Phoenix DIY

Join us at the North Tempe Community Center (Sisso Room)

1555 N. Bridalwreath St. Tempe

7pm

for two lovely presentations by:

Suneth Attygalle - Bat Goggles

Wish you were bat? Want to Experience Echolocation? Want to try to “see” with your ears? These goggles allow you to experience what it is like to use auditory cues like a bat and is intended for children in a science center setting to learn about echolocation. The goal was to keep costs as low as possible, avoid making the form of the interaction to be generic or unrelated to its educational purpose and to ensure that the physical form of device embodies the subject matter. For a more thorough discussion of its design, please see the project webpage.

Bill Mar - Gumstix

Gumstix is an “open source” hardware company with a line of embedded boards the size of a stick of chewing gum (http://gumstix.com). The Gumstix engineers have Open Embedded on their hardware and I’ve been working with other hobbyists since late last year porting Windows CE and Micro Framework to the Gumstix board. I also setup a deal with Microsoft to offer hobbyist kits with full versions of Microsoft Visual Studio and Windows CE Platform Builder. I’ll be bringing several examples of Gumstix hardware in action, including the eInk prototype kit.

Thanks for a great December meeting!! We had a great turnout of over 30 people. A special thanks to Kathy Cano-Murillo for her inspirational talk (she blogged us here), Matt Mets for his super cool laser harp, and Matt Mechtley for the duct-tape magic wallet workshop, door prizes, and for hosting us at Flashbang Studios. We’d also like to thank everyone who brought door prizes and snacks! Matt has a nice photoset on Flickr of the event. Post it up in the comments if you have pictures, too!

Mark was kind enough to export his Google Presentation as a web slideshow. It includes lots of helpful links! - Link.