Now this is rather fun - the celebrations of the goals in the Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United show up in a nearby seismograph! This is Jordi Díaz Cusí‘s trace corresponding with for Lionel Messi’s goal for in the 70th minute:
The next get together is Tuesday 19th May in Ronnie’s Bar upstairs in McGinty’s opposite the library on Northgate Street, Ipswich from 8pm.
Do bring along anything you’ve been making or ideas you’ve got - I know of a couple of new curiosities already! And then there’s the show next month and there’s a bunch of things that needs sorting for that!
Our friend Tim Hunkin has now finished the arch for the children’s area at London Zoo, that we saw when we visited his workshop on that cold windy day in January. Tim’s has written a really nice description of how the arch developed from concept to installation.
Excellent news from curiousite Pixelh8, “After lengthy consideration, I decided I would rather have my Game Boy / Game Boy Advance music software be used by everyone it can be used by, instead of just the few.“ read more
If you grab a copy of May’s Mad Dog Magazine and turn to page 12, you’ll find a nice article from Dean Bowman on us and the Proverb Shows. There’s a downloadable version too.
There’s a whole bunch of interesting things coming-up, here’s an incomplete list:
4th Takeaway Festival of DIY Media (19th to 21st May) at the Dana Centre Science Museum London where our friend Ryan Jordan will be performing. springfestival (20th to 24th May) in Graz, Austria - Pixelh8 will be playing at the Warp Records Night (20th). Strawberry Fair (6th June) the festival of music, entertainments, arts and crafts, held on Midsummer Common, Cambridge.
Our Electric House Show (28th to 30th June) in Ipswich - more details to follow!
There’s much activity right now as we prepare the Curiosity Collective’s exhibit for the first UK Maker Faire in Newcastle this weekend (14th &15th March).
All of our projects demonstrate a range of tools, techniques and influences. These include Arduinos, RFID, computer vision (OpenFrameworks), PD and the Pepper’s Ghost illusion.
The next get together will be next Tuesday (10th) in McGinity’s, opposite the library on Northgate Street, Ipswich from 8pm. We’ll be upstairs again in the Collins Room, that’s up the stairs at the end of the main bar.
Lots to chat about and see again - please bring anything along you’d like to show.
