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Dorkbot Austin: Awesomely Strange Projects!

Dorkbot Austin: Awesomely Strange Projects!

Thanks to everybody who came out to Cafe Mundi Thursday for Dorkbot. Not a huge crowd, but we did have some great projects. In no particular order: Jason Delaney’s literally steampunk still, meant for distilling water, herbal essences, or (theoretically) alcohol. John P. Funk and his cosmically funky LED light sculpture. L. Scott Hudson’s .NET-programmed, […]

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Dorkbot Austin: This Thursday!

Dorkbot Austin: This Thursday!

Dorkbot Austin #16 is this Thursday, and it’s full of steampunk wearable robotic wonders: Jason Delaney’s steampunk (literally) homebrew still that can be used to make alcohol, herbal oils, purify water, etc. Chase Hammock’s touchscreen driven wearable multimedia computer Adam Iseman’s Ard-e, a sub-$100 robotics platform (Image courtesy Adrian Ward) We’re at Cafe Mundi, 8pm […]

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Dorkbot Austin: Call For Presenters

Dorkbot Austin: Call For Presenters

If you’re in, around, or looking for an excuse to visit the Austin area, here it is: people doing strange things with electricity with Tex-Mex. image courtesy Douglas Filiak Dorkbot Austin is now seeking makers to present at our monthly meetings. Past presenters have included: ArcAttack! and their Singing Tesla Coils The Robot Group’s Mechanical […]

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HacDC Grand Opening and Town Hall Meeting

Tomorrow night, Thursday, July 24, as part of its week-long grand opening celebrations, HacDC is holding a town hall meeting to discuss hackerspace, the open source community, and the future of hacker/maker orgs in the metro area. I will be a member of the panel, representing MAKE, Alberto Gaitan will be representing Dorkbot DC, and […]

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