Reminder: dorkbot-boston OpenProject tonight. Upcoming Events and Opps (as of 11/17)
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David Nunez
Nov 17, 2009, 1:14:54 PM11/17/09
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There are several interesting things going on tonight. Consider
checking out the Upgrade! Boston talk at CAVS on MIT campus then swing
by the OpenProject session starting at 7PM tonight and going to
whenever (Simpson and Gordonson talks around 800). More details below
and also tons of other things happening in the upcoming weeks
========
dorkbot-boston OpenProject session from 7PM-11PM on Tuesday November
17th at the Sprout/DINO shared space [339R Summer St. Somerville, MA
02144].
We are having two fantastically productive and prolific makers be in
the space to demo their work and help you with yours:
Josh Gordonson
Josh is a sophomore at MIT who's recently received the Awesome
Foundation's Awesome grant, which will go towards creating several
cotton candy guns, exposing the world to the horrors of
'polysaccharide warfare'. For the past few years he's been working on
wearables (soft-circuits), time keeping devices (eddy current clock
and others), and cotton candy machines (both standard and projectile).
In the past few weeks, he has become deeply interested in learning
how to integrate electronics with biological systems. On the average
day, he enjoys embedding himself in nature, learning, and pondering
the path towards our inevitable robot overlords.
Past and Present projects:
http://www.instructables.com/member/T3h_Muffinator
http://blog.awesomefoundation.org/post/205869776/october-awesome-fellowship-the-cotton-candy-cannon
Star Simpson
Star is a mysterious and oft-sought after inventor of things
previously never seen on this planet. Known to use any means
necessary to accomplish her goals of making things both wacky and
useful, Star delights in the using tools, from welders to wire nuts,
and beyond.
Past and Present projects:
http://starbur.st/portfolio/
http://www.instructables.com/member/stasterisk
We also have a huge selection of tools and materials at the space so
come with ideas or things half-made and be creative!
===============
Upcoming Events
===============
* [11/17 6PM] DrinksOnTap - Boston iPhone Developer Drinks and Demos 3
Asgard - 350 Massachusetts Ave - Cambridge, MA 02139
http://drinksontap3.eventbrite.com
* [11/17 6PM] MIT Museum - Soap Box: Global Pandemics
* [11/17 7PM] Dorkbot OpenProject w/ Star Simpson and Josh Gordonson
339R Summer St. Somerville, MA
* [11/17 7PM] Upgrade! Boston - Susan Kozel
Center for Advanced Visual Studies/MIT, 265 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd
Floor, Room N51-390, Cambridge, MA.
http://turbulence.org/upgrade_boston/
* [11/18 430PM] Pecha Kucha Boston 14 at Build Boston 2009
Seaport World Trade Center, One Seaport Lane, Boston, MA
Co-hosted by BSA/AIA Build Boston and Pecha Kucha Boston.
Talks start at 430p.
Register for “exhibit hall only” at http://buildboston.com/ or at the door.
Apply promo code EXPS501 for free “exhibit hall only” registration.
* [11/18 7PM] The Boston Robotics Meetup Group- Hands on with the
Telepresence Robot
13 Joy st, Somerville, MA 02144
http://www.meetup.com/The-Boston-Robotics-Meetup-Group/calendar/11835910/
* [11/20] Artists Talk/Performance Night - Riders on the Train Opening Reception
AXIOM Center for New and Experimental Media - 141 Green Street
located in the Green Street T Station on the Orange Line
* [11/19 7PM] The Boston Arduino Users Group November Meetup
13 Joy Street, Somerville, MA 02144
http://www.meetup.com/The-Boston-Arduino-Users-Group/calendar/11637654/
* [11/19 730PM] sprout spaghetti dinner
339R Summer St. Somerville MA
http://spaghetti.blogs.thesprouts.org/
* [11/19 9PM] The Return of the Please
AXIOM Center for New and Experimental Media - 141 Green Street
located in the Green Street T Station on the Orange Line
Cost/// $7 Suggested Donation
visit www.axiomart.org
* [11/20 830AM] Innovation Breakfast
Waltham IBM Innovation Center
http://innovationbreakfast.com/
* [11/21 4AM] Music Hack Day Boston
Microsoft NERD Cambridge, MA @ One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts US
Official registration at http://boston.musichackday.org
* [11/22-11/22] Joy Street Open Studios
All up and down Joy Street
Please stop by while visiting Joy Street Open Studios, featuring Joy
Street Studios and Brickbottom Studios.
