[Robotgroup] Notes on presenting at dorkbot5

Thu Nov 9 12:24:45 PST 2006

Gray,

Bob Comer has those.

All the best....

Mike

At 09:39 2006/11/09 -0800, you wrote:
>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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