Heya, James! I'm Torrie Fischer from SYNHAK. It would be super excellent to get involved this year! We've tried (unsuccessfully) in previous years due to a smaller membership base and thus less time, but we've grown a bit since then :)
On Wednesday, July 17, 2013 01:39:56 PM gs volt wrote: > Greetings! > > James: > > Please consider joining SYN/HAK's mail list here: > http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo to keep in touch with happenings at > SYN/HAK > Also, please update your address book with this email (gsvolt7 at gmail) > which is my personal email for all things SYN/HAK (mostly after Cleveland > Mini Maker Faire). > > SYN/HAK: > > Say hello to IngenuityFest organizer James Krouse! > > James asked us: > > Hey Gaurav -- > > I wondered if we could talk re IngenuityFest to see if we could get more > folks involved. I'm not sure if SYN/HAK would like to have a space but > we'd love to have them. If time commitment is an issue, I'm working on > reducing hours for the Make Space at Ingenuity and could work with the > group on creating smaller events if that's desired. > > Ingenuity Fest 2013 is different this year. > Exhibitors (individuals as well as companies) can have goods for sale, > compared to last year where it was forbidden. Mostly, the organizers have > to determine fit/not-fit from the festival's standpoint. So, feel free to > checkout their call for makers here: > http://ingenuitycleveland.com/call-for-the-2013-make-space/ > > Would definitely like to meet with you in person about everything below. > > My thoughts are: > > - If there's a maker, or company in Summit County (or NorthEast Ohio) that > can make a project display worthy, other volunteers can jump in and > showcase them at Ingenuity Fest if maker's don't have hours available to > attend. (This might be me.. we'll see) Lets get the word out for this. We are the perfect place for others to come together and build awesome displays and bounce ideas off of each other. I know of a handful of super interesting projects that are in the works by various members that I think would be fun to have at Ingenuity Fest: * Tesla Coil * Arduino people counter * Wearable bluetooth biologger * Laser Graffitti > - Ingenuity Fest will have attendees from Summit county, would help for > SYN/HAK to be represented and inform attendees about us. > - Forward this email with anyone you know who'd like to contact Ingenuity > directly.. I know there's a lot of people that might be interested > - My experience at cleveland mini-maker faire tells me that there's > definitely opportunity for makers to prototype on site and teach attendees > new and unfamiliar tools and technologies > - At yesterday's meeting, we discussed possibility for SYN/HAK to teach > soldering to attendees for a small fee, where they get to build and take > the WeeBlinky home - that would be great. We could potentially plan for > this if there's enough interest. Yes, please! Maker's Alliance had something similar at the Cleveland Public Library's Mini Maker Faire earlier this year. It was hugely popular, but they couldn't charge anyone for it. We've got a small supply of Wee Blinky kits, but certainly fewer than would be needed for Ingenuity Fest. > - 2012 make space photos: > http://ingenuitycleveland.com/2012-ingenuity-make-space-photos/ To get a > feel for what it was like last year > - This year there's an independent film festival as well: details here: > http://ingenuitycleveland.com/indiefest/ If you know movie makers in the > area, do tell them to submit their DVDs to ingenuity > > Please consider this opportunity, get creative. > > Contact James directly for more details at (216) 650-4942 > > This year's Ingenuity Festival 2013 theme is Clouds: > > *2013 Theme: * *Clouds* Hmm, I might have something super cool and exciting to show by then with Raspberry Pis, sensors, and a cloud operating system. > > Head in the clouds. Cloudy thinking. Cloud computing. We have looked to > the clouds for centuries to dream and seek new heights. Today we look > toward the clouds as a space to store the information of our lives, as a > place to live and work. We also look to the clouds with hope and fear > seeing blue skies and gathering storms in our past, present, and future. > > We are encouraging the creative Ingenuity community to explore the Clouds > from any and all angles. Whether it’s abstract or direct, this exploration > should be above all else, an exploration of new thoughts and ideas about > where humanity and technology meet within this space. > > Random thoughts (delectable tangents?): > > New York Maker Faire is the same weekend. Will Ingenuity be impacted by it, > I don't know - but I do believe that for those that wouldn't want to travel > all the way to Queens, NY - Ingenuity is the best venue locally to > participate in. > > It would be cool launching a helium balloon. I hear the local HAM club at the University of Akron has a big 'ole weather baloon apparatus that may or may not have been recovered. > > Jeff the Quadcopter wrangler could demo his quadcopter.. and take our > photos outside if weather is nice. > > A live demo of ham radios? Although that can be successful only if ham > operators are willing and in attendance.. as by law, I learned only the > operator can send and receive communication. It would be cool to let HAM's > in the area know about Ingenuity ahead of time and allow attendees to speak > with them. In the age of cellphones, people have all but forgotten the > radio waves.. would be a good demo. Yes. I think this would be a perfect way to demo a HAM Field Day. > > I know Xander has a lot of activities usually that could be great to engage > kids with. > > More from me on Ingenuity later. In the meantime, feel free to hit reply > and keep the ideas flowing! > > Regards, > > G | Gaurav Narain Saxena | 3302834972 | > @gsvolt<http://www.twitter.com/gsvolt>| http://gsvolt.wordpress.com | > http://www.youtube.com/gsvolt > Board Member - SYN/HAK: The Akron Hackerspace, 21 W North St, Akron, Ohio > 44304 | http://www.synhak.org > Consultant - Bennett Adelson (Microsoft Solution Center), 6050 Oak Tree > Blvd, Cleveland, Ohio 44131 | http://www.bennettadelson.com > Owner - Whiskey Bits LLC, Portage Lakes, Ohio _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
