[dorkbotdc-announce] Next Dorkbot DC meeting Thursday, November 29th at 7PM

[Dorkbot DC]

Next Dorkbot DC Meeting!

     Thursday 29 November 2007
     7 PM - 9 PM

Always FREE and open to anyone. Spread the word!


[NOTE LOCATION - with thanks to Siobhan Rigg]

     Smith Hall of Art, Room 114
     George Washington University
     801 22nd St NW
     Washington, DC 20037

     (Maps and iCalendar links here: http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotdc/)

[THANKS TO BRIAN CHAMBERLAIN (http://www.ratchetdesign.com/) FOR THE
SWANK NEW WEBSITE DESIGN!]


*** November 29th 2007 presentations:


* Gareth Branwyn- Maker Faire Austin: A World of Difference
(http://home.comcast.net/~garethbranwyn/)

Gareth Branwyn is a contributing editor at MAKE and part of the MAKE:
Blog team. He also recently became an editor at Make: Books, O'Reilly's
new MAKE/CRAFT-related imprint. His first title in that role is The Best
of MAKE, a collection of 75 favorite projects from the first ten
volumes. Gareth is "Cyborg-in-Chief" of the personal-tech website Street
Tech and a contributor to Wired.com. When not working, he likes to pass
the time contemplating his navel (it's an "innie"), dog paddling the
media spew, and generally soaking up as much life experience as possible.

Gareth will report on his recent trip to Maker Faire Austin and share
his thoughts on the new DIY movement/"handy heyday" and what it means in
the greater scheme of things (at least as far as he's concerned).


* Philip Kohn- Real-time processing of live video images

Interactive video artist Philip Kohn will discuss some of his latest
work that combines live video feeds with software that places the
subjects in virtual worlds.


* Alberto Gaitán- Remembrancer: The Software (Part 2 of 2)
(http://selforganizingsystem.org/)

Alberto Gaitán is a artist-programmer who creates a wide range
of cross-media artwork. He will talk about his new-media piece,
"Remembrancer," which deals with transformation, memory, and the
spacial, temporal and cultural resonance of events through automated
(via MaxMSP and the Make Controller) robotic painters responding to news
data flowing in over the Internet.


*** Ad hoc presentations:

If you've got an interesting announcement or something to share (3
minutes or less), we'll make time to fit you in.

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