[dorkbotdc-announce] REMINDER - Tuesday 24 February - Next DorkbotDC Meeting!

[Dorkbot DC]

HELLO FINE DORKS AND DORK ACCESSORIES!

TIME FOR THE FEBRUARY DORKBOTDC MEETING!

Please disseminate widely.
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     http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotdc/
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WHAT: February 2009 DorkbotDC meeting
WHEN: Tuesday, Feb 24th, 7 PM - 9 PM (ET)
WHERE:
     Smith Hall of Art, Room 114,
     George Washington University
     801 22nd St NW
     Washington, DC 20037
     Google map: http://is.gd/2FEs

ALWAYS FREE!

WHO:

James Mallos : BEAMbots and Wrapping Paper

Sculptor James Mallos (http://jamesmallos.blogspot.com/) will talk about
two interactive sculptures exhibited at the FLIK Film Festival last
summer, "Blow," a BEAMbot that subsists on gallery illumination, and
"Today Now," a live video application programmed in Processing and
Automator that lets gallery visitors create original repeating patterns
from their own appearance and donate them to the public domain. Of
interest to BEAMbot fans is the use in "Blow" of a thread tourniquet, a
simple mechanical stratagem that turns a pager motor into a muscle-like
actuator, and the use of a curvigami paper carapace instead of skeletal
mechanism. A new convert to Processing, Mallos will try to impart his
enthusiasm for the programming language that has been embraced by
artists around the world. He will also try to justify his obsession with
the p6 symmetry group.

James Mallos is a sculptor and toy designer. Educated as an engineer,
he has been in and out of programming episodically, becoming in the
process a combination old fossil and newbie. He introduced his
construction toy TWOGS at the Austin Maker Faire 2007, and way of
making baskets by computer at Bay Area Maker Faire 2008.

If you—or someone you know—has an interesting announcement or something
to share (5 minutes or less), we'll make time to fit you in.

After the presentations, the exchange continues over food and drink at a
nearby eatery (http://www.froggybottompub.com/).

Finally, if you or someone you know (of), might have an interesting
presentation for a roomful of grungy, informal, low-pressure,
unprestigious, and most of all inclusive fellow dorks, please let us know!