From jtillots at cogbots.com Wed Apr 3 13:45:18 2013 From: jtillots at cogbots.com (Jenett Tillotson) Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 13:45:18 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Public meeting tonight at 7pm Message-ID: This is a reminder of tonight's public meeting for Bloominglabs. We'll be open at 7pm and will be open until at least 10pm. See you there! Jenett -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20130403/31d3e7b0/attachment-0001.html From jtillots at cogbots.com Mon Apr 8 16:36:46 2013 From: jtillots at cogbots.com (Jenett Tillotson) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 16:36:46 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Fwd: Thursday, April 11 - IU MAKES In-Reply-To: <1909FFB4EA62E2498988A6E42AFF99960A875502@IU-MSSG-MBX107.ads.iu.edu> References: <1909FFB4EA62E2498988A6E42AFF99960A875502@IU-MSSG-MBX107.ads.iu.edu> Message-ID: The last IU Makes of this semester is Thursday, April 11th at 5:30pm at the CIB. Bloominglabs' member Will Byrd will be there showing off his mad skills with 3D printing and Arduinos. Hope to see you there! Jenett ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shively, Kathryn Lynne Date: Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 4:21 PM Subject: Thursday, April 11 - IU MAKES To: "Shively, Kathryn Lynne" *I apologize in advance if you are rec'ving this email more than once - * * * *As our numbers continue to grow we are **happy to present the Last Lecture for the spring **semester on Thurs April 11th.* * * *Plans are already underway for a FULL line up in the Fall of 2013 including talks, more hands-on demonstrations as well as workshops. We are always wanting feedback of what YOU would like to **see and experience so if you have any ideas **please attend any of the events and/or email: * *indianaumakes at gmail.com* _________________________________________________________________________________ UPCOMING LECTURES *Thursday April 11th* *5:30 - 6:30 pm* IQ Wall - Lobby Area Cyberinfrastructure Building (CIB) 2709 E. 10th Street *Charolett Paul* - Local Artist, who uses glass to create public art and outline a project that needs specialized skills in LED's and Computers. She is looking for someone who has this expertise and would be interested in collaborating on the project. *Will Byrd* - Presenting a talk on the variety of projects he has created some of which include 3D printing and Arduinos *3D Printing Club -- Demonstration --* Members of the 3D printing club, Luke Patmore, James Torre, Gavin Whelan and Jordan Tritell, will provide a demonstration of 3D printing ** *______________________________________________________________________* www.iub.edu/~iumakes Are you Interested in New Technology, Rapid Prototyping, Hacker Spaces, or Arduinos?* Or *do you you create things or want to learn more about these processes and capabilities? *IUMakes* is a new organization created by people from all over IU's campus in order to share events, work produced, and highlight work being made using innovative technologies. Our objectieves are to connect people and give them the details about individuals, organizations, and events happening throughout IU, the city of Bloomington, and the broader community. We strive to develop a community of sharing, networking, and having fun about the work that we MAKE. Part lectures, part demonstrations, part workshops *IUMakes* is a community of people who are interested in using innovative technologies and softwares along with traditional tools and materials to create things. *IUMakes* seeks to bring together these like minded researchers, students and the public in order to: 1. Identify what is currently being created at IU and the surrounding community 2. Create a forum to discuss and share the tools and technologies are being used to make things 3. Create a network for discussion, dialogue, and possible collaboration 4. Provide opportunities for hands-on learning through digital fabrication and prototyping IUMakes - Web shot.jpg www.iub.edu/~iumakes Sincerely, Kate Shively Curriculum Studies Ph.D. Student, Indiana University Graduate Research Assistant 1900 E. 10th Street Eigenmann 529 Bloomington, IN 47405 SOE main line: 812-856-8500 If you just learn a single trick...you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it. - Harper Lee, *To Kill a Mockingbird* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20130408/f57de1d7/attachment.html From dosman at packetsniffers.org Wed Apr 10 16:19:15 2013 From: dosman at packetsniffers.org (dosman) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:19:15 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Public meeting tonight 7-10pm Message-ID: Greetings, Please join us for another public meeting tonight. If you haven't been by Bloominglabs in a while please come check us out, we've grown significantly in the past 4 months. Give the MAME arcade cabinet a whirl, use our tools to make something very cool, and enjoy some chilled beverages with us. Also you can see where our laser cutter will go once it arrives! Check out some recent photos at the space: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bloominglabs Also there are two events happening this Thursday (4-12) folks may be interested in checking out. Robotics Open House, Indiana University (5pm-7pm): http://www.nationalroboticsweek.org/events.php#_892974853 IU Makes lecture featuring one of our own, Will Byrd (5:30pm-7pm)! http://www.iub.edu/~iumakes/events.html Thanks! -Nathan From jtillots at