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August 5, 2009

West Michigan Geek-a-Thon

Marie-Claire Camp, of ellohay!, sent us word of this upcoming event:

The Geek-a-thon is ellohay! West Michigan's first annual install-fest. This evening event will bring geeks from all over the area together to help prepare 100 computers to be given away, free of charge, to at-risk and impoverished high school students in Grand Rapids.

ellohay! is expecting approximately 100 guests for an evening of games, robotics demonstrations, food and drinks. Admission is free and open to the public. There will be t-shirt, sticker and button sales, and door prizes as well.

Guests and vendors include, Geek-Aid West Michigan, MadCap Coffee, Astronomer Rickey Ainsworth from the Grand Rapids Public Museum Planetarium, the Lego Mindstorm Robotic youth group presenting their Robo-Sumo match, Intelligent Interactive Technology from Jason Sosa's Immersive Labs, Comprenew Environmental eWaste truck, and more.

The ellohay! team is working directly with Geek-Aid of West Michigan, who is holding their Geek-Aid 2009 benefit concert the same day in Grand Rapids to raise awareness of youth poverty and digital exclusion in West Michigan.

If you're interesting in participating, ellohay! is in need the geeks and nerds of West Michigan to come together and volunteer a few hours of their time to a great cause that will help stimulate job growth, foster community, increase school participation, fight poverty and digital exclusion, and create new jobs.

More information can be found at www.ellohay.org, by calling 1 (877) ellohay, or by emailing hello@ellohay.org.

July 29, 2009

Re: MAKE IT! event in Santa Fe, NM, Aug 7-9

Re: MAKE IT! is a three day festival of installations, music, and workshops highlighting the spirit of DIY culture. The festival celebrates the innovative use of custom-built, re-purposed, and recycled technology to create art, presented in environments and performances that reflect self-reliance, innovation, collaboration, and community participation.

Re: Make It! will take place at the Santa Fe Complex (Santa Fe, NM) on August 7th 5PM - 10PM, August 8th NOON - 10PM, and August 9th NOON - 8PM.

More information can be found here.

July 22, 2009

AS220 Annual Foo Fest

AS220 is holding their annual Foo Fest in Providence, Rhode Island. It looks like a really interesting event, especially for kids. Check out the link for the complete schedule of artists, musicians, and other activities. I'll see you there!

This August 15th from 1pm to 1am, AS220 brings back our famous urban street party, blocking off most of Empire Street and filling it with things infinitely superior to parked cars! Numerous interactive art installations and games, local artists showcasing their creations and twelve hours of all-original music will make this our most art-packed, music-filled festival yet!

Create giant exquisite corpse drawings, make masks, play the games in our artist's video arcade, learn to silkscreen your own T-Shirt, and help us build a giant pinata! Drinks and refreshments from our bar and local restaurants will keep your wheels turning!

More about the AS220 Foo Fest

July 21, 2009

Post your upcoming events with MAKE!

Folks, don't forget (or maybe you were unaware): we have an events calendar here on the site where you can submit your own happenings. We get tons of event submissions each week, for Dorkbots, Make: City events, hackerspace workshops, TechShop classes, geek festivals, science fairs, and the like -- all awesome and worthy activities. We can only post a fraction of these on Make: Online, but you can enter them ALL into the calendar on the Maker Events page.

If you're looking for events in your area, check the current calendar under our Forum/Community tab.

Maker Events Calendar
Forum/Community Area

July 16, 2009

Handmade Music tonight in Brooklyn!

Handmade Music NYC is back at it with an awesome lineup for tonight, complete with unusual sounds, instruments, and interfaces. Have a look at a couple of the projects in attendance -

The Crudbox Sequencer -

CrudBox is a hardware step sequencer which replaces digitally created or analog synthesized sounds typically associated with sequencers and electronic music with the amplified sounds of whatever electronic or electromechanical devices are plugged into it. Solenoids and motors can be plugged in and sequenced while striking or otherwise moving or vibrating any physical material and their sounds amplified in real time using contact mics. These mics, or any other sound source, can be plugged into hacked guitar pedals and effects boxes which can then also be sequenced by CrudBox. Cassette decks, reel to reels, turntables, power tools, and any other sound generating devices can also be hacked and sequenced.

LOOOP-R: Original Audiovisual Hardware -

Loop-R is a real-time video performance tool based in the exploration of low-tech, used technology and human engineering research.

With this tool its author is giving a shout to industry, using existing and mistreated technology in innovative ways, combining concepts and interfaces: merging segregated interfaces (GUI and physical devices) into one.

Hardware and software blend themselves into a new genre providing free control of video-loops in an expressive hybrid tool.

Check out the full lineup here.

