Dorkbot DC
http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotdc

Next Dorkbot DC Meeting:

Monday, September 10, 2007
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT

Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences
6th and E Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20001
http://www.koshlandscience.org/visitor/dandp.jsp

Dorkbot is a technological arts organization made up of local chapters
around the world where artists, engineers, programmers, and others
share their work with the public and their peers. The motto of
Dorkbot is "people doing strange things with electricity."

The September meeting of Dorkbot DC will be held at the Marian
Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences, and will
have presentations by three artists.

Mechatronic and robotic artist Thomas Edwards will present his work
"Touch" which allows two individuals to physically touch each other
over the Internet. During the meeting, Edwards will demonstrate
touching fingers between Washington, DC, and Toronto, Canada.

Conrad Barski will present his work on the PicnicMob.Org web site.
PicnicMob is a concept to create "flash mob" picnics in parks of major
U.S. cities, but it assigns each participant to a location in the park
so that they are near other participants with similar interests
(calculated using simulated annealing).

Interactive video artist Philip Kohn will discus some of his new work
that combines live video cameras with computers to place participants
in virtual worlds.