From dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org Wed Aug 1 21:26:09 2007 From: dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org (Dorkbot DC) Date: Wed Aug 1 21:26:12 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-announce] Next Dorkbot DC meeting and other notes Message-ID: <2fd1fa350708011826l19488c06ne967a9d1891eb225@mail.gmail.com> Save the date... The next Dorkbot DC meeting will be: Monday, September 10, 2007 from 7-9 PM. More info as it is available! No, we won't meet in August, but there are some other cool things going on in DC... -Thomas ======== August 5, 2007 Electronics Mayhem with Sejayno (feat. homemade instruments of Peter Blasser) + Aaron Leitko + Starry Chatter 8:00-10:30pm Phillips Hall, 801 22nd St, NW, Rm B120 (in the basement) (22nd and H Streets/GW Metro) George Washington University If you liked Peter Blasser's instruments from the April Dorkbot DC meeting, you can listen to his instruments being played at The Electric Possible ("DC's mad monthly laboratory for promethean sound experiments"). "Members of sejayno release a morphic aura into the air through the utilization of therapeutic breathing techniques, fumblings, and fantasies about sexual tourism. " Aaron Leitko (DC)--Leitko builds abstract electronic soundscapes with sensitivity and precision and just enough gritty dirt to keep them interesting. Starry Chatter--Brand new DC based duo combines the analog electronics of Dave Vosh (Safe) and the extended bass noise techniques of Jeff Bagato (Tone Ghosting, Spaceships Panic Orbit). More info here: http://www.panicresearch.com/electric_poss.html ======== BarCampDC Friday, August 10th at 8pm - Opening Night Party Saturday, August 11th; from 9:30am to whenever - Conference Sessions Fleishman-Hillard Inc. 1615 L Street NW Washington, DC 20036 BarCamp DC is an ad-hoc unconference and is part of the larger BarCamp movement. While there are topics suggested for discussion, there is no set agenda until everyone gathers. Attendees are required to participate to some degree: either by giving a presentation, demo, etc. or by facilitating a group discussion. Topics are flexible, as well. http://barcampdc.org/ ========= August 17, 2007 DEADLINE for Advancing Robotic Research through an Open Source High-Fidelity Simulation Framework and Competition Under this effort, the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society is soliciting faculty members and their interested students from universities in the Greater Washington Area (Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and Baltimore) working in the areas of multi-agent cooperation, robotic mapping, communications networks, and sensory processing. The participants will be provided with the necessary equipment and knowledge needed to join the robotics and automation research community in the area of Automated Guided Vehicles. A two-day tutorial will be provided, during which the participants will be loaned a simulation platform with all relevant software installed. If interested, please make contact by August 17, 2007 with a succinct statement of how you expect to benefit from your participation and why you should be selected (emphasize skills and experience with respect to the requirements of the competition). If selected, you are expected to attend a two-day tutorial to be held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on September 13-14, 2007. The proposed effort is being administered under the auspices of the recently formed IEEE Washington Section Robotics and Automation Society Chapter. For more information, contact Dr. Stephen Balakirsky at robosim@nist.gov or 301-975-4791. More info: http://ewh.ieee.org/r2/capitalarea/eSCANNER/nw07robot.html From dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org Fri Aug 17 17:19:20 2007 From: dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org (Dorkbot DC) Date: Fri Aug 17 17:19:23 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-announce] Dorkbot DC Meeting - Sept. 10, 2007 Message-ID: <2fd1fa350708171419u1da8b46ate41bb0f541cb1407@mail.gmail.com> Dorkbot DC http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotdc Next Dorkbot DC Meeting: Monday, September 10, 2007 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences 6th and E Streets, NW Washington, DC 20001 http://www.koshlandscience.org/visitor/dandp.jsp Dorkbot is a technological arts organization made up of local chapters around the world where artists, engineers, programmers, and others share their work with the public and their peers. The motto of Dorkbot is "people doing strange things with electricity." The September meeting of Dorkbot DC will be held at the Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences, and will have presentations by three artists. Mechatronic and robotic artist Thomas Edwards will present his work "Touch" which allows two individuals to physically touch each other over the Internet. During the meeting, Edwards will demonstrate touching fingers between Washington, DC, and Toronto, Canada. Conrad Barski will present his work on the PicnicMob.Org web site. PicnicMob is a concept to create "flash mob" picnics in parks of major U.S. cities, but it assigns each participant to a location in the park so that they are near other participants with similar interests (calculated using simulated annealing). Interactive video artist Philip Kohn will discus some of his new work that combines live video cameras with computers to place participants in virtual worlds. See you there!