From juberset at yahoo.com Tue Apr 1 01:28:18 2008 From: juberset at yahoo.com (Jim Ubersetzig) Date: Tue Apr 1 01:28:30 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Conductive Threads -- Was [hello and looking for wearables community in socal] In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <836243.11902.qm@web58508.mail.re3.yahoo.com> I'm developing multi-grasp-shape hands for robots. The tactile sensors require conductive materials, and also electrically resistive ( not insulating ) materials, including stretch fabrics, films, and threads. Who is selling these materials. Jim Ubersetzig Janet Hansen wrote: hi- I work with wearable tech, but mostly involving illumination embedded within fabric, as decorative elements in clothes and costumes. (different category than the "wearing a computer" look, but some similarities) I could go on a long rant about conductive fabrics ... they have some nice uses (in flexible sensors, for example), but in many cases they are not as good as old fashioned wires, in terms of current capacity, ease of assembly, durability, cost, safety, etc.... One of the popular suppliers for conductive velcro, thread, and other materials is a company that also sells tinfoil hats and items intended to "protect" you from electronics. I find this page especially entertaining: http://www.lessemf.com/personal.html Anyway, let me know if you have specific questions, I might be able to help. I live in north San Diego, but I make it up to LA occasionally. Janet Hansen Enlighted Designs 163 La Costa Avenue Encinitas CA 92024 760-505-3343 208-723-7139 fax http://enlighted.com janet@enlighted.com On Mar 28, 2008, at 2:39 PM, Jobe Bittman wrote: get on the wear-hard mailing list mailto:wear-hard-request@haven.org?subject=subscribe haven.org websites been down awhile but the mailing list is still around with old timers. as far as wearable computing peeps in LA, all i know is tom longson from igargoyle.com but i dont think he has a real rig. myself, i sold all my wearable gear last year. Alice Planas wrote: hello socal dorkbotters! Just wanted to send a hello and introduction. My name is alice and I recently moved back to Los Angeles after 2 years in grad school (ITP in NYC). I'm just getting settled in and looking to meet / join up with some wearables folk (wearable computing). I'd appreciate any pointers to people doing strange things with conductive fabrics. thanks and cheers, alice ........................................................................ .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ ........................................................................ --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. 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URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsocal-blabber/attachments/20080331/1c444652/attachment.html From arclight at gmail.com Tue Apr 1 02:17:38 2008 From: arclight at gmail.com (john arclight) Date: Tue Apr 1 02:18:00 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Conductive Threads -- Was [hello and looking for wearables community in socal] In-Reply-To: <836243.11902.qm@web58508.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <836243.11902.qm@web58508.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <769756f50803312317x5f5c8b61qbfb49102a7dc4d77@mail.gmail.com> You might want to check out some of the various carbon fiber films and textiles. Depending on the material and coating, these might fit your requirement. Also, regular fabric stores have decorative cloth with aluminized fibers. Think about the "Gold Lame" type material and bring your DMM. John On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Jim Ubersetzig wrote: > > I'm developing multi-grasp-shape hands for robots. The tactile sensors > require conductive materials, and also electrically resistive ( not > insulating ) materials, including stretch fabrics, films, and threads. > > Who is selling these materials. > > Jim Ubersetzig > > > Janet Hansen wrote: > hi- > I work with wearable tech, but mostly involving illumination embedded within > fabric, as decorative elements in clothes and costumes. (different category > than the "wearing a computer" look, but some similarities) > > > I could go on a long rant about conductive fabrics ... they have some nice > uses (in flexible sensors, for example), but in many cases they are not as > good as old fashioned wires, in terms of current capacity, ease of assembly, > durability, cost, safety, etc.... > > > One of the popular suppliers for conductive velcro, thread, and other > materials is a company that also sells tinfoil hats and items intended to > "protect" you from electronics. I find this page especially entertaining: > http://www.lessemf.com/personal.html > > > Anyway, let me know if you have specific questions, I might be able to help. > I live in north San Diego, but I make it up to LA occasionally. > > > > > Janet Hansen > Enlighted