dorkbot-austin
- Phil MacNutt - Modular Synthesizer
- Blake Sandberg - Theremin Guitar
- John-Mike Reed (http://www.bleeplabs.com) - Bit Blob toys and new Thingamagoop kit
- Seven Sexton - The Planck Stringed Instrument
- Eric Archer / David Nunez (http://delamaquina.com) - Electric Gongs and DIY Multitouch screen podium
- Craig Newswanger - Home Built MIDI controlled Instruments
- Jim Plamondon (http://thumtronics.com) - Thummer
- Amaze entertainment http://www.amazeent.com/
- IGDA http://www.igda.org/
- SXSW Interactive http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/
- and most of all Make Magazine http://www.makezine.com/
dorkbot14: Electric Gongs, Theremin Guitars, Robot Percussion, Thummers, and More!
Electric Gongs, Theremin Guitars, Robot Percussion, Thummers, and More!
dorkbot-austin @ Austin Childrens Museum
April 10, 630-9PM (Presentations @ 7:00)
201 Colorado Street
after-dork party @ Jo’s - 242 W. 2nd
FREE event for kids of all ages
Featuring Strange Presentations by:
More on Dorkbot13
Indy Mogul gives dorkbot13 a nod in their SXSW coverage
Dorkbot SxSW coverage on G4TV
Dorkbot13 got a mention on G4’s Attack of the Show
Dorkbot13 at SxSW Coverage
This year’s SxSW Dorkbot was a roaring success, I hope you were all able to make it - most of you must have because according to the SXSW folks at the door, we had somewhere in the ballpark of 1,300 people pass through our gate.
I want to extend a huge thank you to our sponsors:
THANK YOU! Without our sponsors, the event on Saturday wouldn’t have been in any way possible.
A little bit of press is starting to trickle in
http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/sxsw-playing-wi.html
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/technology/2008/03/jeffbezosatdorkbotat_sxsw.html
It sounds like everyone had a good time! If you have come across any news articles please forward them on to us at dorkbotaustin@dorkbot.org or post them to the blabber list and we’ll put them up on our recap page when we finish it
If you have pictures (or video - we haven’t been able to dig any up yet) please, post them to the blabber list, we’d love to see them!
If you have any feedback or suggestions about what we could have done better, please let us know! Some of the presenters have already mentioned a few things and we appreciate the feedback.
Lastly, we still have some shirts available.
http://www.dorkbotaustin.org/shirts
Rather than hold onto them, we’re going to try to pass them on to some of other Dorkbot groups in the US, so they might not last. If you’re interested in one, let us know and we can save one for you, shirts are $17 ($15 if you can pick them at an austin dorkbot event)
Thanks everyone!
Oh, I almost forgot - Dorkbot 14 is scheduled for April 10th, mark your calenders!
Dorkbot sxsw coverage from 2007
dorkbot-sxsw is almost here!
Check out the meeting page for more information.
NPR does Dorkbot
NPR program “The Bryant Park Project” aired a story on Dorkbot NYC. Hear the story here.
The Bryant Park Project, February 7, 2008 ยท Where do you go when, let’s face it, you’re smarter than everyone else? Easy. You go to Dorkbot. It’s a monthly gathering of scientists, artists and designers doing, in their words, “strange things with electricity.” Started by Douglas Repetto in New York City in 2000, Dorkbot meetings are now held all over the world.
Repetto, an artist and director of research at Columbia University, dreamed up Dorkbot when he moved to New York City and needed a way to make friends. Dorkbot filled another need, too: it created a real-world forum for people to discuss and encounter the things they were talking about online. “I do think that one thing that Dorbot has been really good at is heightening the idea that to be in a physical space with other people is a different thing than sharing something online.”
Clearly, gadget-love and the DIY aesthetic have moved out of the province of nerds and into the mainstream in recent years, often reflecting technologies and ideas already expressed at Dorkbot. As regular attendee Joel Schlosberg says, “I’m not sure who said this, but ‘the future is here already, it’s just not evenly distributed yet.’”
Geek Austin / Dorkbot Happy Hour - February 12
There is no regular dorkbot meeting in February, after all.
Instead
Dorkbot-austin is proud to be co-hosting the February Geek Austin Happy Hour
This is also the launch party for the upcoming update of the dorkbotaustin.org website!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
J Black’s Feel Good Lounge 710 W 6th St Ste B
ambient, interactive art and lots of like-minded geeks and dorks RSVP and more info @ http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/418904
Be sure to visit our friends at geekaustin.org as a central source for all things nerdy in Austin
dorkbot13 - Feb 7
Dorkbot13 on Feburary 7 - NEW LOCATION.
More details soon…
Dorkbot and Alamo spray brains
Dorkbot alumnus Edwin Wise contributed a lovely, deadly pneumatic piston to the Alamo Drafthouse’s opening of “No Country for Old Men.” Don’t miss this video.
More here. Thank, Alamo!
Edwin Wise and Pneumatic Piston
Edwin Wise, dorkbot-austin veteran, created a pneumatic piston last month which was used to smash watermelons. Check out the video on Austinist.