Handmade Music NYC
7/16/09 - 7:30 pm - FREE
Hosted by 3rd Ward, Brooklyn: Directions
Sponsored by 3rd Ward, createdigitalmusic.com, XLR8R.com, Make Magazine, and Etsy.com

July 14, 2009

Oakland Fire Arts Festival

The Crucible's 9th annual Fire Arts Festival is kicking off on July 15 from 8pm to midnight, don't miss it!

Each July The Crucible’s Fire Arts Festival celebrates creativity through fire and light with a spectacular open-air exhibition of interactive fire art, performance and the largest collection of outdoor fire sculpture on the West Coast.

The Crucible's 9th Annual
2009 Fire Arts Festival
July 15-18, 2009
8pm-midnight

July 10, 2009

Arduino class in Pittsburgh July 25

Learn to build your own Arduino board (and learn to solder while you're at it) at this introductory class being offered by Hack Pittsburgh. The class is hardly more expensive than an assembled board would be, and you walk out with more skillz than when you came in.

Arduino 1: Building an Arduino
Hack Pittsburgh
1936 5th Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15219
$30 members/$40 non-members
July 25, 2009 2pm

Happy Birthday Tesla - from ArcAttack (and MAKE too!)

The members of ArcAttack send Birthday wishes to Nikola Tesla the best way they know - with crackling bolts of electricity. [Thanks Joe!]

Consider that sentiment very much seconded! Happy 153rd B-day Nik!

More:

Tesla guitar

High Voltage Tesla Coil

Lost Knowledge: Save Tesla's lab!

July 9, 2009

Frayed Wire, Seattle, Saturday, July 11th

Josh Kopel, of Dorkbot Seattle, wrote in to tell us about the latest db event, called Frayed Wire. The event is a collaboration with the Youngstown Cultural Center and 911 Media Arts Center, a one-day conference, unconference, and workshop series. Check out their amazing roster of speakers and workshop presenters. Looks like a lot of fun. The event is $50 for the day.

Frayed Wire

July 6, 2009

Dorkbot DC/HacDC meeting, Tuesday, July 7

Just a reminder that the first in a series of HacDC/Dorkbot DC co-presented events is happening this Tuesday -- and we've added some presenters:

Schedule for next meeting (Co-presented with HacDC)

7 July, 2009
7 PM - 8 PM (ET)
ALWAYS FREE!

Location:
HacDC (Room TBA)
1525 Newton St NW
Washington DC 20010

Keith Sinzinger with the tubular bells he made.

Keith Sinzinger : Tubular Bells: Construction and Processing

Photo by Keith Sinzinger.

Fresh from having performed in the Baltimore Electronic Music Festival Keith will talk about how he conceived of, researched and constructed a set of tubular bells from scrap galvanized pipe. He'll also touch on some other ongoing musical construction projects. Following a Q&A session, he'll demonstrate the bells as he generally use them in performance, processed through a variety of electronic effects.

About Fast Forty
Keith calls this genre Intense Ambient: found sounds, altered electronics, scrap metal and other devices, blended to soothe and stimulate. His musical roots were developed in an industrial city (Cleveland), where he grew up in the virtual shadow of a Ford plant. He's also lived most of his years within a few blocks of railroads. His musical experiments tend to reflect these environmental influences.

DorkbotDC would like to thank HacDC, DC's hacker space, for arranging this talk and inviting us to co-present with them.

HacDC members Alden Hart (still aglow with kudos from his MAKE Magazine "LED Light Brick" project and blog mentions on MAKE, Boing Boing, and Boing Boing Gadgets) and Elliot Williams (HacDC president and teacher extraordinaire) will show us what they made for the recent Art-o-matic event.

More info here.

June 29, 2009

The Furby Youth Choir

Those of you who attended Maker Faire 2008 in Austin may recall the performance of local circuit-benders Furby Youth Choir. I recently had a chance to attend one of their live performances at the United States Art Authority, next to Spider House on Fruth St. in the UT Campus area.

A Furby, for those who were living in a bunker preparing for Y2K during their vogue, is a robot toy that looks a lot like Gizmo from The Gremlins. They talk and sing and move their mouths and eyes and other neat stuff, including reacting to their environment and, to an extent, "learning" certain patterns of behavior. The large feature set makes them popular with hackers, especially circuit benders.

Anyhoo, as one can imagine, a small army of them singing on-stage is fairly unsettling. What's more, FYC's music is decidedly avant-garde, dissonant, and ominous. Two performers stand over a table covered with circuit boards and wires and bend the aforesaid circuits in real time. Add to that mix a video projector beaming twisted animations and other visual psychedalia upstage, and the whole experience becomes a bit....overwhelming. US Art Authority is a small venue, and to my 25-to-34-year-old ear, they were rather too loud for it, but they still get huge points for originality. If you get a chance to see them, you should. Just be sure to pack a pair of earplugs.

