dorkbot-boston

FREE Special Event
dorkbot-boston and Upgrade! Boston present Douglas Repetto
Mon, August 17, 7-9 p.m.
Microsoft New England Research & Development Center
1 Memorial Drive in Cambridge

Directions:

• http://microsoftcambridge.com/About/Directions/tabid/89/Default.aspx
• On the T, take the Red Line to the Kendall/MIT stop.
• Walk straight up Main Street toward the Longfellow Bridge (past the Post Office, Bank of America).
• You will see the Parking Garage on your right, Take a right and you can enter the building from the side

dorkbot-boston is a monthly gathering of people doing strange things with electricity. Artists, designers, engineers, students, scientists, hackers and anyone else interested in the creative use of electricity are encouraged to attend. dorkbot meetings are free, family-friendly and open to the public. Bring your projects, in whatever state they are in, and bring 10 friends!

This summer, dorkbot will present: hands-on workshops, outdoor hacking events (Breadboards and BBQ), tours of interactive entertainment venues, and internationally known tinkerers. To participate, please visit dorkbot-boston and join our mailing list.

dorkbot is thrilled to be working with Upgrade! Boston, a monthly gathering of artists, curators, and the public that fosters dialogue and creates opportunities for collaboration within the new media community, and Microsoft NERD to host our August meeting.

Presenter: Douglas Irving Repetto is the Director of Research at the Computer Music Center of Columbia University, where he also teaches a wide variety of classes including sculpting, electroacoustics, and music engineering, and the founder of the original dorkbot. He has become an international figure for also founding ArtBots, an international art exhibition for robotic art and art-making robots, organism:making art with living systems, a group blog of artists and scientists using biotechnology to create art, and MUSIC-DSP, a mailing list and website hosted by the California Institue of Arts that is used to share music and sound related digital signal processing (DSP) strategies, techniques, and code. Mr. Repetto has also collaborated with LoVid in the creation of “Bonding Engery”, a set of “sunsmile” devices that collect and measure solar energy from seven sites in New York state, and in work on the Cross Current Resonance Transducer, a solar energy to sound and movement transducer.

OpenDork – Everyone is encouraged to bring your own recently completed or projects-in-progress for OpenDork, a lightning round-the-room session of peer-review and general showing-off. Art and technology projects at all stages (sketchbook to polished) and of all levels of complexity are welcomed. This is the perfect chance to say, “Hey, I’m trying to do something interesting… here is what I’ve got so far. Can anyone offer suggestions to move forward?”

More Event Info at Upgrade!Boston