Inflatable Kite Sewing Workshop
Saul Griffith, Eric Wilhelm, Tim Anderson, Axel Kilian
Thu Jan 23, Fri Jan 24, Sat Jan 25, 10am-06:00pm, E15-135
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 01-Jan-2003
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 90.00 for materials costs (we will attempt to get donations)
Build an inflatable leading edge power kite for Surfing and Ice-Buttboarding. Use surfcad to design a single skin power kite with inflatable battens (quick lessons in low speed aerodynamics and foil design). Layout pattern in spinnaker nylon, dacron (analytical geometry and complex printer debugging). Do a lot of sewing (scheduling, manufacturing economics, mechatronics …sewing machines). Ultrasonically weld polyurethane inflatable bladders (pneumatics and patience). Tie knots and make a control bar and safety system (knot-theory, higher mathematics, control theory, bondage). Success pending, we will have testing/ training on snow. You may be required to cover material costs.
Web: http://www.media.mit.edu/~saul/zeroprestige
Contact: Saul Griffith, e15-434, 253-5554, saul@media.mit.edu
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Mobile Storymaking Workshop
Glorianna Davenport, Pengkai Pan, David Crow, Debora Lui, Lilly Kam
Mon-Wed, Jan 13-15, 27-29, 01-04:00pm, E15-344 Garden Conf.
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2003
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Do you want to create and share movies for wireless PDAs? What about designing an evolving mobile story web for students and visitors to the MIT campus? If writing, acting and producing this new entertainment experience sounds exciting to you, then join this workshop sponsored by the Interactive Cinema Group at the MIT Media Lab. You will get hands-on experience designing and producing mobile video stories, as well as using tools for making and sharing location-aware stories over 801.11b wireless network. Various filmmakers will lend their experience and skills to the workshop, and the ICG will provide all necessary equipment.
Web: http://ic.media.mit.edu/projects/MViews/index.htm
Contact: Pengkai Pan, E15-351, x3-3197, ppk@media.mit.edu
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Second Annual "I Wanna Be a Cyborg" Hackfest
Richard W. DeVaul, Ivan Chardin, Vadim Gerasimov
Mon, Wed, Fri, Jan 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24, 27, 29, 31, 01-04:00pm, E15-383
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Enthusiasm, Clue, Some knowedge of C programming
Come join the cyborg crew at the MIT Media Lab and spend a few weeks hacking cool wearable applications using the Sharp Zaurus, wireless networking, and wearable sensors. We provide hardware and tools, you provide cool ideas and C programming clue. To apply, send a paragraph on why you want to take the class and your qualifications to MIThril-IAP@media.mit.edu. Please sign up in advance; more information is on the web.
Web: http://www.media.mit.edu/wearables/mithril/IAP/
Contact: Richard W. DeVaul, E15-383, x3-0608, MIThril-IAP@media.mit.edu
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