Designs > 163 La Costa Avenue > Encinitas CA 92024 > > > 760-505-3343 > 208-723-7139 fax > http://enlighted.com > janet@enlighted.com > > > > > > > On Mar 28, 2008, at 2:39 PM, Jobe Bittman wrote: > > get on the wear-hard mailing list > > mailto:wear-hard-request@haven.org?subject=subscribe > > haven.org websites been down awhile but the mailing list is still around > with old timers. > > as far as wearable computing peeps in LA, all i know is tom longson from > igargoyle.com but i dont think he has a real rig. myself, i sold all my > wearable gear last year. > > Alice Planas wrote: > hello socal dorkbotters! > > Just wanted to send a hello and introduction. > My name is alice and I recently moved back to Los Angeles after 2 years in > grad school (ITP in NYC). > > I'm just getting settled in and looking to meet / join up with some > wearables folk (wearable computing). > I'd appreciate any pointers to people doing strange things with conductive > fabrics. > > thanks and cheers, > alice > > > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > > > ________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your > homepage......................................................................... > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > > > ________________________________ > You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster > Total Access, No Cost. > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > From alisuchan at gmail.com Tue Apr 1 18:34:26 2008 From: alisuchan at gmail.com (Alice Planas) Date: Tue Apr 1 18:34:37 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Re: Conductive Threads Message-ID: <325f7b430804011534v646def20u18ded5b6b99ff513@mail.gmail.com> Hi Jim, > > > > I'm developing multi-grasp-shape hands for robots. The tactile sensors > require conductive materials, and also electrically resistive ( not > insulating ) materials, including stretch fabrics, films, and threads. > > Who is selling these materials. > > Jim Ubersetzig > While working with qprox sensors I had to shield each of the capacitive leads by a surrounding field of the same conductive material that was electrically grounded. This seemed to work for my purposes of isolating the capacitance sensors with my initial prototypes. I'm not sure if this is what your dealing with? And as far as the "regular" metallic materials at fabric stores. Maggie Orth (http://www.maggieorth.com/) in her early works at MIT worked with Metallic Silk Organza (www.textronicsinc.com/news/news7.pdf ). Be careful with these "metallic looking fabrics" -- if you are going to work with this stuff the resistance value is generally too high for practical use. Janet is right, many conductive fabrics are not as reliable as wire. I only use a few grades (like Nora Dell and Zelt) from Less EMF and Fine Silver Fabrics http://www.fine-silver-productsnet.com/index.html -- where the surface resistance values are low enough -- you can request spec sheets from the companies that give you pretty precise information. The only thing I have ever used Metallic Silk Organza (because of cost $6 - 12 dollars a yard vs. as much as $60 a yard) for is as shielding materials for my qprox sensors. And even then, you need to layer 2 sheets of the fabric together (the metallic threads are only in on direction of the weave). Also, I've bought many "metallic looking materials" only to find out that they were actually shiny polyester or acrylic blends -- bring your multimeter to the fabric store if you are seeking this stuff. Hope this helps, alice -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsocal-blabber/attachments/20080401/11bc471c/attachment.html From garnethertz at gmail.com Wed Apr 2 02:32:23 2008 From: garnethertz at gmail.com (Garnet Hertz) Date: Wed Apr 2 02:32:34 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Dorkbot SoCal 28 (Sat 1pm April 5th @ Machine) - Seeley, Lotan & Edwards + Make Magazine design contest Message-ID: Dorkbot SoCal 28 - Seeley, Lotan & Edwards + Make Magazine design contest ***** Saturday, April 5, 2008 ***** 1:00pm - 3:00pm ***** Machine Project ***** 1200 D North Alvarado Street ***** Los Angeles, CA ***** Google map of Machine Guest hosted by Thomas Edwards, former Dorkbot Seattle overlord. Presenters: = Damon Seeley = http://electroland.net/ Damon Seeley and partner Cameron McNall are Electroland, a team that creates large-scale public art projects and electronic installations. Each project is site-specific and may employ a broad range of media, including light, sound, images, motion, architecture and interactivity. Electroland is working at the forefront of new technologies to create interactive experiences where visitors can interact with buildings, spaces and each other in new and exciting ways. = Thomas Edwards = http://www.t11s.com http://phy2phy.wikidot.com/ Thomas Edwards is a technology artist who is a recent transplant from Washington, DC (where he co-founded