[dorkbotpgh-announce] [resend] dorkbot pittsburgh -- Thursday, October 23, 7:30pm

[jet]

[updated talk description and meeting details. --jet]


Please join us this month for a "very special episode" of dorkbot
pittsburgh! We will be welcoming Eric Paulos and Jill Miller to
Pittsburgh and introducing them to as many new faces as possible.

As usual, we'll meet upstairs at brillobox starting at 7:30, we're 
all-ages and admissions is free.  Brillobox has a food menu again and is 
non-smoking, so show up early and grab a bite to eat as a way of 
thanking them for hosting us.


Jill Miller, "I Heart Surveillance"
http://www.jillmiller.net

Jillis a recent Pittsburgh transplant; she moved here from California 
because she heard that the weather was better. She is a Visiting 
Assistant Professor in the Art Department and HCI Institute at Carnegie 
Mellon University. She previously taught at the San Francisco Art 
Institute and the California College of Arts. She is a conceptual artist 
and will talk about her recent project, Collectors, when she went 
undercover and conducted surveillance on art collectors in San Francisco.


Eric Paulos, "I Want to be Unique Like Everyone Else", http://www.paulos.net

Eric is a recent arrival to Pittsburgh coming by way of UC Berkeley, San
Francisco, Intel Research, and Survival Research Labs. He has been known
to build flying robots, create EMP devices, and construct interactive
public trashcans. His recent efforts as an Assistant Professor at CMU's
HCI Institute focus on citizen science, activism, sustainability, green
design, and environmental awareness. Eric will explore these topics as
well as explain what it is like to fulfill a personal fantasy of driving
a public street sweeper.


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--jet at allartburns.org