June 27, 2009

Heavy Metal II at MOS

Heavy Metal II, Amped Up is the culminating event, hosted by the Boston Museum of Science and the Lemelson-MIT Program, is part of Eurekafest, a multi-day celebration designed to empower a legacy of inventors.

Watch teams of high school students from across the country compete in an all-day challenge to build wind turbines that can hoist empty garbage cans to the ceiling of the Blue Wing. Explore a range of "windy" activities with Museum Exhibit Halls interpreters and educators from the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.

Go check it out, and take a wander through the Museum of Science, which has lots of great exhibits, and an educators' library. Take some photos and share them with us in the MAKE Flickr pool.

ARRL Field Day 2009

Today is Field Day, the annual event where thousands of hams across the nation publicly demonstrate their emergency communication abilities. You can find hams constructing emergency stations in parks, schools, backyards and shopping malls operating using only emergency power supplies. If you are interested in getting started with ham radio but don't have a license, today is a great day to do so. Field Day is one of the few opportunities when you can operate without a license at the GOTA (get on the air) stations (which are supervised by licensed hams).

You can find your local field day station on the ARRL Web station locator.

June 26, 2009

Artomatic 500

Looking to build and race your own kinetic sculpture in the DC area? Don't mIss the Artomatic 500 on Saturday, June 27:

Racers and crew are invited to create a cardboard "vehicle" which could be two dimensional, three dimensional -- even four dimensional if you can make it happen -- as long as it it entirely powered by a walking or running human and is decorated by the driver and his or her team. No engine or propulsion system of any sort is allowed. Wheels are optional. In fact, they are discouraged.

Word is that you should bring your own refrigerator box if you're so inclined.

The Artomatic site has lots of info, and check out their Flickr pool.

Mini Maker Faires at Copperfield's starting this weekend

Starting this weekend, Copperfield's books in CA is hosting a series of mini Maker Faires, we hope you can join us for a fun afternoon this summer! Download this PDF for more information.

Mini Maker Faires at Copperfield's:

6/26 - Sebastopol (11am - 1pm)

7/11 - Petaluma (11am - 1pm)

7/18 - Montgomery Village (11am - 1pm)

7/25 - Healdsburg (11am - 1pm)

8/1 - Petaluma (11am - 1pm)

8/8 - Montgomery Village (11am - 1pm)

Next Dorkbot DC, Tuesday July 7, 2009

Dorkbot DC has been on a hiatus for the past few months, but we're back, baby! July will be the first of a series of some events co-presented with our pals at HacDC. If you're in town, we hope you can make it.

Schedule for next meeting (Co-presented with HacDC)

7 July, 2009
7 PM - 8 PM (ET)
ALWAYS FREE!

Location:
HacDC (Room TBA)
1525 Newton St NW
Washington DC 20010

Keith Sinzinger with the tubular bells he made.

Keith Sinzinger : Tubular Bells: Construction and Processing

Photo by Keith Sinzinger.

DorkbotDC would like to thank HacDC, DC's hacker space, for arranging this talk and inviting us to co-present with them.

More info here.

June 25, 2009

MAKE Out Session event, July 5, 2009

If you're in Austin on July 5th, be sure to check out Art Seen Alliances' MAKE Out Sessions event at the USAA at Spider House.

Meet. Mix. Make.

Come share your crafty concepts with other makers while enjoying drinks, food, and music.

Free MAKE magazine swag! BYOS (bring your own supplies) For more information, visit Art Seen Alliance.

June 22, 2009

Dorkbot London June 23

This month's Dorkbot London looks like a smashing good time:

Something good - Douglas Repetto: The founder of dorkbot visits from NYC to spin us a fine tale.

Electricity - Mike Harrison: Expect high voltages.

Open source embroidery - Ele Carpenter: Investigating the relationship between programming for embroidery and computing.

Lunar Lander - Iain Sharp: A mechanical recreation of the classic arcade game.

Dorkbot London

19:00-22:00, 23 June 2009

Limehouse town hall, the boxing club, limehouse town hall,

646 Commercial Road, E14 7HA

Image above is CC by Flickr user sh1mmer.

June 19, 2009

Bicycle Music Festival in SF

You're invited to the Bicycle Music Festival this Saturday (tomorrow!) in San Francisco. It's a mobile community music festival, all day long!

More:

Xtracycle QuickHitch tutorial and Maker Faire special

June 18, 2009

Summer classes at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn

The summer class lineup at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn has got me really jealous I don't live in NYC anymore. Some instant drool moments:

Night Welding: Intro to the Metal Shop
Build It: DIY Sequencer
Build It: Tone Generator
How to Make Crappy Stuff Awesome (furniture)
Plastics Fabrication & Casting

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