* [11/24] W&B: Classroom Arduino for Teachers - Early Registration Due ($)
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/483356733/rss
* [11/27 1PM] MIT Museum - Friday After Thanksgiving: Chain Reaction
* [12/02 630PM] Ingite Spatial: Boston
Microsoft, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge
http://isb09.eventbrite.com/
* [12/02 630PM] Media Tech Tonic -Joseph Auner
Room 312, Tower Building, MassArt
http://mediatechtonic.org
* [12/02 7PM] The Art of Web Design
Wheeler's Frozen Desserts 334B Massachusetts Avenue (Symphony E-Line)
* [12/03 7PM] The Social Responsibility of the Scientist - MIT Tech
and Culture Forum
MIT Building 10, Room 250
http://web.mit.edu/tac/upcoming/index.html
* [12/04-12/06] Boston Startup Weekend November Meetup ($)
Cambridge, MA 02142
http://www.meetup.com/Boston-Startup-Weekend/calendar/11790846/
* [12/05 10AM] Taza Chocolate Open House!
561 Windsor St., Somerville, MA
http://www.tazachocolate.com/ContactUs/Events
* [12/08 830AM] MassTLC Summit: The Future of Robotics ($)
Microsoft NERD - 1 Memorial Dr - Cambridge, MA 02142
http://futureofrobotics2009.eventbrite.com
* [12/12 7PM] SPARK - A Gala Celebration (dorkbot partner)
Mass Art Pozen Center 621 Huntington Avenue (entrance on Tetlow St) Boston MA
ALSO CELEBRATING:
· Axiom Center for New and Experimental Media's 5th Birthday
· The strategic alliance between Axiom and Boston Cyberarts
EVENTS INCLUDE:
· Prizes for creative technology inspired attire
· New media art exhibition in the Godine Family Gallery
· Performance by The Zebbler Encanti Experience
· Multimedia show by SOSOLimited
· Prizes and Auction of new media art
* [12/28-01/01] Parts & Crafts - Making Things and Making Things Happen ($K)
Brookline Church of Christ
http://partsandcrafts.wordpress.com/
(R) RSVP required ($) Not Free (K) Especially great for kids
Calls for Art
=============
* [11/30] Deadline: Caladan Gallery - Animal Nation
http://www.caladangallery.com/v2/blog/?p=35
* [11/30] Deadline: City of Cambridge - Cambridge St. Commission
http://www.cambridgema.gov/CAC/Public/RFQ_Cambridge_St_Corridor.cfm
* [12/15] Deadline: QuahogCon CFP
Submit your talk here: http://quahogcon.org/cfp/
* [01/15] Deadline: Astrodime INTransit V.6 - Scientific American
http://astrodime.wordpress.com/current-call-for-work/
checking out the Upgrade! Boston talk at CAVS on MIT campus then swing
by the OpenProject session starting at 7PM tonight and going to
whenever (Simpson and Gordonson talks around 800). More details below
and also tons of other things happening in the upcoming weeks
========
dorkbot-boston OpenProject session from 7PM-11PM on Tuesday November
17th at the Sprout/DINO shared space [339R Summer St. Somerville, MA
02144].
We are having two fantastically productive and prolific makers be in
the space to demo their work and help you with yours:
Josh Gordonson
Josh is a sophomore at MIT who's recently received the Awesome
Foundation's Awesome grant, which will go towards creating several
cotton candy guns, exposing the world to the horrors of
'polysaccharide warfare'. For the past few years he's been working on
wearables (soft-circuits), time keeping devices (eddy current clock
and others), and cotton candy machines (both standard and projectile).
In the past few weeks, he has become deeply interested in learning
how to integrate electronics with biological systems. On the average
day, he enjoys embedding himself in nature, learning, and pondering
the path towards our inevitable robot overlords.
Past and Present projects:
http://www.instructables.com/member/T3h_Muffinator
http://blog.awesomefoundation.org/post/205869776/october-awesome-fellowship-the-cotton-candy-cannon
Star Simpson
Star is a mysterious and oft-sought after inventor of things
previously never seen on this planet. Known to use any means
necessary to accomplish her goals of making things both wacky and
useful, Star delights in the using tools, from welders to wire nuts,
and beyond.
Past and Present projects:
http://starbur.st/portfolio/
http://www.instructables.com/member/stasterisk
We also have a huge selection of tools and materials at the space so
come with ideas or things half-made and be creative!
===============
Upcoming Events
===============
* [11/17 6PM] DrinksOnTap - Boston iPhone Developer Drinks and Demos 3
Asgard - 350 Massachusetts Ave - Cambridge, MA 02139
http://drinksontap3.eventbrite.com
* [11/17 6PM] MIT Museum - Soap Box: Global Pandemics
* [11/17 7PM] Dorkbot OpenProject w/ Star Simpson and Josh Gordonson
339R Summer St. Somerville, MA
* [11/17 7PM] Upgrade! Boston - Susan Kozel
Center for Advanced Visual Studies/MIT, 265 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd
Floor, Room N51-390, Cambridge, MA.
http://turbulence.org/upgrade_boston/
* [11/18 430PM] Pecha Kucha Boston 14 at Build Boston 2009
Seaport World Trade Center, One Seaport Lane, Boston, MA
Co-hosted by BSA/AIA Build Boston and Pecha Kucha Boston.
