SxSW @ Brush Sq. Park
dorkbot13 @ SXSW - March 8, 6:00 pm, Brush Square Park, across from Austin Convention Center
Co-sponsored by Make Magazine, SXSW Interactive, Amaze Entertainment and the International Game Developers Association of Austin
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photo by mrigneous @ flickr
Presenters (more details to come):
Bleep Labs
Will be debuting the kit version of the Thingamagoop. It's got a few more
options and is made of laser cut acrylic for easy assembly.
They will also be showing of their new digital noise toys, one that's a
companion to the Thingamagoop and one that was developed with NYC
Dorkboters, Loud Objects http://www.loudobjects.com/, who will be in
attendance. This device creates ridiculous rhythms and melodies based on a
patch bay. (videos - http://bleeplabs.com/beaker.htm)
They'll also have more info on how Thingamagoops are made on a "garage"
scale and Goopymart http://www.flickr.com/photos/goopymart/, who's
responsible for Bleep Labs' graphic design, will also be there to answer
questions.
Josh Knowles
Talking about making collaborative musical and art games for public spaces
using PhonePlay, a system that lets anyone turn their phone into a game
controller just by dialing a phone number. http://gophoneplay.com/
http://auscillate.com/mmmi
Arc Attack
Austin's infamous singing tesla coils (need we say more?)
The Austin Robot Group
www.robotgroup.org
Will be showing off a number of their projects including the Ping Pong
Printer http://picasaweb.google.com/VernGraner/PingPongPrinter
and robospinart machine http://www.robospinart.com
John Funk
http://www.cozmicfunk.com/
will be showing off his robots, miniatures, and movie prop creations
Marvin Neihbur
Visual/sound artist Marvin Niebuhr presents Professor Conrad’s Cabinet of
Bio-mechanicals featuring The Screamin’ Babyheads and the Instruments of
Mass Distortion. The 78” wide collapsable cabinet contains over 15
bio-mechanical band members that are mechanized and produce sound. Music
CDs are available.
Marvin Niebuhr is a sculptor-musician-peformance artist. Also he is the
founder of Intelligent Designs SciFi Laboratory located in a secret
location somewhere in the Texas Hill Country.
Info at www.intelligentdesigns.blobspot.com. Also on YouTube-screaminbabheads
ACTLab
ACT intends to bring 3-4 student projects
Unconfirmed but possibilities are Laser harp, smoke ring gun, video
projections, circuit bending
Instructables
http://www.instructables.com/
Eric Wilhelm, founder of Squid Labs and Instructables, will talk about
options for alternative energy and demo the OLPC's human power generator.
Edwin Wise
Some body parts (silicon), some blinky lights maybe;
Chladni plate maybe?
Craig Newswanger
midi to REAL percussion interface using pulse width modulation.
Marc Greenberg
Inflatable speakers - exactly what the name says - a new innovation in
loudspeaker design, an inflatable loudspeaker
http://www.floatingsounds.com/product.htm
Jerry Chamkis
The Kosmophone - a gamma-ray spectrometer operating in the range of about
3 to 7 million electron-volts (MeV) controlling a MIDI music synthesizer
http://www.kosmophone.com/