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BayPIGgies September 11, 2008 Meeting
Speaker: Matt Good Topic: Newbie Nugget:Micro-benchmarking with timeit Speaker: Tim Thompson Topic: Finger Painting with Planets Speaker: Drew Perttula Topic: Theater Lighting System
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Sep 11, 2008 from 07:30 PM to 09:00 PM |
| Where | Google 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mtn View, 94043 Seville Rm which is in bldg 43. Guests go to bldg 43 |
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7:30 pm: General hubbub, inventory end-of-meeting announcements, any first-minute announcements.
7:35 - 8:40 pm: Technical Program
Topic: Newbie Nugget:Micro-benchmarking with timeit
Speaker: Matt Good
Topic: Finger Painting with Planets
Speaker: Tim Thompson
Links: http://nosuch.com/tjt/index.html
About the talk:
Finger Painting with Planets is an interactive installation using FingerWorks iGesture multitouch pads in a custom-built controller, shown here. The installation lets people place objects in space, and gravitational attraction between the objects produces graceful movements that are translated into visuals and sound. Knobs and buttons on the controller are used to adjust parameters. A musical keyboard is used to select notes that will be used in the music.
Tim also did a presentation for BayPIGgies in October 2005.
Here are the slides from that presentation.
Topic: Theater Lighting System
Speaker: Drew Perttula
Links:The source code for the whole system is here:
http://bigasterisk.com/darcs/?r=light9;a=summary
The slides from the 2005 presentation are here:
http://bigasterisk.com/darcs/?r=light9;a=headblob;f=/doc/talk.py
About the talk:
I'll talk about 3 major new improvements to my theater lighting
system since the last presentation in 2005: a midi input device (with
python driver); the use of RDF for most of the persistent data; and a
new tool
for rendering previews of lighting scenes with opengl.
8:40 - 9 pm: Mapping/Random Access
Mapping is a rapid-fire audience announcement of topics the announcer is interested in.
Random Access follows immediately to allow follow up individually on topics of interest.
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