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by Steve Castellotti

Hello all- Is anyone interested in more brain-control hacking on McHawking (or wheelchairs in general) on February 22nd? Emotiv is hosting a hackathon specifically for EEG control of wheelchair, to benefit a young man in Malaysia, named Albert Wong. Venture Beat has even covered it: http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/20/wearables-with-a-purpose-emotiv-rallies-t… We've been getting contacted a few times about it and are hoping to attend. I did the original hack with Jake back in 2010 at Noisebridge: http://www.instructables.com/id/Brain-Controlled-Wheelchair/ And of course followed up this past August when McHawking was moved to Sudo Room. Here's the wiki page: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/McHawking_Robot_Hacking I'd be curious if anyone else would like to attend and collaborate. I guess the second (and bigger) question though would be how would people feel about loaning out McHawking for the day? It looks like the event is being held at 875 Howard Street: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/designathon-for-the-emotiv-insight-wearable-eeg… Anyway that decision is of course up to members and I wouldn't feel comfortable unless at least one member was in attendance too! I'd be willing to spring for a van rental (or whatever was necessary for transport, BART might even be possible if the batteries are up to the distance). Curious to hear everyone's thoughts and feedback. Cheers Steve Castellotti

11 years, 10 months

ABS filament

by J Clark

Sudoers, Some of you use the Sudo 3D printer. We got a line on some reasonably priced ABS--1 pound spools for $13.50 each. These are the smaller spools, not the big 2 pounders. We have LOTS of colors, so if you're interested just ask and we'll see if we have it. We've tested the natural and it's pretty nice, strong. I haven't tested many of the colors yet, so would appreciate feedback. judi East Bay Maker Labs

11 years, 10 months

Data Privacy Legal Hackathon, Feb 8-9 in SF

by J Clark

Hi Sudoers, I wanted to share info with you about the Data Privacy Legal Hackathon, which is happening NEXT WEEKEND, Feb. 8-9, locally in San Francisco at the Mozilla offices on Embarcadero. The entire hackathon has three locations: SF, NYC and London, all with the same format. In San Francisco we need hackers, makers, engineers, legal scholars, and product folks interested in privacy and personal data issues to participate in whatever way you'd like to. If you have an idea or want to join an existing project team, that would be great! We also need mentors for teams (smaller time commitment), or join us for presentations and prizes at the end Sunday, from 4-6pm. Did we mention that there are prizes? …and that we're looking for hackers, coders, and UI designers, among others? The aim of this announcement is to fire up a call to action to legally hack data privacy. We all know it's past time to collaborate and start doing something about the state of privacy and personal data, including the notice and consent work that some of our groups propose. As part of this project, Open Notice is sponsoring a pre-hackathon project to create a Legal Map for hackers to use at the event. We are also working ton a project based on a "use case" called the Consent Receipt Scenario to enable ‘customisers' to control personal information. The links will take you to the current state of that work. Follow the links below to register, look at projects, and propose your own! If questions, please don't hesitate to ask. https://www.hackerleague.org/hackathons/data-privacy-legal-hackathon Thank you! Mary Hodder & Judi Clark

11 years, 10 months

Fwd: Feb Invoice, 2141 Broadway

by Matthew Senate

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laurie Cooperman Rosen <Lscoop(a)comcast.net> Date: Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 4:41 PM Subject: Feb Invoice, 2141 Broadway To: mattsenate(a)gmail.com Cc: exchequer(a)sudoroom.org, eddan(a)eddan.com Hi Matt- Attached please find the Feb. Invoice. Utilities were nice and low this month thanks to the warm weather. See you soon! Laurie

11 years, 10 months

Door cables disengaged

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

You can see in the attached photo. This makes the inside door unable to open. Who can explain, investigate and or repair this? // Matt

11 years, 10 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Brand SynBio Vanilla Flavor Competition

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

Hey Ali, I'm skeptical given the lack of cited references that can help us determine if there are detrimental elements or aspects worth further investigation of this new vanilla. I will say I have great respect for some of the work of Friends of the Earth (we can also thank them for our board room table, wall-mounted steel cabinets and a few other items of furniture that Tracy, Marina, and my brother retrieved), and if Patrik's assessment is true, I would be very much inclined to get back in touch with them and help build a better pipeline for assessing the environmental threats and impacts of new technology developments and corporate maneuvers. This being said, I would be more inclined to engage in creative work as resistance of: (A) Proprietary, exclusive knowledge of the building blocks and patterns of life. (B) An exploitative practice that directly and negatively affects workers. (C) An unfair abuse of the commons. (D) The use of genetic modification to fuel industrial farming that limits biodiversity, maintains corporate exclusive rights regimes (enforced in the courts), and introduces large-scale changes in the practice of agriculture. I believe in these circumstances, private interests unjustly are held above that of the commons and of the people of Earth. // Matt ----- Reply message ----- From: "ali" <ali(a)riseup.net> To: <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Brand SynBio Vanilla Flavor Competition Date: Mon, Jan 27, 2014 15:39 hey everyone, i'm very new to the worlds of the sudo room but i thought that there might be interest in this design competition on this listserv. http://www.etcgroup.org/vanilla-competition unfortunately the deadline is in 5 days, but hey, grants have been won in less time! best, ali _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