Dorkbot DC). He will be presenting "Phy2Phy", his campaign to link physical objects to other physical objects using the Interent. Phy2Phy concentrates on de-localization of interaction through the use of affordable hardware devices, and parallels the displacement of his own recent transcontinental journey. = Gilad Lotan = http://giladlotan.com Gilad works to explore the intersection between culture, technology and spatial design, made possible through new media. What gets him excited is finding ways to create and use technology as a tool to strengthen connections between people and to places. He builds objects and designs spaces that take advantage of embedded technology as a way to augment their base line functionality. = Make:Way Design Briefing = Also, the Make Magazine 24 Hours of LeMons race car project will be giving a short presentation to describe how you can be involved and get a project in Make Magazine. 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! We need individuals 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. Come 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/ More pics, links, etc.: http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotsocal/ ...come on out, and bring your friends. Bonus if you bring a snack to share. From parker at electricwestern.com Wed Apr 2 16:09:52 2008 From: parker at electricwestern.com (Lorin Edwin Parker) Date: Wed Apr 2 16:10:08 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Source for conductive fabrics, plastics and glass Message-ID: <47F3E810.9010709@electricwestern.com> Hey, After discovering a guy who makes emf sheilding hats that protect you from aliens trying to read your mind (really), I was referred to www.lessemf.com The store caters to the paranoid DIY crowd that wishes to turn their house into an EMF free faraday cage -- boy, though are they savvy and reasonable. You can get small quantities of materials & all electrical properties are listed resistivity (ohms^2), conductivity, dielectric properties. I ordered just 3 feet of 3M VeloTex from them and got it right away (my only other source would only sell 2000' rolls). I hope that helps with all y'all's apps -- I just want to make a sheik hunting cap that protects me from aliens -- the tutorial on alien mind protection caps is here: http://www.stopabductions.com/. With the scraps, though I sure did make a nice compression sensor and touch strip (velostat increases its conductivity slightly when compressed) Regards, Lorin From tedwards at gmail.com Wed Apr 2 16:33:00 2008 From: tedwards at gmail.com (Thomas Edwards) Date: Wed Apr 2 16:33:12 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Source for conductive fabrics, plastics and glass In-Reply-To: <47F3E810.9010709@electricwestern.com> References: <47F3E810.9010709@electricwestern.com> Message-ID: <2fd1fa350804021333m30cca526u24642c7230623078@mail.gmail.com> A Dorkbot DC member used the copper-clad FlecTron fabric from LessEMF to make a USB compatible Voodoo Doll: http://www.slashgear.com/the-black-arts-are-bus-powered-213065.php -Thomas On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Lorin Edwin Parker wrote: > Hey, > > After discovering a guy who makes emf sheilding hats that protect you > from aliens trying to read your mind (really), I was referred to > > www.lessemf.com From juberset at yahoo.com Fri Apr 4 19:17:33 2008 From: juberset at yahoo.com (Jim Ubersetzig) Date: Fri Apr 4 19:17:41 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Re: Conductive Threads In-Reply-To: <325f7b430804011534v646def20u18ded5b6b99ff513@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <494586.62245.qm@web58513.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Thank you ! Yes, this helps a lot ! Jim Ubersetzig Alice Planas wrote: Hi Jim, I'm developing multi-grasp-shape hands for robots. The tactile sensors require conductive materials, and also electrically resistive ( not insulating ) materials, including stretch fabrics, films, and threads. Who is selling these materials. Jim Ubersetzig While working with qprox sensors I had to shield each of the capacitive leads by a surrounding field of the same conductive material that was electrically grounded. This seemed to work for my purposes of isolating the capacitance sensors with my initial prototypes. I'm not sure if this is what your dealing with? And as far as the "regular" metallic materials at fabric stores. Maggie Orth (http://www.maggieorth.com/) in her early works at MIT worked with Metallic Silk Organza (www.textronicsinc.com/news/news7.pdf ). Be careful with these "metallic looking fabrics" -- if you are going to work with this stuff the resistance value is generally too high for practical use. Janet is right, many conductive fabrics are not as reliable as wire. I only use a few grades (like Nora Dell and Zelt) from Less EMF and Fine Silver Fabrics http://www.fine-silver-productsnet.com/index.html -- where the surface resistance values are low enough -- you can request spec sheets from the companies that give you pretty precise information. The only thing I have ever used Metallic Silk Organza (because of cost $6 - 12 dollars a yard vs. as much as $60 a yard) for is as shielding materials for my qprox sensors. And even then, you need to layer 2 sheets of the fabric together (the metallic threads are only in on direction of the weave). Also, I've bought many "metallic looking materials" only to find out that they were actually shiny polyester or acrylic blends -- bring your multimeter to the fabric store if you are seeking this stuff. Hope this helps, alice ........................................................................ .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ ........................................................................ --------------------------------- You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsocal-blabber/attachments/20080404/466bc59d/attachment.html From tedwards at gmail.com Fri Apr 4 20:22:06 2008 From: tedwards at gmail.com (Thomas Edwards) Date: Fri Apr 4 20:22:17 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Touching over 2,300 miles Message-ID: <2fd1fa350804041722u3c8ea2a2l11ea9e7022f0ea77@mail.gmail.com> As part of my presentation at Dorkbot SoCal tomorrow, I intend to demonstrate touching someone over the Internet over a physical distance of 2,300 miles. Damon and Gilad will have some cool stuff to show as well, see you there @Machine Project @1PM! -Thomas http://www.t11s.com From giladlotan at gmail.com Sat Apr 5 04:09:55 2008 From: giladlotan at gmail.com (Gilad Lotan) Date: Sat Apr 5 04:10:10 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Touching over 2,300 miles In-Reply-To: <2fd1fa350804041722u3c8ea2a2l11ea9e7022f0ea77@mail.gmail.com> References: <2fd1fa350804041722u3c8ea2a2l11ea9e7022f0ea77@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: I'll be showing how to share heartbeat across a distance ;) Gilad On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Thomas Edwards wrote: > As part of my presentation at Dorkbot SoCal tomorrow, I intend to > demonstrate touching someone over the Internet over a physical > distance of 2,300 miles. > > Damon and Gilad will have some cool stuff to show as well, see you > there @Machine Project @1PM! > > -Thomas > http://www.t11s.com > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > -- Gilad portfolio: http://giladlotan.com thoughts: http://giladlotan.com/blog activism: http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/author/gilad-lotan/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsocal-blabber/attachments/20080405/3db0fd53/attachment.html From tedwards at gmail.com Sun Apr 6 14:01:53 2008 From: tedwards at gmail.com (Thomas Edwards) Date: Sun Apr 6 14:02:09 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] pictures from Saturday? Message-ID: <2fd1fa350804061101i28e4c6d8jbabb5b03d1655131@mail.gmail.com> Thanks to everyone for coming out to the Dorkbot meeting yesterday, it was a lot of fun! If anyone has pictures from the meeting, could you please email them / their URL to me? Thanks! -Thomas tedwards at gmail.com From tedwards at gmail.com Mon Apr 7 17:46:16 2008 From: tedwards at gmail.com (Thomas Edwards) Date: Mon Apr 7 17:46:24 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] LIVE at UC Irvine Message-ID: <2fd1fa350804071446o1b05b51i5f6f49275ff7f334@mail.gmail.com> [Note: I have nothing to do with this exhibition ;] EXHIBITION: LIVE LOCATION: The Beall Center for Art and Technology April 3 ? June 7, 2008 Boxed Music Event June 5th 6:00 ? 9:00 p.m. Family Day May 3rd 11:00 a.m. ? 3:00 p.m. ADDRESS: University of California, Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts 712 Arts Plaza Irvine, CA 92697-2775 HOURS: Tuesday - Wednesday, 12 ? 5 p.m. Thursday - Saturday, 12 ? 8 p.m. GENERAL CONTACT: (949) 824-4339 http://beallcenter.uci.edu BRIEF OVERVIEW What is the meaning of "live" in today's virtual world? The Beall Center for Art and Technology is pleased to present LIVE, an exhibit which features nine artists who sample and transform data, photographs and video from the Internet and incorporate it into their sculptures and installations. The LIVE exhibit will be open to viewers April 3 ? June 7, 2008. In addition, Family Day, May 3rd, 2008, 11:00 a.m. ? 