Tuesday Seminar Series: Arthacking at Burning Man TONIGHT!

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Tuesday Seminar Series: Arthacking at Burning Man TONIGHT!

When: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 8:30 pm
Where: HacDC Auditorium (1525 Newton St NW, 20010)
Cost: FREE [youtube l5R3XNxIjeY]

Dave Monachello will demo and describe the design and implementation of his 2008 Burningman art festival project - 'I have a dream' - an animated electroluminescent wire portrait with synchronized sound of Dr. Martin Luther King jr.

Project topics to be covered:

Project inspiration and design

What's el-wire and how do you use it?

Parallax propeller processor overview

Programming the propeller

Creating customized PCBs

Interfacing devices with an I2C bus

Using SD cards

Synchronized sound track creation

Future enhancements

There should be time for an extended Q & A. Check out the project blog at http://sidnancy.posterous.com

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