dorkbot-austin
- ACTLab Intro: A little back story and introduction of people working with the ACTLab - UT’s new media initiative
- Sandy Stone - Sandy’s Fan Club: A look into micro controllers and more
- Cecy Correa - Presenting a preview of a documentary she is working on about the actlab.
- Joey Lopez - Studying Car Culture in Central Texas, learning to hack in the backyard.
- Other cool stuff from the ACTLab - steam punk projects, circuit bending and more!
- Meredith Johns and Carolyn O’Hara from Hawgfly show off their gore cannon http://www.hawgfly.com/gorecannon.html
- Edwin Wise is back with a preview of the Abyssal Organ tech he’ll be setting up at Maker Faire and using in the Scare for a Cure haunt.
- Music showcasing the big box-o-techno http://ericarcher.net/devices/big-box-o-techno/ by Operation Playmate - Erich Ragsdale, Eric Archer, and Chad A
- Nick Pietraniec brings a work-in-progress guitar hero-bot.
- Adam Iseman: ard-e, his sub-$100 robotics platform ( http://www.instructables.com/id/Ard-e-The-robot-with-an-Arduino-as-a-brain/)
- Jason Delaney: steampunk (literally) in a homebrew still that can be used to make alcohol, herbal oils, purify water, etc.
- DIY Modular Battery Backup system (Uniterruptible Power Supply) for powering computer systems or other electronics or electrical equipment that needs to have a reliable battery backup in the event of a grid power failure - Chase Hammock
- How To End Bike Theft: The Honeybike Project – protect your bike or other vehicle with a high voltage alarm system - Luke Iseman
- Hacking $5 analog gauges - Jason Pepas
- Tesla coil kits - Edwin Wise
- Balloon Lights Project - A combined work of Gray Mack for electronics and programming and Dave McGriffy for balloon/helium research
- Ambient Electronic Music - John P. Funk
- ArcAttack! will be making an appearance with their singing tesla coils
- Open Dork - bring your unfinished projects for showing off/brainstorming
- Luke Iseman’s DIY Bike Alarm Project How To End Bike Theft: The Honeybike Project – protect your bike or other vehicle with a high voltage alarm system that can’t be beat!
- DIY Modular Battery Backup system (Uniterruptible Power Supply) for powering computer systems or other electronics or electrical equipment that needs to have a reliable battery backup in the event of a grid power failure
- Jason Pepas on Hacking $5 analog gauges - more info on his wiki http://jason.pepas.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
- Edwin Wise’s dual-resonant solid-state tesla coil “minibrute” - According to Edwin “I’m getting two-foot sparks on this thing before I blow the fuse on my variac, so that’s kinda cool.” more info at http://easternvoltageresearch.com/index.htm
- (INSERT YOUR PRESENTATION HERE – YES THIS COULD BE YOU!)
- Phil MacNutt - Modular Synthesizer
- Blake Sandberg - Theremin Guitar
- John-Mike Reed (http://www.bleeplabs.com) - Bit Blob toys and new Thingamagoop kit
- Seven Sexton - The Planck Stringed Instrument
- Eric Archer / David Nunez (http://delamaquina.com) - Electric Gongs and DIY Multitouch screen podium
- Craig Newswanger - Home Built MIDI controlled Instruments
- Jim Plamondon (http://thumtronics.com) - Thummer
- Amaze entertainment http://www.amazeent.com/
- IGDA http://www.igda.org/
- SXSW Interactive http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/
- and most of all Make Magazine http://www.makezine.com/
Dorkbot18 - @ ActLab
dorkbot-austin @ UT’s ACTLab
Wed. Nov 12th 2008 6:30-9:00pm (Presentations @ 7:00)
In this building on the 4th floor studio 4B aka the ACTLab.
Parking map There are also major bus routes right in front of the building and a bike rack right underneath. Parking at any gray city meter is free after 5:45pm
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dorkbot17: Gore, music, and more
Thursday, September 18, 7PM Cafe Mundi 1704 E 5th St. (a few blocks east of I-35) (512) 236-8634
Dorkbot is, as always, a FREE event.
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Dorkbot 16 - Aug 21 at Cafe Mundi
Last minute event planned for next Thursday 8pm at Cafe Mundi. Confirmed projects:
Dorkbot 15 - Closer-to-final lineup
Just an update on the lineup for next thursday’s (June 19th) dorkbot. Hope to see you there!
Dorkbot 15 - June 19th at Cafe Mundi
Hello Dorkbot Austin! We are once again doing strange things with electricity!
Our next dorkbot is scheduled for June 19th, 2008 at Café Mundi @ 7pm
Currently we have 4 presentations, but we need 1 or 2 more to fill the boot. If you have a new project you are working on, we would love to see it and give you the chance to be the center of attention while you explain how it works. We should have a projector for you to use so you can show any video or powerpoint presentations that would go along with your project. If you would like to be a presenter, drop us an email at dorkbotaustin@dorkbot.org If you need help setting up or unloading/loading your stuff please speak up and we will be glad to help you get it done.
The presentations we have listed so far are:
dorkbot14: Electric Gongs, Theremin Guitars, Robot Percussion, Thummers, and More!
Electric Gongs, Theremin Guitars, Robot Percussion, Thummers, and More!
dorkbot-austin @ Austin Childrens Museum
April 10, 630-9PM (Presentations @ 7:00)
201 Colorado Street
after-dork party @ Jo’s - 242 W. 2nd
FREE event for kids of all ages
Featuring Strange Presentations by:
More on Dorkbot13
Indy Mogul gives dorkbot13 a nod in their SXSW coverage
Dorkbot SxSW coverage on G4TV
Dorkbot13 got a mention on G4’s Attack of the Show
Dorkbot13 at SxSW Coverage
This year’s SxSW Dorkbot was a roaring success, I hope you were all able to make it - most of you must have because according to the SXSW folks at the door, we had somewhere in the ballpark of 1,300 people pass through our gate.
I want to extend a huge thank you to our sponsors:
THANK YOU! Without our sponsors, the event on Saturday wouldn’t have been in any way possible.
A little bit of press is starting to trickle in
http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/sxsw-playing-wi.html
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/technology/2008/03/jeffbezosatdorkbotat_sxsw.html
It sounds like everyone had a good time! If you have come across any news articles please forward them on to us at dorkbotaustin@dorkbot.org or post them to the blabber list and we’ll put them up on our recap page when we finish it
If you have pictures (or video - we haven’t been able to dig any up yet) please, post them to the blabber list, we’d love to see them!
If you have any feedback or suggestions about what we could have done better, please let us know! Some of the presenters have already mentioned a few things and we appreciate the feedback.
Lastly, we still have some shirts available.
http://www.dorkbotaustin.org/shirts
Rather than hold onto them, we’re going to try to pass them on to some of other Dorkbot groups in the US, so they might not last. If you’re interested in one, let us know and we can save one for you, shirts are $17 ($15 if you can pick them at an austin dorkbot event)
Thanks everyone!
Oh, I almost forgot - Dorkbot 14 is scheduled for April 10th, mark your calenders!