Thursday, July 12, 7PM

Cafe Mundi

1704 E 5th St. (a few blocks east of I-35)

(512) 236-8634

Yummy food and beverages to accompany your dork euphoria.

http://www.dorkbotaustin.org

Dorkbot is here, once again – and it’s going to be huge.

* Dale Dougherty (editor and publisher of Make Magazine) and Sherry Huss (director – Maker Faire) will give a recap of Maker Faire San Mateo and talk about what’s upcoming for Maker Faire Austin (Oct 20-21). They will also answer questions about the audition process and give insight on desired projects.

The application process to Participate in Maker Faire Austin is now open! Please review — Let’s show off what Austin dorks are all about!

* The Austin contingent of The Geek Group returns. A smash hit at Dorkbot SxSW with their singing Tesla Coils, they have agreed to give us another demonstration. They will talk about the construction, programming, and tuning of a solid state tesla coil instrument

* Edwin Wise, inspired by Sean McCullough’s colloidal demonstration at the last dorkbot, will be building on these experiments with a variety of materials — Needless to say, it will be loud. (You may remember Edwin with his Ruben’s Tubes at dorkbot7 and Burning Flipside this year)

* The University of Texas ACTLab research group will be giving a series of presentations – Learn about the insane experiments going on this summer. (ex. Freestyle hacking, Actlab.tv – an open source video processing station, and circuit bent instruments, including a Casio / Atari 2600 mashup).

IF YOU KNOW OF A DJ WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PLAYING AT DORKBOT9, let us know ASAP – dorkbotaustin@dorkbot.org — otherwise, it’s going to be Enya on an iPod on endless repeat.