3:00 p.m. allows younger audiences to participate in hands-on arts and science projects related to the current exhibit. The Beall Center for Art and Technology at the University of California Irvine explores relationships between the arts, sciences, and engineering, promoting new forms of creation and expression using digital technologies. The Beall Center is free and open to the public. MTAA & RSG's Want consists of 900 video clips in which individuals declare something that they desire, which are then triggered by search requests from a peer-to-peer network. When someone on the peer-to-peer network requests an item matching one of these 900 video clips, that clip is displayed live in real time in one of six projections. Karen Finley's Business as Usual installation looks like an office, with the prerequisite computers, LCD screens and printers. On each of two tables a computer churns out print-outs with the casualties in the Iraqi War, one for the Americans and the other for the Iraqis. As one sees the print-outs piling up and hears the printer's incessant printing, the live report of the dead brings the magnitude of the death in this tragic war into the gallery and the viewer's consciousness. Siebren Versteeg's BOOM (Fresher Acconci) uses Internet protocol to endlessly display random images using a video trope borrowed from Vito Acconci's The Red Tapes (1976). Presented on an older computer and crt monitor without keyboard or mouse, this work clearly also references the early cathoid ray tube TV sculptures of Nam June Paik. Like many of the works in this exhibition, there is a sense of an endless transmission. Natalie Bookchin's All that is solid utilizes images from online security cams that are openly accessible on the web. Using this source material, she re-edits images into mysterious, surreal observations of both interior and exterior space that are overlaid with a soundtrack of recorded personal conversations also found on the internet, and originally transmitted over the airwaves ? the telephone and the radio Ben Rubin's Two Lanes, 8th Avenue at 40th Street, October 27, 2007 also culls data from online security cameras from this particular date and location in New York City. This data is transformed into two long sculptural tubes that with LED lights that move according to the traffic pattern. Aphid Stern and Michael Dale's MetaVid is a web site that draws data from CSPAN and processes the closed captioning through software they designed, allows the user to search content by key word and to find all the speeches that match that subject. When a specific speech is selected, it is played, allowing the user to hear about specific issues from the representatives who are deciding public policy. From tedwards at gmail.com Tue Apr 8 20:04:36 2008 From: tedwards at gmail.com (Thomas Edwards) Date: Tue Apr 8 20:04:50 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Dorkbot SoCal 2,300 mile touch video Message-ID: <2fd1fa350804081704s22fc4e1ax480f9292d1b6fb46@mail.gmail.com> Even if you missed the demo of touching someone 2,300 miles away over IP at the last Dorkbot SoCal meeting, Douglas Welch took and edited some great video of it: http://welchwrite.com/blog/2008/04/video-dorkbot-socal-meeting-april-5.asp Douglas also took some stills: http://www.flickr.com/photos/welchwrite/tags/dorkbotsocal/ As did Gilad Lotan: http://www.flickr.com/photos/giladlotan/tags/dorkbotsocal/ And I should also note that R. Mark Adams who was on the Washington, DC side of the touching-over-IP also does some interesting genomic/proteinomic music: http://www.epotential.com/radiofreegenome -Thomas http://www.t11s.com From garnethertz at gmail.com Mon Apr 14 12:52:59 2008 From: garnethertz at gmail.com (Garnet Hertz) Date: Mon Apr 14 12:53:09 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Fwd: Dorkbot educational help?! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hey folks... anybody interested in giving a demo of their projects on June 6 from 5-8p.m? Garnet ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Linda Williamson Date: Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:27 AM Subject: Dorkbot educational help?! To: garnethertz@gmail.com Hello Garnet, Don't know if you get requests like this all of the time and feel pestered, or never and feel flattered, but here goes: I'd really like to get some Dorkbot people to come to my son's elementary school. I found your web page through a link on L.A. Futurists, which was recommended to me by one of my Burning Man friends. Anyhoo, about me: I'm the school's PTA prez, and I'm also a burner and robotics/Make magazine type stuff/electronic creations -admirer. I'm organizing the school carnival on June 6 from 5-8p.m. and I'm searching around for cool, interesting exhibits that would fit the theme I convinced them to go with: "Science Fact/Science Fiction." Obviously, the theme casts a wide net, which is just what I wanted. I would be so happy if any Dorkbot types would be interested in showing off their creations to a flock of kids ages 5-10. I can offer little-to-no money, only gratitude and a very enthusiastic, impressionable audience who desperately needs to be given a nudge in the right direction. A tempting offer, no? Who could refuse!? I might also be able to throw in some cotton candy and a free trip down the giant inflatable slide. There may even be a hot dog involved in the deal, but that will be negotiable. If you could pass on my request to your list, I'd be grateful. Best, Linda Williamson http://www.ljwilliamson.com -- http://www.conceptlab.com From garnethertz at gmail.com Wed Apr 23 11:04:23 2008 From: garnethertz at gmail.com (Garnet Hertz) Date: Wed Apr 23 11:10:38 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Fwd: Robotics Tutor needed - this week... In-Reply-To: <003101c8a4c1$bb213c20$3163b460$@com> References: <003101c8a4c1$bb213c20$3163b460$@com> Message-ID: Hi folks... Anybody out there wanting to do some robotics tutoring? (See below) Garnet ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brenda Varda Date: Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 2:42 PM Subject: Robotics Tutor needed - this week... To: garnethertz@gmail.com Hi ? My son and I have been to a couple dorkbot events at Machine ? and he needs a robotics tutor this week. Help. Is there anyone that can help him with creating his computer mouse solar robot? It's just not my area of expertise. Yes, there will be a tutors fee! And maybe an ongoing thing ? cause he's into it. Thanks Brenda varda 213-399-2006 -- http://www.conceptlab.com From tedwards at gmail.com Fri Apr 25 01:28:27 2008 From: tedwards at gmail.com (Thomas Edwards) Date: Fri Apr 25 02:46:34 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Nevada Test Site tour? Message-ID: <2fd1fa350804242228g4bbfa4dj9e67bb90f7e73583@mail.gmail.com> If you are interested in a group tour of the Nevada Test Site: http://www.nv.doe.gov/nts/tours.htm Then send me email. I'm trying to gauge how many people might be interested in doing it. I imagine a caravan from LA going to Vegas on a Friday night and staying over at an affordable hotel, since the tours start in Vegas at 7:30 AM and going to 4PM, then driving home Saturday night. -Thomas tedwards at gmail.com http://www.t11s.com From dreamer at workprint.com Fri Apr 25 16:44:17 2008 From: dreamer at workprint.com (Eric Kurland) Date: Fri Apr 25 16:44:21 2008 Subject: [Fwd: Re: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Nevada Test Site tour?] Message-ID: <481242A1.6030707@workprint.com> I'd be into it, but not 'til the Fall - the Nevada desert in Summer is deadly hot. I've been to the Atomic Testing Museum in Vegas, and it's actually a pretty well put together exhibit from the DOE. Eric Kurland Thomas Edwards wrote: > If you are interested in a group tour of the Nevada Test Site: > > http://www.nv.doe.gov/nts/tours.htm > > Then send me email. I'm trying to gauge how many people might be > interested in doing it. > > I imagine a caravan from LA going to Vegas on a Friday night and > staying over at an affordable hotel, since the tours start in Vegas at > 7:30 AM and going to 4PM, then driving home Saturday night. > > -Thomas > tedwards at gmail.com > http://www.t11s.com > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > > From hsiegel at gmail.com Fri Apr 25 17:11:34 2008 From: hsiegel at gmail.com (Howard Siegel) Date: Fri Apr 25 17:11:49 2008 Subject: [Fwd: Re: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Nevada Test Site tour?] In-Reply-To: <481242A1.6030707@workprint.com> References: <481242A1.6030707@workprint.com> Message-ID: <9a87efb80804251411i41347bb5va1f12a8194c6c6cf@mail.gmail.com> I'd also be interested, but as per Eric, in the fall. I've been out in desert around Vegas in the summertime and I'd prefer not to be cooked again. Perhaps combine this with a tour of the Hoover Damn and Lake Mead? - h On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Eric Kurland wrote: > I'd be into it, but not 'til the Fall - the Nevada desert in Summer is > deadly hot. I've been to the Atomic Testing Museum in Vegas, and it's > actually a pretty well put together exhibit from the DOE. > > Eric Kurland > > > > > Thomas Edwards wrote: > > > If you are interested in a group tour of the Nevada Test Site: > > > > http://www.nv.doe.gov/nts/tours.htm > > > > Then send me email. I'm trying to gauge how many people might be > > interested in doing it. > > > > I imagine a caravan from LA going to Vegas on a Friday night and > > staying over at an affordable hotel, since the tours start in Vegas at > > 7:30 AM and going to 4PM, then driving home Saturday night. > > > > -Thomas > > tedwards at gmail.com > > http://www.t11s.com > > ........................................................................ > > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > > ........................................................................ > > > > > > > > > > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsocal-blabber/attachments/20080425/421d7ee6/attachment.html From puissant at heathervescent.com Sat Apr 26 01:53:56 2008 From: puissant at heathervescent.com (heather vescent) Date: Sat Apr 26 02:46:56 2008 Subject: [Fwd: Re: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Nevada Test Site tour?] In-Reply-To: <9a87efb80804251411i41347bb5va1f12a8194c6c6cf@mail.gmail.com> References: <481242A1.6030707@workprint.com> <9a87efb80804251411i41347bb5va1f12a8194c6c6cf@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <9729adb80804252253j7f9705fej98abc55e161c06dc@mail.gmail.com> I am totally down. And Hoover Dam would kick ass. They are building a new huge new bridge and it looks killer. -H On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Howard Siegel wrote: > I'd also be interested, but as per Eric, in the fall. I've been out in > desert around Vegas in the summertime and I'd prefer not to be cooked again. > > Perhaps combine this with a tour of the Hoover Damn and Lake Mead? > > - h From arclight at gmail.com Sun Apr 27 17:28:29 2008 From: arclight at gmail.com (john arclight) Date: Sun Apr 27 17:28:41 2008 Subject: [Fwd: Re: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Nevada Test Site tour?] In-Reply-To: <9729adb80804252253j7f9705fej98abc55e161c06dc@mail.gmail.com> References: <481242A1.6030707@workprint.com> <9a87efb80804251411i41347bb5va1f12a8194c6c6cf@mail.gmail.com> <9729adb80804252253j7f9705fej98abc55e161c06dc@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <769756f50804271428m4d79c72cla44d7e397479b19a@mail.gmail.com> I'm up for it. Will they let me bring my radiation instruments? Arclight On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:53 PM, heather vescent wrote: > I am totally down. And Hoover Dam would kick ass. They are building a > new huge new bridge and it looks killer. > From garnethertz at gmail.com Mon Apr 28 03:01:08 2008 From: garnethertz at gmail.com (Garnet Hertz) Date: Mon Apr 28 03:01:56 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Fwd: [dorkbot-overlords] ArtBots 2008 Call for Works! In-Reply-To: <4814A4A2.3040804@music.columbia.edu> References: <4814A4A2.3040804@music.columbia.edu> Message-ID: I've done this show... it was a blast, with awesome people in a great location. I encourage you to apply! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: douglas repetto Date: Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 9:06 AM Subject: [dorkbot-overlords] ArtBots 2008 Call for Works! To: secret mailing list for dorkbot-overlords DEAR OVERLORDS! PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY! DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS THIS WEEK! +++++++ ArtBots 2008 Call for Works ArtBots (http://artbots.org) is pleased to announce that the fifth international ArtBots exhibition for robotic art and art-making robots will take place at the Trinity College Science Gallery in Dublin, Ireland on September 19-21, 2008. Creators of talented robots are invited to submit their work for possible inclusion in the show. We have no fixed idea of what qualifies as robotic art; if you think it's a robot and you think it's art, we encourage you to submit your work. Regardless of whether it's hi-tech, low-tech, or neg-tech, we're interested in the ideas you're working with, not just the gear. Proposals for workshops, performances, and other kinds of participation are also welcome. Each ArtBots is a bit different; the location changes and we invite new humans to co-curate the show with us. We hope that by changing the specifics of the show each year we can keep it accessible to a diverse range of people, works, and ideas. +++++++ This year's co-curators are: Warren Ellis: author of novels, comics, video games, and screenplays; blogger and creator of numerous online forums Marie Redmond: computer science professor; director of the MSc Multimedia Systems Course, Trinity College; entrepreneur Douglas Repetto: artist and teacher; Director of Research at the Columbia University Computer Music Center, director and founder of ArtBots, dorkbot, organism, and music-dsp +++++++ ArtBots is a hands-on, community-oriented show, run by and for artists. Participating artists install their own work and are present during the show to meet one another, maintain their pieces, and talk with visitors. Each participant is given a 1000 Euro artist fee to help cover the cost of attending. All costs, including shipping, travel, lodging, meals, etc., are the responsibility of the artist. While we cannot provide additional monetary resources, we are happy to provide invitation letters or other documents that might help artists with local grant applications, sponsorships, etc. Important Dates: Deadline for entries: 1 May Acceptance notifications sent: 2 June Artists confirm participation by: 16 June Show load-in and installation: 16-18 September Show open: 19-21 September Breakdown and load-out: 22 September +++++++ To submit your work for consideration for ArtBots 2008, please fill out the following form. In addition to the form, please provide documentation (photos, video, sounds, plans, etc.) and a brief statement describing the work and your motivation for creating it. Tell us why the work is interesting, and help us understand how it fits in the context of the ArtBots show. We strongly encourage you to create a website with your entry materials in an easily viewable form. This will allow the three geographically