[Robotgroup] Dorkbot?

Fri Nov 16 17:23:26 PST 2007

Thanks Andre,

I am diligently making this film, one model at a time.
I believe the explosions were from one of those disc sets I managed to 
scavenge from DA before I left that company.
I may even mix some CGI particles in to give a depth, we'll see what 
looks the best.

JPF

Andre Lamothe wrote:
> I am always amazed at film changes things and makes them look real. When you 
> look at the set models on the table, they look like models, but when they 
> were lit and filmed they looked real. It will be interesting to see the 
> final results with composite effects. I remember gasping a few times during 
> star wars and the death star scene, it all looked VERY real down the trench, 
> but there was one scene where "wedge"? or someone crashes into the surface 
> and you could tell from the explosions that it was a model of course. That 
> and it didn't help me seeing a photo of lucas walking on top of the death 
> star set when I was 10-12 years old :)
>
> Speaking of explosions, what was your source for your demo video? I used to 
> use "Pyromania" cds as our explosions source material since particle 
> simulated always looked bad.
>
> Andre'
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <john at cozmicfunk.com>
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>
> 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?
>>
>>
>> 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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