From garnethertz at gmail.com Thu Mar 27 21:43:55 2008 From: garnethertz at gmail.com (Garnet Hertz) Date: Thu Mar 27 21:44:06 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-announce] Dorkbot SoCal 27 - Make:Way Meet-The-Car Event - Sat March 29 2008 (4pm) Message-ID: Dorkbot SoCal 27 - Make:Way Meet-The-Car Event Saturday, March 29, 2008 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Tom's Place 2350 Allesandro Street Los Angeles, 90039 (at the corner of Allesandro & Whitmore) Make:Way is Make: Magazine's entry into the 2008 24 Hours of LeMons race -- an endurance race where each car must be $500 or less. The Make:Way team will be transforming a $300 1993 Ford Escort LX into a screaming brute of a racecar. See how we do it! Come out on Saturday at 4pm to see the car, meet the crew, and hang out. We will be wanting someone to produce side projects for inside the car, that will include, but not limited to: * Nixie tube (or other grabby display) gas gauge (A/D then display) * In-car video, in-car audio * Car-to-pitstop driver communication * Car telemetry (data capture in moving car, transmit to pit) This will be at minimum a "side bar" project in Make: Magazine, so you could get a nice write up and be on the team, etc. C'mon out on Saturday and check it out. Project photos: http://flickr.com/photos/makeway/ Project blog: http://www.makewayracing.com Race info: http://www.24hoursoflemons.com/ Event info: http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotsocal/ (Google Maps gives the wrong location if you punch in Tom's actual address of 2350... 2300 gives a more precise location) Garnet -- http://www.conceptlab.com