cogbots.com Thu Apr 11 08:58:00 2013 From: jtillots at cogbots.com (Jenett Tillotson) Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:58:00 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Fwd: Earth Day Event In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There were several people at Bloominglabs last night who were interested in this event and I promised I'd forward it on. Jenett --------------------------------------- This is Jason Rinehart contacting you today because I need your help with a film screening project on this upcoming Earth Day. A recently released independent film, called "Within Reach", is a documentary created by a couple who traveled to 100 different intentional communities on their bicycles, and is a snapshot of efforts across America concerning communities and sustainability (as of late 2010). The film is now available for screening- I have ordered the screening kit, which includes a dvd copy of the movie, and a bunch of other stuff. To view the trailer, go to www.withinreachmovie.com . I have coordinated with an administrator at Ivy Tech on the West side to use the Student Commons area as a venue to screen the film and conduct a presentation on local communities, activities and opportunities- he has said that Ivy Tech will cover advertising, and provide chairs, tables, power, movie projection equipment, parking space, and technical assistance for the event, scheduled now for the evening of Earth Day, Monday, April 22. I would like your help with any aspect of this you desire to help with- I'm sure advertising and cleanup efforts would be appreciated- but more than that, I would like to know what level of exposure/representation Dandelion Village would like to receive from this event. Anyone who wishes to participate is encouraged to do so. I will be contacting many other communities and organizations as well, and if there are any ecological or human equity based programs in Btown you would like to bring light to, they are welcome as well. My phone number is 281-507-4680. Thanks! -jason rinehart -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Roll Avenue) tonight, April 16, from 6pm until 10pm to come up with ideas and start building things for decorating the 4th Street pedestrian bridge that goes from the Garage Art parking garage to Fountain Square Mall. I'll have measurements and properties of the bridge (like is it magnetic) to use as our starting point. If there is any property of the bridge that you are interested in, please drop me a note and I'll check it out. See you tonight! Jenett -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20130416/c7b852f0/attachment-0001.html From jtillots at cogbots.com Wed Apr 17 15:58:29 2013 From: jtillots at cogbots.com (Jenett Tillotson) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:58:29 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Tonight is public night! Message-ID: Excuse the late notice... Come to Bloominglabs tonight, Wednesday, for our open making night! We'll continue our conversation from last night about decorating the 4th Street pedestrian bridge. See you tonight. Jenett -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20130417/63528e51/attachment.html From jtillots at cogbots.com Wed Apr 17 22:34:17 2013 From: jtillots at cogbots.com (Jenett Tillotson) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:34:17 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Idea for the 4th Street pedestrian bridge Message-ID: After talking it over with several people, it seems like the most popular idea is to decorate the bridge with some kind of lights and/or sounds that are activated when people walk through the tunnel - kinda like the Indy Airport pedestrian walkway. What do people think of this idea? It would take a bit longer to implement, but if we took our time and designed it well, it could be something that lasts in the walkway for a long time. We could just use IR detectors to sense when someone walks by. We could then play a note using the same system used for the IR harp project. There are lights in the bridge that we could tie into for electricity. The bridge also has a drop ceiling which would make installing our own lights for this project fairly easy. So, what do people think of this idea? Is it worth doing? Do people want to take on a longer project like this? Jenett -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20130417/f687f0c6/attachment.html From jtillots at cogbots.com Wed Apr 17 22:50:03 2013 From: jtillots at cogbots.com (Jenett Tillotson) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:50:03 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Fwd: Palette to Palate Fundraiser - Artists needed In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If anyone is interested in demonstrating at a Community Kitchens fund raising event? If so, please contact Elizabeth Whitlatch directly. Jenett ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Elizabeth Whitlatch Date: Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 6:45 PM Subject: Palette to Palate Fundraiser - Artists needed Our biggest fundraiser of the year, "Palette to Palate" (play on words for a painters palette and a roof of your mouth palate (food)) is on *May 11th* in the evening and we are wanting to spice the event up and have local artists demonstrate their work at the event! We are seeking all different mediums (painters, print makers, wood carver, ceramicist, etc.) and heard that your studio specializes in art demonstrations! *Would you be willing to reach