dorkbot-austin

Thursday, July 12, 7PM
Cafe Mundi
1704 E 5th St. (a few blocks east of I-35)
(512) 236-8634
Yummy food and beverages to accompany your dork euphoria.

http://www.dorkbotaustin.org

Dorkbot is here, once again - and it’s going to be huge.

• Dale Dougherty (editor and publisher of Make Magazine) and Sherry Huss (director - Maker Faire) will give a recap of Maker Faire San Mateo and talk about what’s upcoming for Maker Faire Austin (Oct 20-21). They will also answer questions about the audition process and give insight on desired projects.

The application process to Participate in Maker Faire Austin is now open! Please review http://makerfaire.com/austin/2007/callformakers/ — Let’s show off what Austin dorks are all about!

• The Austin contingent of The Geek Group http://www.thegeekgroup.org/ returns. A smash hit at Dorkbot SxSW with their singing Tesla Coils, they have agreed to give us another demonstration. They will talk about the construction, programming, and tuning of a solid state tesla coil instrument

• Edwin Wise, inspired by Sean McCullough’s colloidal demonstration at the last dorkbot, will be building on these experiments with a variety of materials — Needless to say, it will be loud. (You may remember Edwin with his Ruben’s Tubes at dorkbot7 and Burning Flipside this year)

• The University of Texas ACTLab research group http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/ will be giving a series of presentations - Learn about the insane experiments going on this summer. (ex. Freestyle hacking, Actlab.tv - an open source video processing station, and circuit bent instruments, including a Casio / Atari 2600 mashup).

IF YOU KNOW OF A DJ WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PLAYING AT DORKBOT9, let us know ASAP - dorkbotaustin@dorkbot.org — otherwise, it’s going to be Enya on an iPod on endless repeat.