DorkbotPDX people doing strange things with electricity

Just a quick reminder that DorkbotPDX 0x0A will be hosted tomorrow at
Backspace. The event page is here:

[link]

In addition to having Glenn Phillips and also the Church of Robotron as
presenters, we will host an OpenDork session. This is an open-mic time
block where anybody may take the stage to talk about project or show a

[link]

When: March 25th, 2013 - 8pm
Where: Backspace ([link])
Who: All ages -- open to the public
Cost: Free!

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Self Balancing Robots 101
Glenn Phillips
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Glenn's presentation will cover the basics of self balancing robots:

Hi all.

Sorry I'm late getting this out to the lists...I generally try and give
people a little more time to make arrangements, so sorry!

Tomorrow's meeting (Feb. 11th) will be held at Someday Lounge and
Backspace will be hosting a music event.

This is a casual meeting (no "formal" performances/presentations), but

Headline Corrected.

-=* ARDUINO CULT INDUCTION *=-

Wanna make sure you at least make a dorkboard before the world esplödes?

This is your first chance of 2012 to be inducted into the cult of the arduino.

Where?

Free Geek, 1731 SE 10th Ave

When?

Saturday January 28th, 2012 from 1 to 5pm

Wha?

[link]

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*Hello!!*

*
*

*$1,000 grants available for AWESOME ideas*

Awesome Portland, a new grassroots foundation, invites you to join our
quest to make the city an even more fun, artsy, and innovative place to
live.

Do you have a great, low-cost idea that will energize people, generate

Just a reminder that this coming Monday, Dec 17th, Dorkbot will be held
at Someday Lounge, and we'll be doing OPEN MIC SURGERY.

There are currently 3 audio and 3 video slots remaining...so now is your
chance to sign up!

Going to be fun!

-jason

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Hi.

In just under two weeks, we'll be meeting at Someday Lounge instead of
Backspace. We'll be using this opportunity to host an OpenDork/Open-mic
event for artists, nerds, tinkerers, geeks, dorks and others:

[link]

8-minute performances. Simultaneous video and audio tracks.

BYTE ME! is happening again in January and the official call for works
is out. Remember the wall of Teddy Ruxpins
([link] Yeah, those guys!

The blurb here is short, best to click the link for details about the
show and how to submit works for consideration (email or online).

Hey guys - Brian and I are performing (video and sound), with bobbevy
(dancers), this thursday for the Experimental 1/2 hour night at
Hollywood Theater.

Pure-data, cinder, kinect, midi, synthesis, STUFF.

[link]

Our allies up north are doing a group show and have put out a call for
works. This is for a show in Seattle in Jan, and it looks like email
submissions are due by November 9th.

-jason

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We are excited to announce the Dorkbot crew and friends are once

It's pretty short notice, but Oregon MESA has an opening for an Arduino
instructor for high school students on weekends in December/January
(although some of the dates in the attached PDF have already expired?).

Anyway, good cause, interesting work. We don't forward on this stuff
that often...

I've been asked to give a talk about DorkbotPDX at Teuscher Lab during
lunch on Tuesday. The Teuscher Lab calendar is here:

[link]

The event is free and open to the public. We encourage anybody who is
interested and can make it to attend!

Hope to see some of you there!

Just a quick reminder that tonight's meeting is at Someday Lounge (21+)
at 7pm instead of Backspace. It's just 2 doors north of Backspace, you
can't miss it.

See you then!

-jason
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I looked at the Public Labs one when it was on kickstarted. It is good for someone who wants to look at something like a lamp and tell what gas mixture is in it or something like that. No good for the kinds of stuff I would like to do.

The UPRTek one is not a whole lot better in terms of spectral bandwidth. At 12nm it is pretty awful. For the stuff I want to do it needs to be sub-nm. I know I am asking a lot but I think the openSpectrometer could do it.

Yes, they will when used in something like a scintillator for gamma spectroscopy. But in a situation with a spectrometer there is so much more light it will be an analog signal.

-Jerry

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I've been following another spectrometer project for a while- the public
labs one- but haven't jumped in because they are using a webcam and I don't
see how it could produce good enough results to bother with.

My needs for a spectrometer are to measure color temp, CRI and CQS of a
light source. I have a spreadsheet w/ macros from the NIS that can

Hmm, some PMTs I've read about send out ticks, one per photon count.

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-Nathan
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Adam> I hadn't thought of something like that. What do you want for
Adam> it?

The most recent sale on ebay was $11. That was back in february.
Given depreciation, how about $10? Comes with a case and a CF card.
If you want an atheros miniPCI wifi radio, or some pcmcia 200 mW
802.11b radios, I can toss those in as well. You'd need to supply