Holography Workshop Results

The Holography Workshop at Crash Space ended up working well.  All participants made working holograms.  Some of the ones made early in the night had some zebra stripes that indicated a bit of vibration, but as the night went on and fewer other folks were in the space, the zebra stripes went away.

Next time I believe I am going to purchase a granite tile and put some sorbothane washers underneath to further isolate vibration.

Here are some pix:

Holography Workshop at Crash Space

I'll be doing a holography workshop at Crash Space, sign up at THIS LINK - spaces will go fast!

Holography Workshop

Instructor: Thomas Edwards

Thursday, May 10, 2012

8PM

Crash Space 

10526 Venice Boulevard  Culver City, CA 90232

7:30 PM - We'll do some laser cutting of hologram holders, come by if you wish to watch!

8:00 PM - Please arrive by 8PM so we can get going on time!

Starting at 8PM, we'll quickly review holography theory, then we will get to making holograms!  We'll run two hologram making systems, and each exposure takes about 5 minutes.

While some people are making holograms, others will be assembling hologram holders, complete with a display laser and power supply, which you will take home.  Everyone will get two attempts to make a hologram to ensure everyone goes home with at least one working one.  One attempt will be the red matchbox car below, your second attempt can be something you bring from home, but it needs to be small (fit within a 2 inch cube) and preferably reflect red light well (not black, blue, green, but perhaps silver, white, red).  The holograms themselves are 2x3 inches.

Cost: $55

Class Limit: 10 people

Your results will look something like this:

BlinkM MinM works with 3.7 VDC LiPo battery

In case you were wondering, the BlinkM MinM does work with a 3.7 VDC lithium polymer battery:

Dorkbot SoCal April 22

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***** Sundary, April 22, 2012
***** 2:00pm
***** ATX Stage (near ATX Kitchen)
***** Atwater Crossing
***** 3245 Casitas Ave
***** Los Angeles, CA 90039

Jay Yan
http://www.jay-yan.com

Jay Yan is an artist from Los Angeles focusing mostly on interactive projections in relations to architectural form. He did his studies at UCLA's Design|Media Art and his work has been shown all over the world from Den Haag to Sao Paulo. He will talk about his current and past works involving interactive projections and projection art in relations to architecture.



Rob Ray
http://robray.net

Electronic artist and fabricator Rob Ray has spent the last nine years integrating and maintaining alternative energy technologies for electronic artworks in the extreme climate of the militarized salt flats of Wendover, Utah. His projects have included the circuitry and power generation of a radio tower designed and built by Deborah Stratman, a push-button system for film projection and viewing, and interpretive audio kiosks for the Center for Land Use Interpretation, in addition to his own artworks. Rob will present his experiences and research from these projects. Rob will also explore the technical, fiscal, and creative implications of alternative energy technologies on sound, video, and interactive artworks.



Chris Reilly
http://www.chris-reilly.org/

Chris Reilly is a Los Angeles-based artist, writer, hacker and teacher. He received his BFA with a focus on New Media from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2006. Chris is currently employed as a mobile game developer at 3CD, an author at Lynda.com and a teaching and research assistant at UCLA's Design| Media Art department. Since 2003, