[Robotgroup] Notes on presenting at dorkbot5

[Gray Mack]

Are we still presenting things one at a time or
setting up our usual RG style display?

Is anyone bringing small robots? An extra table or two
would be really good since the main table is shared
with the other participants and we will need a place
to put our small robots. Do we still have the tabletop
4 inch walls to keep tabletop robots from doing the
Lemming dive? 

Also adequate extension cords, multi-outlets if we
want to have all our stuff going at the same time.

There is a lot to pack in for an 8:30 showing.

I plan on bringing my LEDSaber and a vex bot.


--- David Nunez <david at davidnunez.com> wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> I  wanted to thank you again for agreeing to present
> at dorkbot5,  
> Thursday night, 8:30 at Cafe Mundi.  We're all
> thrilled about this  
> month's lineup - I think we found a really strong
> mix of talented  
> people doing very different things, and that always
> makes for an  
> evening folks will not forget.
> 
> Some logistics:
> 	* My cell phone number: 512.796.9545 and I'll be
> available 100% for  
> dorkbot-related running around tomorrow after noon. 
> If you need  
> anything at all to help get ready, consider me "on
> call."
> 	* If you need a table to set up and have a table,
> please bring it!   
> We may be running short on table space.
> 	* I will be at the venue at 6:30 to start setting
> up.  If you don't  
> know me, this is what I look like, (although I think
> I'm leaving my  
> yellow gloves at home):
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/glassyhse/ 
> 267286053/
> 	* parking is always a challenge at this venue, but
> please eel free  
> to pull into the lot to unload (and snag an
> available parking spot).
> 	* It's getting colder.  We set up dorkbot in the
> parking lot of Cafe  
> Mundi, so be prepared to make yourself warm (i.e.
> sweater, jackets,  
> etc).
> 	* Because we have an above average amount of stuff
> going on this  
> time around, I want to give everyone a heads up that
> we're going to  
> be extra strict with time limits.   Each presenter
> will have 10  
> minutes, maximum, to present and 5 additional
> minutes to field  
> questions from the audience.  We're not going to
> hesitate to use the  
> hook ;) (one of us will stand up near you as your
> time is running out).
> 	* We're also going to be running a tight ship as we
> move from act to  
> act.  We'll be talking with you the whole night to
> let you know when  
> you're up and what the timing is like, but we'd like
> to limit the  
> time between speakers to 7-10 minutes (the projected
> order of  
> presentation is below.)
> 	* As you're presenting, don't let it throw you if
> one of us steps up  
> and adjusts your microphone.   The acoustics are all
> over the place  
> outside at Mundi, and we just want to make sure
> everyone in the back  
> can hear you.
> 	* you should expect 150-200 people in the audience,
> but we did some  
> extra promotion for this dorkbot, so we could have
> many more - hard  
> to predict.
> 	* The robot group will have robots rolling around,
> presumably,  
> throughout the evening.  They will keep them under
> leashes during  
> actual presentations, but I fully expect utter
> robo-chaos before the  
> show starts, between acts, and after the final
> presentation.
> 	* If you haven't already, feel free to promote your
> appearance to  
> your own personal mailing lists - friends, family,
> kids, co-workers,  
> co-club members, etc. are all very welcome.
> 	* Brief comments about your process,
> demonstrations, discussion of  
> the technology behind your devices, and what you
> expect to do next  
> all seem to be crowd-pleasing topics.
> 
> Thanks again and you have our respect and gratitude
> for stepping up  
> this month to show off your amazing work.
> 
> Here is the lineup again, in order:
> 
> * Ian Cion runs an Austin design studio and creates
> work that  
> influences positive social change.  He is working on
> a refugee camp/ 
> emergency shelter beautification initiative, and
> will demonstrate the  
> idea of beautifying camps through community derived
> artwork using a  
> range of materials from local craft technology to
> large format  
> digital printing.  <http://iancion.com/>
> 
> * Marvin Niebuhr will demonstrate his biomechanical
> hybrids and  
> photovoltaic cage system: "The Bio-Mechanicals
> originated in the lab  
> at Intelligent Designs. Through genetic engineering
> and animal-plant  
> interfacing with mechanical-electronic additions,
> the bio-mechanicals  
> were created. Unfortunately, some of the BMs escaped
> their  
> confinement and roamed the lab at night creating
> rogue versions of  
> themselves. Some were able to escape into the
> countryside, but most  
> were gathered up during the annual trophy hunt." --
> http:// 
> www.spiritcanyondesigns.com/  [Marvin is looking for
> collaborators  
> for future projects!]
> 
> * Seven will debut his Planck - a one-of-a-kind
> instrument he  
> recently finished.  It is played by tapping 8
> strings and can be made  
> to sound like a sitar or steel guitar.  Seven is a
> long-time inventor  
> in Austin; his many projects include electric
> bicycles and Jacob's  
> Ladders.  He has been featured by Bre Pettis (from
> Make Magazine) in  
> the "I Make Things" video podcast
> (http://www.imakethings.com/ 
>
2006/03/22/musical-instrument-innovation-and-high-voltage-electricity/).
> 
> * Also: The Austin Robot Group will bring a large
> assortment from  
> their menagerie of twisted, mechanical creations.  
> They will  
> showcase some of their newest pieces and will give
> the dorkbot  
> audience a once-in-a-lifetime, rare opportunity to
> interact directly  
> with their machines!
> <http://www.austinrobotgroup.net>
> 
> David Nunez, Rodney Gibbs, Luke Iseman, Rich LeGrand
> dorkbot-austin instigators
> http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotaustin
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