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