Thurs. Oct 15th 2009 7:30-9:00pm

Cafe Mundi 1704 E 5th St. (a few blocks east of I-35) (512) 236-8634 FREE EVENT

If you have a project or something you’d like to present, let us know!

Current Presenters:

• Alan Watts presents his new animation app Toon Fu
• Mikal Hart shows off his GPS Box
• Andre Lamothe demos the new chameleons
• Dr. Bleep, Dann Green, and Eric Archer annouce the Handmade Music Austin workshop series, and demo their new Andromeda Space Rockers mini-instruments
• John Boiles shows off his ipod contolled devices (1, 2)
• Brooks Coleman
• Marvin Niebuhr

Dorkbot is, as always, a FREE event.

Saturday March 14, 2009 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm Brush Square Park 5th and Neches Austin, Texas Get Directions

RSVP BEFORE FRIDAY MAR 13, 11:59PM

RSVP (Option 1):  Join the dorkbot-austin announce list (all dorkbot-austin announcelist members have automatic RSVP+1)

RSVP (Option 2):  http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1904017

Co-sponsored by:

• SXSW Interactive
• Silicon Labs
• Mr. Data Consulting
• Monstrous
• Make Magazine

Signs provided by BuildASign.com Giveaways from Mike Rigsby, author of Pointless (yet awesome) Projects for the Electronically Inclined

Current presenters include:

• ArcAttack – Singing Tesla Coils – http://www.arcattack.com/
• Operation Playmate – Extra-planetary Erich Ragsdale vs. Eric Archer’s Big Box o’ Techno – http://www.myspace.com/operationplaymate
• Phil Macnutt – Homebuilt Analog Synthesizer – http://www.philmacnutt.com/siterrt/Analog_Modular.html
• Bleep Labs – http://bleeplabs.com/
• Jason Asbahr / Monstro.us – Presents their latest release Entranced, a 3D interactive music experience game-as-art – http://www.monstro.us
• Alison Lewis – Battery powered crafts to make and sew – http://iheartswitch.com/switchcraft
• FIRST Robotics Anderson High School FIRST robot team #2158, and Girl Scouts of Central Texas FIRST robot team #2881
• George Sabra – Bringing his latest e-waste sculpture http://www.georgesabra.com
• Marvin Niebuhr – Prickly Pear Cactus Rhythm Synth http://flimflamlab.blogspot.com
• The Robot Group – A large selection of projects including the Babbling Head, Ping Pong Printer, Glamour Girl, and more – http://www.robotgroup.org/
• Aileen Adler – Theremin for the Masses – http://www.thereminforthemasses.com
• Lori 16mm Varga – Lots of odd film/handpainted footage and circuit bent sounds
• Jay Smith / Livid – Viditar MIDI controller – http://www.lividinstruments.com
• Bob Comer – Robots used at and info about the Computer Studies and Robotics and Automation program at ACC
• Bill Byrne / The Painful Leg Injuries -  Software and hardware instruments by controlled by Nintendo Wii-mote http://myspace.com/painfulleginjuries
• John P. Funk – multi disciplinary artist, Inventor & creator of LED Space Lights http://www.cozmicfunk.com

Dorkbot 19 @ the ACTLab

dorkbot-austin @ UT’s ACTLab

Wed. Feb 11th 2009 7:00-10:00pm

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

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

• 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!

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.

http://www.dorkbotaustin.org

• 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.

Last minute event planned for next Thursday 8pm at Cafe Mundi.  Confirmed projects:

• 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.