[Robotgroup] Dorkbot?

[john at cozmicfunk.com]

The highlight of my evening was enjoying the crowd reaction to my little 
J-65 robot,
after a nerve racking video demonstration. How many laptops does it take 
to play a dvd disc?
A one, a two, a three -CRUNCH- A three! <sigh>
It is nice to take the heat off the presenter and let the automatons do 
the entertaining.
J-65 is destined to have his own movie at some point! WTG, LOL :) Thanks to
everyone that came out. It was a lot of fun!

JPF

Andre Lamothe wrote:
> The furby thing was hardly art in my opinion :) I was hoping that the 
> furbies were going to possibly lip sync and or dance to some kind of techno 
> or alternative music blended with their pre-recorded sound effects from 
> their voice box, but it was more or less just feedback amplified -- yuck. 
> The scary thing is that they "play" at many venues, so "someone" apparently 
> likes this kind of noise :)
>
> And yes, I heard that the arduino people meet before, but didn't see any 
> robot people there?
>
> Andre'
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "LHudson" <lhudson73 at yahoo.com>
> To: "The Robot Group Mailing List" <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 12:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] Dorkbot?
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>
> What is/was the Arduino SIG?  I missed it as my wife and I were among those 
> driven away by the Furby choir, which wasn't really a choir.  It was just 
> six Furbies miked up to a sound system that violated the noise ordinance by 
> about 500 dBs.  One of which was sleeping the entire time for some reason.
>
>   Before his presentation the inventor declared that he had hooked up a 
> potentiometer to each Furby.  I could not for the life of me figure out why.
>
>   Scott
>
> David Nunez <david at davidnunez.com> wrote:
>   It was ok.
>
> I think the "freezing freezing cold" scared off a lot of folks.
>
> Our acts were nicely diverse, this time. (and our final act, the
> furby youth choir, scared / annoyed the hell out of half the crowd
> who promptly were driven away).
>
> Chase Hammocks internet pod -- nice and polished. Really amazing setup.
>
> Ward Christies VR/Cam Backpack setup was a hit... a lot of audience
> interaction.
>
> JohnF did an amazing presentation -- his AV was extremely appropriate
> and added quite a bit to his project (short snippets of video that he
> talked over).
>
> Marvin was there with some new biomechanicals (I really am afraid to
> see what his house looks like), and announced a performance of
> screaming baby heads on Dec 1 at Scoot Inn.
>
> The Arduino SIG drew about 8 people and there was definite interest
> for followup (probably at a venue where we can all work on projects
> together.)
>
> Looking forward to the holiday break to regroup and get ready for
> dorkbot in january.
>
> Whee!
>
>
> On Nov 16, 2007, at 9:59 AM, Paul Atkinson wrote:
>
>   
>> Inquiring minds want to know...
>>
>> On Nov 16, 2007 9:49 AM, Vern Graner wrote:
>>     
>>> I got stuck at the office last night (trying to finish my N&V
>>> column!)
>>> and didn't make it out to Dorkbot dangit.. :(
>>>
>>> So, how was it? :)
>>>
>>> Vern
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