From juberset at yahoo.com Sun Oct 5 23:28:08 2008 From: juberset at yahoo.com (Jim Ubersetzig) Date: Sun Oct 5 23:28:24 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Robot Society Meeting -- October 11 Message-ID: <740071.43253.qm@web58504.mail.re3.yahoo.com> The Robot Society Meeting will be Saturday October 11, 2008 !? ? We design and build autonomous mobile robots. We welcome any creative people, just come to the meeting, no charge for admission. ? The meeting is held at the EE building at Cal State Fullerton.? (Parking lot "I") ? Steven Gentner will teach about machine vision for robot navigation at 11 am.? ? At 12:30 we have a short business meeting to discuss our "Robot Fair & Talent Contest" on November 8 ( a Saturday ). ? Next is "show-and-tell" . People bring their projects and talk about them.? We expect many presentors.? ? Jim Ubersetzig Robot Society of Southern California = www.rssc.org ? ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsocal-blabber/attachments/20081005/9c0fb2d8/attachment.html From dvr at allshookup.org Thu Oct 23 00:59:31 2008 From: dvr at allshookup.org (D.V.Rogers) Date: Thu Oct 23 01:00:02 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Closing of PIEQF / Sounds of Seismic Message-ID: Dear Dork Bots LA The Parkfield Interventional EQ Fieldwork (PIEQF) finishes on the 16th November and you are invited to visit or at the very least become aware of this seismic machine earthwork. An urban variation of this work is in planning for Los Angeles 2010. USGS Press Release http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2040 USGS PIEQF Page http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/parkfield/shake/ The last weekend of this unique art science collaboration finishes with; Sounds of Seismic 15th November - 16th November 2008 Parkfield California USA Where Earthquakes & Cowboys Meet http://pieqf.allshookup.org/?page_id=444 The Sounds of Seismic is a action happening and celebration of these Now times. Introducing seismic audio, earthquake machine translations, live earthquake quartet, shake rock, pop and hop, cowboys and cowgirls and Mr Cash. Free Event with RV Parking and Camping in Parkfield. Where is Parkfield? http://pieqf.allshookup.org/?page_id=133 Lat: 35.745129, Lon: -120.656544 A Time Capsule is being prepared to bury in the PIEQF trench. Bring objects, notes, data, relics and notes from the past, the now and to the future. Items must be No bigger than 8' diameter x 3' deep. PIEQF : A Blip on the Geological Radar. http://pieqf.allshookup.org dvr@allshookup.org Press Coverage About PIEQF// SLO Tribune http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/story/482795.html Paso Robles Press http://www.pasoroblespress.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2657 Art Feed// Rhizome http://rhizome.org/editorial/553 Artlife http://artlife.blogspot.com/2008/08/little-less-conversation-little-more.html -- ==================== http://pieqf.allshookup.org ==================== From tedwards at gmail.com Tue Oct 28 00:41:26 2008 From: tedwards at gmail.com (Thomas Edwards) Date: Tue Oct 28 00:49:28 2008 Subject: [dorkbotsocal-blabber] Garnet Hertz's roach robot on TV Tuesday Message-ID: <2fd1fa350810272141y6ec51627h7ff0b57fcfb129a4@mail.gmail.com> You can check out Dorkbot SoCal "overlord" Garnet Hertz's roach-controlled robot on the Science Channel: Weird Connections Episode 6: The Roachmobile Scientists have put a roach in the driving seat of an electric powered vehicle and sent it on a road trip around their laboratory. This bizarre experiment is no joke - it could be the first step in creating a new, seamless interface between living brains and machine. Mind-controlled typwriters, rat brains flying fighter planes and the world's first cyborg - part human?part machine. This is not science fiction: it's our future. Upcoming airing times: - Oct 28 2008, 10:00 pm - Oct 29 2008, 1:00 am - Oct 29 2008, 5:00 pm - Oct 30 2008, 5:00 am - Nov 09 2008, 4:00 pm -Thomas