[dorkbotaustin-announce] Dorkbot - Thursday July 12, 7PM - Cafe Mund

[David Nunez]

dorkbot9: Maker Faire, Tesla Coils, ACTLab, Circuit Bending, Loud Vibrations

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.
FREE

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 http://makerfaire.com/austin/2007/callformakers/  -- Let's show off what Austin dorks are all about!

* The Austin contingent of The Geek Group <http://www.thegeekgroup.org/>  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 (http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/) 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 at dorkbot.org  -- otherwise, it's going to be Enya on an iPod on endless repeat.

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