Heads On Fire, the technology education org that I direct, is receiving an advanced digital design and fabrication laboratory from MIT this week. They call them "Fab Labs" and they combine computer controlled milling machines with open source software and programmable electronics to allow people off the street to "make almost anything."
There are a number of ways I'm hoping to involve the community at large and a thought some folks on this list might be interested. I placed some links below to give a better idea of what the Fab Lab is. If you're interested at all, contact me. Neil Gershenfeld, who directs MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms, and a fairly large engineering team is coming next week to help with the installation. I particularly want to hear from Comp Sci kinds of folk who want to come and play in the lab next week while the MIT team is dong demos and trainings. The ideal person would excited by one or more of these: Linux, Python, network admin, open source dev, programmable micro controllers. You can call me at 619.446.6933 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] links of interest: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/ http://www.thegoldenageofwireless.com http://ng.cba.mit.edu/dist/PV.pdf http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=n_gershenfeld http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3786368 http://ng.cba.mit.edu/dist/PV.mp4 heads on fire background: http://www.headsonfire.org http://www.youthlearn.org/afterschool/Echoes http://www.zerodivide.org/initiatives/leadership/index.html -- Xavier Leonard Wirehead Multimedia 964 Fifth Avenue, Suite 235 San Diego, CA 92101 ph:619.232.9573 fx:619.544.0993 http://www.wireheadstudio.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