11 years, 10 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] super focus club

by johanna faust

dude, wait, what? i have never thought that this would be impossible at sudo, and in fact have acheived it, albeit not upstairs, and not for longer than forty five minutes at a time. still in the cherished image i have formed in my heart of hearts this is what sudo is *for*, so how could it not be possible there? remind me to tell y'all the oddly haunting joke about "spoiledmilktown" -- it pertains. in any event, why not bring the force of all the tech know how we have to bear upon the issue? create a cone of silence with white noise makers and or fans aimed crossways along the perimeter of whatever platonic shape describes our raum zum schärfen eigenen Gedanken, or is it eigenen Scharfengedankenraum? God bless google translate. this employs the incredible silencing qualities of the stream of noise at tangent to the area to be protected. works wonders, even at noisy parties, and not as uncomfortable as earplugs. then there are always earplugs. alternately, could we not soundproof a small section, with a pad of paper outside where notes describing what no doubt emerged of importance may be recorded for eventual delivery to & retrieval by their Sudoer Of Interest? > > > On 1/25/14, Romy Ilano <romy(a)snowyla.com> wrote: >> well my point wasn't that I would come to SudoRoom and do only working >> and >> not talk to anyone. I would like to have a super focus area so that we >> could isolate ourselves for short bursts, then come back like half-naked >> pearl divers coming up for air out of the ocean, our diving knives in our >> teeth, so that during breaks we could flop around and relax supine on the >> couches, just as divers would half-naked in the bright sun... >> >> before diving down into the depths again, the depths of hyperfocus, clad >> only in loinclothes, searching for pearls of wisdom. >> >>>> >> Message: 8 >> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:13:56 -0800 >> From: Max Klein <isalix(a)gmail.com>1" >> >> I've come to accept that this is not possible at sudo. I tried the "I'm >> busy" sombrero, and the corner. Sometimes the problem is that I distract >> myself too. But I still want focus. Super focus, without the anonymity or >> expense of the coffee shop, and the separation from my house. >> >> The way I imagined the happening was renting one of the other rooms next >> to >> sudo and making "SUPER FOCUS CLUB". It'd be very minimally run, and cost >> to >> go in (I think paying for it would also help bring ones self to >> superfocus). So it'd be a spartan "coworking" space, which you can have >> as >> premium feature to sudo's freemium model. I kind of was thinking about >> trying this out for a month starting in April when I also plan to quit my >> job and shake my life like a purse and I was looking for keys. >> >> -notconfusing >> >> >> ============================= >> >> Romy Ilano >> romy(a)snowyla.com >> > > > -- > *Be seeing you.* > -- *Be seeing you.*

11 years, 10 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] hacking broken ankles (knee scooters, etc)

by Jake

oh no romy that sucks! well, people used to use prosthetic legs which were basically a lower leg that you kneel on top of. so picture an upside-down L and your bad leg is bent at the knee 90 degrees. your lower leg is strapped onto the top part of the upside down L. you put a bunch of padding on the top, and use padding on the back of your calf, and then you can wear it for hours and walk on it just fine. people whose feet or legs were chopped below the knee walked around on such things their whole life. like this: http://gajitz.com/running-start-temporary-prosthetic-for-lower-leg-injuries/

11 years, 10 months

Bottles

by mattsenate＠gmail.com

All the beer bottles are leaving. Who wants them? // Matt

11 years, 10 months

CCL: Craig's DIY Molecular Design & Cloning video

by Louis Huang

Hey all, Here is the video on DIY Molecular Design & Cloning by Craig that was held by CounterCultureLabs at sudoroom on 1/14/14. Video can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKiqh-FhyNo Lecture details a basic overview of designing and cloning microorganisms using open access databases. Subjects discussed include: - Primer design -- tricks, tools and resources - PCR-based cloning -- methods and means for the DIYer - Purification, Isolation and Verification - Databases and software used for design and cloning Join us for part II of this lecture series on cloning. Craig Rouskey will talk in depth on PCR: a. PCR Principle b. Components/role of each component c. setting up PCR/Making adjustments to reagents d. making PCR buffers (Maniatis) e. Reconstituting Primers f. Working the thermocycler Sign up for the event here: http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/events/161499622/ Held on 2/11/14 6:30PM @ sudoroom For more CounterCultureLabs events visit the meet up schedule @ http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/ Happy sciencing, Louis

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