Re: [sudo-discuss] Saturday! inviting Onyx Ashanti to show and tell at sudoroom

hey sudoroom, i met this guy today at noisebridge (i know, i said i don't go there anymore) and he is doing some amazing stuff!!! We all have so much to learn from him, and be inspired by him. here is a recent post from his website, watch the video: http://onyx-ashanti.com/2014/07/11/the-nomadic-diary-of- onyx-ashanti-episode-5-boogie-upboogie-down-in-oaktown/ basically he has been making amazing WEARABLE technology for purposes of music and other forms of electronic expression, in the most organic way i have ever seen technology used. He is using electronics, embedded systems (wireless arduinos with accelerometers, force sensors, buttons, lights etc) and hardware (servo motors and haptic feedback vibes) in concert with extremely ergonomic (again organic) structures made with 3d printing, to make human interface devices for making music (in puredata). He uses a bunch of different filament types (even conductive filament) and a heavily customized very portable 3d printer. my only disappointment is that none of his circuits or 3d models are on github, although he says that the stuff he is working on now will be released freely as soon as he is satisfied with it. I hope that is soon. in the meantime, here's his github, which has a couple of puredata repositories (puredata is the FOSS version of MaxMSP) https://github.com/onyxashanti even without code or files from his designs, i was very inspired by his work and his energy and his attitude. as for the circuits and the robotics code, it's nothing I couldn't make from scratch quickly. but the ideas that he had for this stuff are ideas that i never had, even though they seem "obvious" after the fact. But so few of us are lucky enough to look at technology from a purely interactive perspective like he seems to. he said he would gladly come to sudoroom "any time" and I have his contact to let him know. Is there any reason I shouldn't tell him to come to sudoroom on saturday at around 5 or 6 pm? is anyone interested in seeing the stuff he does with music, puredata patches, 3d printing, wearable embedded wireless electronics, robotics (the expressive tentacle thing) etc? -jake _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss