[Imc-makerspace] [hackerspaces] Vimby/Scion Hackerspace challenge: Take on the Machine: Episode One live

[Brian Duggan]

Awesome, Stewart!

On 9/24/10 9:15 AM, Stewart Dickson wrote:
>  To: Steven Bentz <sbentz at 40north.org>
> Cc: Megan Wolf <mwolf at champaigncounty.org>
> 
> Hi Steven,
> 
> The MakerSpace has been listed at the HackerSpace Wiki for several
> months now.   http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Illinois
> And now we're in the 40north Directory, too.   Thanks!
> 
> -Stewart
> 
> On 9/24/10 8:38 AM, Steven Bentz wrote:
>>
>> Hi Stewart,
>>
>>  
>>
>> Very cool. Are you planning to list MU as one of the registered sites
>> on hackerspace, or would that be a conflict somehow? Any way we could
>> entice you to list MU in our free county arts directory? I know IMC is
>> already in there (and probably in sore need of updating), but it would
>> be great to feature you folks as a separate entity as
>> well…http://www.40north.org/who/artistRegistrationForm.html
>>
>>  
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>  
>>
>> Steven
>>
>> 40n
>>
>>  
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> *From:* Stewart Dickson [mailto:MathArt at Emsh.CalArts.edu]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 23, 2010 5:12 PM
>> *To:* Steven Bentz; Megan Wolf
>> *Subject:* Fwd: [hackerspaces] Vimby/Scion Hackerspace challenge: Take
>> on the Machine: Episode One live
>>
>>  
>>
>> It's too bad the MakerSpace-Urbana http://www.makerspaceu.org   Didn't
>> jump on this first.
>> But exciting that HackerSpaces are getting some visibility.   -Stewart
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
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>> [hackerspaces] Vimby/Scion Hackerspace challenge: Take on the Machine:
>> Episode One live
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>> *Date: *
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>> Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:35:18 -1000
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>> *From: *
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>> Jerry Isdale <isdale at gmail.com> <mailto:isdale at gmail.com>
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>> Hackerspaces General Discussion List <discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org>
>> <mailto:discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org>
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>> discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org <mailto:discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org>
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>> Vimby & Scion gave 5 hackerspaces in USA $3000 grants for a challenge:
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>>  1) repurpose an existing object or thing to do something different
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>>  2) make it useful/fun for the average person (not just geeks)
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>>  3) include a reference to a movie.
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>> 5 spaces are:
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>> http://www.nycresistor.com/  (NYC)
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>> http://crashspace.org/  (LA) 
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>> http://pumpingstationone.org/ (Chicago)
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>> http://thetransistor.com/ (Provo UT)
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>> http://artisansasylum.com/ (Boston MA area)
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>> There will be 8 episodes in all: the intro, one on each space, the
>> judging, winning space.
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>> Episode 1 went live today with the intro:
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>> http://www.vimby.com/video/sponsor/us/all/detail/10908/Take_on_the_Machine_Episode_One/
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