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dorkbot this wed! details below -hope to see you all there!

WHEN: Wed Sept 24 7:30pm
WHERE: rxGallery (see http://rxgallery.com/)
WHO:

Jonathan Foote - Electronics: Almost as Much Fun as Drugs
Even though Jonathan has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and rather
than spouting off about how clever he is, he would like to show *you*
how clever *you* are. By the end of Jonathan's talk, you will
understand basic electronics through an intuitive "waterworks" analogy.
Using a few of his illuminated works as a motivation, Jonathan will
demonstrate how you yourself can build straightforward LED, laser, and
neon circuits – easily and cheaply. And yes, there will be high
voltages, audience participation, at least one explosion, and if that's
not terrifying enough, an equation or two.

http://www.fxpal.com/people/foote/follies/art/

Eric Barbour - Electronic Music, The Hard Way - A Demonstration of
Synthesizers Made of Vacuum Tubes
No one had ever made voltage-controlled music synthesizer equipment out
of vacuum tubes–until
1999, when Metasonix released its first tube synthesis products. They
contain unusual tubes intended
for special jobs in TV sets and industrial equipment, resulting in a
tonal palette completely
different from conventional solid-state synthesizers. The demonstration
will feature TM series tube
modules plus a few unique prototype instruments, such as the
one-of-a-kind "Four Voice", believed to
be the only polyphonic tube synthesizer in existence. Some music
created with Metasonix equipment
by various artists will be played.

http://www.metasonix.com/

Edwin Berlin - Capturing Motion for Character Animation
This talk will mostly be a demonstration of the Gypsy motion capture
suit, which captures the
motion of the human wearer. Edwin will talk about different
technologies for motion capture and then
discuss the specific techniques that give the Gypsy suit its
performance and capabilities. Some of
the components used, such as a portable inertial reference and
spread-spectrum wireless link will
be of interest to designers of other devices.

http://secretsoftware.com/

Please feel free to bring your stuff for show and tell after the last
presenter and stay for the mingling.
There is a $5 suggested donation for rxGallery but no one turned away
due to lack of funds…

Many thanks to Will Linn for hosting!

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