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Submitted by Robert Narracci on

With a little help from the internets I taught my self the basics of Grasshopper (Rhino plugin) this weekend for the purpose of analyzing a complex tower geometry. In the course of my research I came across this posting, illustrating a way to flex file parameters with ultrasonic sensors hooked up to arduino boards. Kind of cool. Thought you guys would be interested.

 

Video of the thing in action

http://vimeo.com/20004747

 

Blog Entry

http://yazdanistudioresearch.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/building-things-that-talk-part-3-kinetic-aperture/

 

 

The Making of MakeHaven.org

I will go step by step though how I built the MakeHaven website. This will focus mostly on Drupal as a content management system and methods of quickly building a full featured site using that system. Participants will also get an increased familiarity with the features of the site.  This event would be focused on explaining to those who might want to develop sites.

Mental Floss

Submitted by Robert Narracci on

So I attended last night's get together and learned what a stepper motor is and helped Kam fix one that was jammed (good clean fun), but the highlight of the evening for my own personal self was when Ian Applegate showed up riding a bright green vintage Schwinn Sprint wearing an Evel Kneivel motorcycle helmet AND, under the helmet, Dominique Pinon wrap around shades (VR glasses) that were electronically broadcasting to his eyeballs what his handheld camera (in his hand at that very moment) was seeing. When Kam tried them on and mentioned how disorienting they were, Ian lightheartedly chuckled