out to some of your artists and see if they would want to participate? * Artists would be working during the first 1 1/2 to 2 hours of the event. They would need to set up their station and be responsible for their supplies. After they were done demonstrating, they would be *feed for free*and would get to attend the rest of the event. I believe this could be great for the artists as this could expand their clientele as we typically have 200-250 guests at this event. I can give whoever is willing to participate more details and a specific schedule of events. Thank you for your time and don't hesitate to reach out to me if you have further questions. I so appreciate your consideration and let me know what I can do to help! Thanks, Lizzy p.s. I have attached a letter that you can send to your artists if you wish. __ Lizzy Whitlatch Board of Directors - Community Kitchen of Monroe County Director of Communications - IU Health Southern Indiana Physicians ewhitlatch at gmail.com 812.345.2366 (cell) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 10:34 PM, Jenett Tillotson wrote: > After talking it over with several people, it seems like the most popular > idea is to decorate the bridge with some kind of lights and/or sounds that > are activated when people walk through the tunnel - kinda like the Indy > Airport pedestrian walkway. What do people think of this idea? It would > take a bit longer to implement, but if we took our time and designed it > well, it could be something that lasts in the walkway for a long time. We > could just use IR detectors to sense when someone walks by. We could then > play a note using the same system used for the IR harp project. There are > lights in the bridge that we could tie into for electricity. The bridge > also has a drop ceiling which would make installing our own lights for this > project fairly easy. > > So, what do people think of this idea? Is it worth doing? Do people want > to take on a longer project like this? > > Jenett > > > _______________________________________________ > Bloominglabs-announce mailing list > Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org > http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce > > -- Matt Standish www.mattstandish.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20130418/0aa1488d/attachment.html From mistasteve at gmail.com Thu Apr 18 16:33:27 2013 From: mistasteve at gmail.com (S Charlesworth) Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:33:27 -0400 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Idea for the 4th Street pedestrian bridge In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: <-6851927763086409785@unknownmsgid> These are all pretty great ideas, do we have a rough estimate of what kind of budget we have though? Might get kind of pricey once all the pieces are together. Anyhow if there is going to be a Raspberry Pi in the mix maybe you can do some OpenCV magic to get an idea of traffic density and such and MIDI magic for the music...or trigger random samples from the BBC 'rural sound effects' compilations....all kinds of possibilities.... Sent from a smartphone. On Apr 18, 2013, at 3:49 PM, Matt Standish wrote: This is cool! Now that I am home for a while I would love to sign up and become a member. Have you thought about collecting data? For example after a few weeks you could change the tones and see if people walk at a different pace. Or keep track of the tone patterns throughout the day and publish a type of 'sheet music'. Busy foot traffic would have a different song then slow traffic. On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 10:34 PM, Jenett Tillotson wrote: > After talking it over with several people, it seems like the most popular > idea is to decorate the bridge with some kind of lights and/or sounds that > are activated when people walk through the tunnel - kinda like the Indy > Airport pedestrian walkway. What do people think of this idea? It would > take a bit longer to implement, but if we took our time and designed it > well, it could be something that lasts in the walkway for a long time. We > could just use IR detectors to sense when someone walks by. We could then > play a note using the same system used for the IR harp project. There are > lights in the bridge that we could tie into for electricity. The bridge > also has a drop ceiling which would make installing our own lights for this > project fairly easy. > > So, what do people think of this idea? Is it worth doing? Do people want > to take on a longer project like this? > > Jenett > > > _______________________________________________ > Bloominglabs-announce mailing list > Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org > http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce > > -- Matt Standish www.mattstandish.org _______________________________________________ Bloominglabs-announce mailing list Bloominglabs-announce at bloominglabs.org http://www.bloominglabs.org/mailman/listinfo/bloominglabs-announce -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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MOSSCon is a community driven conference; *"By the people, for the people" as we like to say it, o*rganized for the first time in Kentucky by KYOSS (Kentucky Open Source Software Society) and a group of enthusiasts who share the same vision that the software should be Free and Open to the community to develop and adapt it to their needs. (more ) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20130428/9efac23f/attachment.html