dorkbot-boston

(Unless otherwise noted, these are all free and open to the public and appropriate for all ages. Please check the organization sites for updates.)

• Jan 15 – 7PM: Arduino Users Group Meeting @ Willoughby&Baltic Hackerspace, 197a Elm Street, Somerville
• Jan 16 – 730AM: The State of the Robotics Industry in New England @ Charles Hotel, Regatta Bar, 1 Bennett St, Cambridge
• Jan 19 – 1-4PM: Celebrate Luminous Windows (light and holography art) (free w/ museum admission) @ MIT Museum(K)
• Jan 19 – 7PM: Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (http://www.coolidge.org/node/2163) ($)
• Jan 20 – 1230PM: Talk: Peter Semmelhack of Bug Labs @ Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, 2nd floor (R)
• Jan 20 – 6PM: Cyberarts Festival Volunteer Party Party! @ 9 Myrtle Street, Jamaica Plain (RSVP: info@bostoncyberarts.org)
• Jan 21 – 7PM: Nano Robotics Applications in Modern Medicine @ CRMI ($/)
• Jan 22 – 7PM: Noise Night – Circuit Bending @ Willoughby&Baltic Hackerspace, 197a Elm Street, Somerville
• Jan 23-25: Vericon Scifi, Gaming, Anime con (http://www.vericon.org) ($R)
• Jan 27 – 7PM: Dorkbot-Boston 200901 (location tbd)
• Feb 8 – 9AM-2PM: NewBCamp (http://www.newbcamp.com/)
• Feb 12 – 5PM: Ignite Boston 5 @ The Hooley House, 25 Union St., Boston (R)
• Feb 12 – 7PM: Noise Night – Circuit Bending @ Willoughby&Baltic Hackerspace, 197a Elm Street, Somerville
• Feb 16 – Feb 21: National Engineering Week: Robotics (K) @ MIT Museum
• Feb 24 – 7PM: Dorkbot-Boston 200902 (location tbd)
• Feb 25 – 630P: Democamp Boston (http://www.eventbrite.com/event/238695946)
• Feb 26 – 7PM: Noise Night – Circuit Bending @ Willoughby&Baltic Hackerspace, 197a Elm Street, Somerville
• Feb 28 – 7PM: Boston Robotics February Meetup @ Willoughby&Baltic Hackerspace, 197a Elm Street, Somerville
• Mar 31 – 7PM: Dorkbot-Boston 200903 (location tbd)
• Apr 4-9: CHI 2009 (www.chi2009.org)
• Apr 24-26: Megapolis Audio Art & Documentary Festival (megapolisfestival.org)
• Apr 24- May 10: Boston Cyberarts (bostoncyberarts.org)

(/) – Links to more info below (R) – RSVP required ($) – Not Free (K) – Especially great for kids

Calls For Art / Deadlines (local unless otherwise specified)

• ASAP: Boston Cyberarts Festival: email to info@bostoncyberarts.org: bostoncyberarts.org
• Feb 6: share.tv – performance-based artists working in experimental media (sound, video art, net.art, new musical interfaces, etc.): http://share-tv.us/
• Feb 11: Megapolis Festival (Audio focus) Performances, presentations, and workshop submissions: megapolisfestival.org/blogalogadingdong/?page_id=3
• Feb 18: SIGGRAPH (New Orleans)- BioLogic Art, Emerging Tech: http://www.siggraph.org/s2009/galleries_experiences/index.php
• Mar 13: Tufts gallery: http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/homepage/x512387111/Tufts-gallery-seeking-artists-for-juried-summer-show

Classes and Workshops (most are not free)

• Willoughby & Baltic Classes (ex. ArtBot, Arduino for Artists, Urban Games): http://www.willoughbybaltic.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=46&Itemid=120
• MIT Independent Activities Period (Jan 5-Jan 30): http://web.mit.edu/iap/

Links & details

• Dorkbot-boston: www.dorkbotboston.com
• Nano Robotics Applications in Modern Medicine- Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation (http://crmi.org) @ 154 Moody Street, Waltham, MA 02453 – Admission: $10.00 7:30 PM – What used to be medical science fiction is now reality! Join us for an engaging discussion by Dr. Dinos Mavroidis, Director of the Biomedical Mechatronics Laboratory at Northeastern University. Professor Mavroidis will explain how science is fusing nano technology with biological tissue to aid in diagnosing and curing diseases. His international team of experts are using tiny robots smaller than atoms to conduct MRIs, repair bad blood cells, and deliver drugs from inside the body.