Dorkbot SoCal 35 May 17, 2009

Dorkbot SoCal 35

***** Sunday, May 17, 2009
***** 1:00pm
***** Machine Project
***** 1200 D North Alvarado Street
***** Los Angeles, CA 90026

Presenters will include:

John Arroyo
http://www.remixin.com/
John is a composer, producer and DJ and is involved with an iterative
remix project called Remixin. He will discus how music changes as it
is iteratively remixed, which he calls "remix evolution".

Ric Turner
http://www.youtube.com/user/kumbaric
Ric Turner is a former Disney Imagineer who created special effects
for theme park attractions and shows such as Space Mountain, The
Haunted Mansion, and the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage. His hobbies
include building giant mechanical structures out of K'NEX building
toys, restoring pinball machines and arcade games, and putting
together elaborate computer animated light shows on his house for
Halloween and Christmas. Ric will be showing videos of the light shows
and showing what it takes to create them.

Jeremy Douglass
http://www.playpower.com
People need affordable learning games. Worldwide, 4.1 billion people
earn under $3,000 per year, meaning that even a $100 computer is often
out of reach for the world's emerging middle class. Playpower is
targeting a $10 platform based on the 8-bit 6502 microprocessor that
makes learning games affordable for "the other 90%." Playpower designs
high quality learning games, conducts field trials to confirm that
they work, and fosters collaborations between game designers,
cognitive scientists and NGOs.

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