Dorkbot33 – Do Robots Dream of Arduino Sheep?

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Dorks and Dorkettes!

The time is upon us, once again! Join us on Monday, January 30th at the ATX Hackerspace from 7-10pm as we celebrate a new year of general dorkiness, and ask the question, “Do Robots Dream of Arduino Sheep?” This will be our last meeting before SXSW, so if you want to show off a new creation, polish up a presentation, or show off a work in progress, please let us know!

Dorkbot33@ATX Hackerspace
Monday, January 30th
7p to 10p
1601 Rutherford Lane, A200, Austin TX 78754

We hope to see everyone on the 30th!

Dorkbot 33: Spreading the rumors

I’m going to spread the rumor now:
Dorkbot 33! Monday, January 30 from 7-10pm!
Location TBD.
We need a few good presenters. Contact Dustin the Dorkbot Overlord if you’d like to present a project.
dorkbotaustin@dorkbot.org

Dorkbot32: Dorky Holidays

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Fellow Dorkbotters, the holidays are upon us! Come and celebrate the end of a great year in the Land of the Dorks at the 32nd Dorkbot Austin on Monday, December the 12th at 7p. We’ll be hosted by the newest Austin hackerspace, Make ATX, located at the pump project art complex in SE Austin. We are currently putting together our lineup of presenters for the evening, if you have something you would like to show off, please get in touch with us at dorkbotaustin@dorkbot.org.

  • Dorkbot32@MakeATX
  • December 12th
  • 7p – 10p
  • 1109 Shady Lane
  • Austin, TX 78721

And then! If you aren’t completely partied out, join your Dorkbot Overlords the following evening as we mix and mingle with the Austin web community at the Austin Web Bash! Hosted by the hottest web and tech groups around town with a sizable bar tab being picked up by some very generous local companies, it will be the dorkiest place to be on December 13th. The event is happening at Buffalo Billiards at 6th and Brazos, from 7p – 9p. Admission will cost you one canned food item, benefiting the Capital Area Food Bank. Full details available at http://www.refreshaustin.org/bash/, and you can RSVP on the Facebook event page so they have a rough idea of the headcount.

We hope to see everyone on the 12th, and we wish the happiest and dorkiest of holidays to those who can’t make it.

Dorkbot31: The Spooking! October 24th!

halloween_techno_pumpkinDorkbotters! All Hallow’s Eve is nearly upon us! Come celebrate Halloween LED ingenuity with us next Monday, October 24th from 7-10pm
at the Austin Hackerspace (1601 Rutherford Lane, A200, Austin TX 78754).

We have on tap:

Chase Hammock and his Electric Surfboard
The MakeATX Crew
The Freedom Towers of OccupyX
Musical Stylings!
Treats and Libations!
Prizes for DIY costumes!
And much more!

As ever, we welcome your projects, big and small, please contact us at
dorkbotaustin@dorkbot.org if you have something you’d like to show
off.

Dorkbot30: After School Special (9.26.11, 7-10pm, UT Visualization Lab)

TACC Visualization Lab on UT Campus, with Parking

TACC Visualization Lab on UT Campus, with Parking

Fellow Dorkbotters! The long hot summer is coming to a close and soon it will be safe to venture outside of our climate controlled homes for extended periods of time! As such, it is time for us to get together and show off our summer projects! This event will be a bit special, as we have been invited into the TACC Visualization Lab (http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/resources/visualization/#overview) on UT’s campus where we will get to see the completed Blackboard 2.0 first shown off on paper at Dorkbot27 back in January. We are still looking for a couple more presenters, so if you’ve got something you’ve been itching to show off, please get in touch with us at dorkbotaustin@dorkbot.org. Since we will be inside a high-end visualization lab, it is probably best to leave any projects involving flame or slime for another meeting, but any other types of projects would be welcomed.

 

Dorkbot 30
Monday, September 26, 2011
7-10pm
TACC Visualization Lab on UT Campus

Dorkbot is, as always, a FREE event. Hope to see you there!

Dorkbot 29 Tonight! (5.16.11, 7-10pm, ATX Hackerspace)

Come to Dorkbot 29 tonight from 7-10pm at ATX Hackerspace (1601 Rutherford Lane). Katie Kizziar will be showing off her Savonius Wind Turbine and Jeff Keyzer will be talking about his latest collaborative comic book effort called Soldering is Easy.

Thanks to the wonderful folks at ATX Hackerspace for hosting Dorkbot this month!

There will be beer. And Dorkbot t-shirts. See you there!

Get ready for Dorkbot 29 in May

imagesDorkbot 29 will be held the third Monday in May at the ATX Hackerspace, 7-10pm. We’re looking for a few good presenters. Don’t know what to present? Check these suggestions or email us at dorkbotaustin@dorkbot.org. More details available as we make them up.

Ghost Ghost teaser video for Ignite/Dorkbot @ SXSW

Dorkbot 28 @ SXSW 2011 – Science Fair Pesenters!

You can rest easy knowing that these fine folks will be representing the best of Dorkbot at this year’s SXSW event on 3.11.11. Still a few spots open for Dorkbot members to RSVP on Facebook & get in for free!


Pre-party entertainment from Brooklyn indie rock/freak-folk ensemble, GhostGhost.

Pre-party games from our sponsor, QRANK.

Swanky give-aways and demos from our sponsors, Make Magazine, Microsoft, and UT Austin Cockrell School of Engineering.

Intermission entertainment from ArcAttack.

On-site t-shirt printing from the Sanctuary Printshop’s Bitchin’ El Camino


ArcAttack builds biggest Tesla coil ever

This just in: ArcAttack has built the largest Tesla coil in existence. You can see photos of it on Flickr, courtesy of Steve Ward.

Arcattack and The masters of lightning come together for a common cause, to design the worlds largest DRSSTCs. Due to freezing rain, and extreme schedule constraints, the first test is limited to Daves loading dock, but still it was pretty awesome.

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