Dorkbot.26: Attack of the Robot Turkeys

We’re meeting on campus at the ACTLab this month (same as September’s meeting). Here’s a MAP and a VIDEO to find out how to get there. The CMB Building is also accessible via the 1L or 1M bus lines (view PDF from CapMetro).

This month’s speakers include:

• Philip Wheat – Netduino: Arduino but with BREAKPOINTS
• Ayman El-Khashab – The PS3 Toothfairy! Harmony/IR control for the PS3. http://www.ps3toothfairy.com/
• Brooks Bennett – Talking about his project, http://tweetdecoder.com/
• Elijah Parker – Looking for help with some pretty excellent live performance things through his group Prophet Visuals.

Dorkbot is — as always — a free event.

*Notice: There may or may not be any robot turkeys at this event. But it’s worth showing up to find out.

Dorkbot 25

We will also have some Dorkbot t-shirts for sale for $10. Continuing to clear out the old shirts to make way for the new ones (which will be the same as the old ones, but in a wider variety of sizes).

Beer and water will also be available for a buck a bottle (suggested donation).

All money made from t-shirt and beverage sales goes directly to paying for our rental cost for the 2011 SxSW Dorkbot tent.

1. Dr. Stone is going to be talking about some really cool stuff related to robots thinking for themselves
2. It’s free
3. You’ll get fabulous street cred in the DIY community (OK this is just postulation…)

You’ll find out all you need to know here, at this link, including where to park because we all know parking on UT campus is not awesome: http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/science/20100916/e11544

We are still looking for both short and long presentations to join a few excellent guests who have already signed on. As a special treat, we will be raffling off a lighted fabric belt we hope will serve as inspiration and a source of parts for an excellent craft based project.

Speakers so far:
Jonathan Leistiko & Sharon Cichelli – how to cast your face for more mask-making possibilities
Laura Smith – This 2-person costume I made with my Lilypad Arduino just so I could talk about it at Dorkbot
Lindsey Greene of The Dead Left – Bass distortion boxes with fun LEDs
More to come!

More info and speaker announcements as we have the details, so stay tuned

Dorkbot 25 (Halloween-o-rama) at the ATX Hackerspace
http://www.austinhackerspace.org
1601 Rutherford Lane
October 18th 7-10pm

The Dog & Duck Pub.
9.29.10. 6:30 – 8:00pm
406 w. 17th st
Austin, TX

If you’d like to help contribute to the organization of an organization, come drink beer with us and discuss some fantastic agenda items, including:

• Community outreach possibilities within the K-12 age range for 2010-2011.
• Planning a ‘Beginning programming for the Arduino newbie’ night.
• Presenting at and/or attending the next Hot Science Cool Talks discussion from the Environmental Science Institute on October 15.
• Pirates or Ninjas?
• And more!

Just head on over to the Facebook event page & RSVP if you plan to attend.

Dorkbot 24 is happening tonight!, September 20th, at 7p in the former ACTLab (Studio 4B of the CMB building) at UT-Austin. The agenda is available at http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotaustin/2010/09/dorkbot-24-is-coming-on-9-20-2010/.  The building is located at the SE corner of Guadalupe and Dean Keaton (26th Street).  Still not sure where it is?  Below is a video borrowed from the guys at VideoCamp Austin, who hosted their inaugural event in the ACTLab not too long ago.

Dorkbot 24 on September 20, 2010!
7pm – 10pm in the ACTLab (Studio 4B of the CMB building) at UT. The building is located at the SE corner of Guadalupe and Dean Keaton (26th Street).

Don’t forget to RSVP on the Facebook Event page. It’s not required, but it helps us to figure out how many chairs we won’t be able to come up with to accommodate everyone:

The lineup so far:

1. Carlos Santiago – Presenting material from electronicsisfun.com
2. Dustin Willis (Salvage Vanguard Theater) – Robot actors for an upcoming play
3. Brandon Wiley (formerly of Bittorrent, Inc and the ACTLab) – New web protocol that makes for unbreakable Twitter connectivity in politically volatile areas, like Iran.

Don’t worry, there’s still time!
We still have room for some 5-minute presentations, so if you’re working on a project and want to show it off, or you’re stuck on a project and could use some assistance from the group, bring it in and talk about it! If your presentation requires additional setup time, come to the ACTLab about 30 minutes early (around 6:30) to test your equipment and do some general kibitzing.

Dorkbot is, as always, a FREE event.

Secondly, our September meeting!  This will take place Monday September 20th, 7pm – 10pm in the ACTLab (Studio 4B of the CMB building) at UT.  The building is located at the SE corner of Guadalupe and Dean Keaton (26th Street).

Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=147003611998758

We are going to try a bit of a different format for the meeting, and are currently seeking presenters.  Please contact me at milsyobtaf [at] gmail [dot] com to put your hat in the ring.  We would like to welcome the traditional 20-30 minute presentation / discussion format of (mostly) finished projects as well as bring in shorter 5-10 minute presentations of projects that are in progress or even in the planning stages.  Need to brainstorm past a roadblock or seek help from the community?  These shorter presentations are for you!

Questions or concerns?  Don’t hesitate to let me know.

We are currently working with What is Austin? and Liveable City on the Austin Futures Fair. This is a 3 day event to increase public awareness of and participation in the the City of Austin’s Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, which will guide development and growth over the next 30 years.

Our goal is to ensure that the Plan has a meaningful community voice behind it that is invested in its successful implementation.

We want to do this by bringing various artists, community groups, activists, architects, designers, and other creative citizens together to showcase their visions of a future Austin with no limits, 30 to 100 years from now.

The main festivities will take place on Friday, September 17th, from 7pm – 11pm, and will feature art installations, slide show presentations, and graphics. We would love for you to participate in one of two ways described in the downloadable guidelines at AustinFuturesFair.com.

Also, a short introductory video we had fun making can be viewed there as well.

Interested people can fill out this form to submit their interest in participating!

The deadline to submit interest is Friday August 13th!