[dorkbotdc-blabber] Meeting wrap up

[Alberto Gaitán]

Good morning folks,

Thanks for a great turnout last night. The first joint DorkbotDC + 
Make:DC work meeting attracted 63 participants (twice what we expected!) 
and, although 2 hours was barely enough to get folks started on their 
LED Cube, it was great to see so much enthusiasm. Thanks to the Marian 
Koshland Science Museum for their hospitality and congeniality.

I want to encourage you to use this list to ask questions and to provide 
others with resources and hints so that you can finish the project at home.

We'll be working on a step-by-step instructable to put on the DorkbotDC 
and Make:DC websites and we'll let you know when it's up.

A big shout-out goes to Tim Slagle for the time he spent getting the 
best LEDs at the best price, prepping/packaging the kit parts, writing 
up instructions and building that lovely cube prototype and the flashy 
software he provided (His test app was sent to the list on 1/16/08 as an 
attachment called LEDcube.pde. If anyone needs it, drop a line here. 
We'll also put it on the website with the instructable.).

Kudos also to Mark Adams for his contributions to the kit and logistics 
including hosting the prebuild, and for building v1 of the cube and 
software prototypes. They both went through *a lot* of effort on our behalf!

Of course, we also need to thank the Maker Store for giving us a deep 
discount of the Arduinos.

More soon, meanwhile, here are some useful links:

The Arduino homepage (includes the development environment, FAQs, 
tutorials and other resources): http://arduino.cc/

The Maker Store: http://store.makezine.com/

Make Blog project page for their version of the LED cube:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/09/make_a_pocket_led_cube_we_1.html

Stay tuned for info on the next Dorkbot DC meeting: February 26, 7-9pm 
at GWU.

Alberto & Gareth
Co-Overlords, Dorkbot DC

http:dorkbot.org/dorkbotdc/