night.
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Special thanks to Waid's for providing such a great venue! Show
your support by drinking their drinks and eating their food. Happy
hour until 7.
See you on Wednesday, November 4th!
email questions/comments to
shellyhivemind
@gmail
.com
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