Dorkbot #1

When:

18:00-20:00, Fri May 11 2007

Where:

Council Chambers, Steve Biko Building (upstairs in Academy), Oxford Road (directions below)

We are being hosted by Futuresonic for our first meeting. This is an open show and tell session – so bring your stuff along! There will be a small PA and projector..

When and where Friday 11 May / 6pm-8pm / Free Council Chambers, Steve Biko Building (upstairs in Academy), Oxford Road

Manchester’s first Dorkbot, an informal gathering and Show ‘n’ Tell for artists, musicians, video makers, inventors, hackers, engineers … anyone doing strange things with electricity, with a special focus on alternative computer interfaces. During the event Steve Symons will demonstate his computer interface ‘muio’ and show how to make a ‘muio-mini’ for under £17. Simon Blackmore will demonstate how to use ‘Wiring’, an open source programming environment and electronics i/o board currently developed at the Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia by Hernando Barragán.