Talks start at 430p.
Register for “exhibit hall only” at http://buildboston.com/ or at the door.
Apply promo code EXPS501 for free “exhibit hall only” registration.
* [11/18 7PM] The Boston Robotics Meetup Group- Hands on with the
Telepresence Robot
13 Joy st, Somerville, MA 02144
http://www.meetup.com/The-Boston-Robotics-Meetup-Group/calendar/11835910/
* [11/20] Artists Talk/Performance Night - Riders on the Train Opening Reception
AXIOM Center for New and Experimental Media - 141 Green Street
located in the Green Street T Station on the Orange Line
* [11/19 7PM] The Boston Arduino Users Group November Meetup
13 Joy Street, Somerville, MA 02144
http://www.meetup.com/The-Boston-Arduino-Users-Group/calendar/11637654/
* [11/19 730PM] sprout spaghetti dinner
339R Summer St. Somerville MA
http://spaghetti.blogs.thesprouts.org/
* [11/19 9PM] The Return of the Please
AXIOM Center for New and Experimental Media - 141 Green Street
located in the Green Street T Station on the Orange Line
Cost/// $7 Suggested Donation
visit www.axiomart.org
* [11/20 830AM] Innovation Breakfast
Waltham IBM Innovation Center
http://innovationbreakfast.com/
* [11/21 4AM] Music Hack Day Boston
Microsoft NERD Cambridge, MA @ One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts US
Official registration at http://boston.musichackday.org
* [11/22-11/22] Joy Street Open Studios
All up and down Joy Street
Please stop by while visiting Joy Street Open Studios, featuring Joy
Street Studios and Brickbottom Studios.
* [11/24] W&B: Classroom Arduino for Teachers - Early Registration Due ($)
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/483356733/rss
* [11/27 1PM] MIT Museum - Friday After Thanksgiving: Chain Reaction
* [12/02 630PM] Ingite Spatial: Boston
Microsoft, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge
http://isb09.eventbrite.com/
* [12/02 630PM] Media Tech Tonic -Joseph Auner
Room 312, Tower Building, MassArt
http://mediatechtonic.org
* [12/02 7PM] The Art of Web Design
Wheeler's Frozen Desserts 334B Massachusetts Avenue (Symphony E-Line)
* [12/03 7PM] The Social Responsibility of the Scientist - MIT Tech
and Culture Forum
MIT Building 10, Room 250
http://web.mit.edu/tac/upcoming/index.html
* [12/04-12/06] Boston Startup Weekend November Meetup ($)
Cambridge, MA 02142
http://www.meetup.com/Boston-Startup-Weekend/calendar/11790846/
* [12/05 10AM] Taza Chocolate Open House!
561 Windsor St., Somerville, MA
http://www.tazachocolate.com/ContactUs/Events
* [12/08 830AM] MassTLC Summit: The Future of Robotics ($)
Microsoft NERD - 1 Memorial Dr - Cambridge, MA 02142
http://futureofrobotics2009.eventbrite.com
* [12/12 7PM] SPARK - A Gala Celebration (dorkbot partner)
Mass Art Pozen Center 621 Huntington Avenue (entrance on Tetlow St) Boston MA
ALSO CELEBRATING:
· Axiom Center for New and Experimental Media's 5th Birthday
· The strategic alliance between Axiom and Boston Cyberarts
EVENTS INCLUDE:
· Prizes for creative technology inspired attire
· New media art exhibition in the Godine Family Gallery
· Performance by The Zebbler Encanti Experience
· Multimedia show by SOSOLimited
· Prizes and Auction of new media art
* [12/28-01/01] Parts & Crafts - Making Things and Making Things Happen ($K)
Brookline Church of Christ
http://partsandcrafts.wordpress.com/
(R) RSVP required ($) Not Free (K) Especially great for kids
Calls for Art
=============
* [11/30] Deadline: Caladan Gallery - Animal Nation
http://www.caladangallery.com/v2/blog/?p=35
* [11/30] Deadline: City of Cambridge - Cambridge St. Commission
http://www.cambridgema.gov/CAC/Public/RFQ_Cambridge_St_Corridor.cfm
* [12/15] Deadline: QuahogCon CFP
Submit your talk here: http://quahogcon.org/cfp/
* [01/15] Deadline: Astrodime INTransit V.6 - Scientific American
http://astrodime.wordpress.com/current-call-for-work/
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