separated curators to view the materials as you intend them to be viewed. Email attachments, printed documentation, slides, videotapes, CD-ROMs, and DVDs are all acceptable as documentation, but will make it more difficult for the curators to view your work. We regret that we cannot return submitted materials, so please do not send originals. Please send your entry form and documentation to: artbots@artbots.org or: ArtBots c/o Douglas Repetto Columbia University Computer Music Center 632 W 125th St. 318 Prentis Hall New York, NY 10027 USA Entries must be received by May 1st, 2008. There is no entry fee. We will send you confirmation via email when we receive your entry. Have fun! Douglas Repetto Marie Redmond Warren Ellis Curators, ArtBots 2008 +++++++ ArtBots 2008 is a joint production of The Science Gallery at Trinity College, ArtBots, and The Columbia University Computer Music Center. http://www.sciencegallery.ie http://artbots.org http://music.columbia.edu/cmc What is the Science Gallery? The Science Gallery is a new public science centre located in the heart of Dublin city. A place where ideas meet, the Gallery will bring together people with diverse interests and backgrounds including creative thinkers and young innovators, to connect, explore, create, debate and share ideas on science, technology and the arts, opening up these fields to new audiences. The Science Gallery 'space' consists of a 144-seater multimedia theatre, studios, caf? and stunning open gallery space, providing an ideal location for new emerging creative talent to be discovered through a programme of changing exhibitions, events and workshops. With a target audience of 15 year olds up and an emphasis on creating a collaborative community, the Science Gallery, which launched in February 2008 with LIGHTWAVE, a nine-day festival exploring the art and science of controlling light already has over 2000 members. For more information on the Science Gallery and our past and upcoming programmes visit www.sciencegallery.com +++++++ ArtBots 2008 Entry Form Title of work: Contact name: Contact email address: Mailing address and phone number: Other project members: +++++++ What are the physical dimensions of the work and its operating area? How is your work powered? Does it have any special power needs? Does your work require access to any resources (other than electrical power) that you cannot provide yourself (e.g. a sound system, video projector, net access, special lighting, compressed air, running water, etc.)? Is your work particularly loud, bright, or active, or does your work require extreme quiet, darkness, or other particular sound/light conditions? How long does it take you to set up your work, and how difficult is it to set up? Has the piece traveled before? Do you foresee any problems transporting the work? How long can your piece run reliably? Can it run continuously for several hours over the course of several days? Does it need frequent maintenance? Is this a completed work, or is it still being designed or built? If it is still in the planning stages, what is your timeline for completing the piece? List any elements of your work that are potentially dangerous or may cause fire/safety code problems in indoor spaces (gas engine, fire, hazardous chemicals, projectiles, etc.): Is there anything else you think we should know about your work? _______________________________________________ dorkbot-overlords mailing list dorkbot-overlords@dorkbot.org http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbot-overlords -- http://www.conceptlab.com From kallahar at quickwired.com Mon Apr 28 20:02:58 2008 From: kallahar at quickwired.com (Kallahar) Date: Mon Apr 28 20:03:12 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Nevada Test Site tour? In-Reply-To: <2fd1fa350804242228g4bbfa4dj9e67bb90f7e73583@mail.gmail.com> References: <2fd1fa350804242228g4bbfa4dj9e67bb90f7e73583@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Yeah, I'd be interested in going. Kallahar On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Thomas Edwards wrote: > If you are interested in a group tour of the Nevada Test Site: > > http://www.nv.doe.gov/nts/tours.htm > > Then send me email. I'm trying to gauge how many people might be > interested in doing it. > > I imagine a caravan from LA going to Vegas on a Friday night and > staying over at an affordable hotel, since the tours start in Vegas at > 7:30 AM and going to 4PM, then driving home Saturday night. > > -Thomas > tedwards at gmail.com > http://www.t11s.com > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > > From tedwards at gmail.com Wed Apr 30 00:23:57 2008 From: tedwards at gmail.com (Thomas Edwards) Date: Wed Apr 30 00:24:11 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Pangea Day? Message-ID: <2fd1fa350804292123o312f3c4cx902791fa3edf1584@mail.gmail.com> Anyone having a Pangea Day party on May 10? http://www.pangeaday.org/ -Thomas http://www.t11s.com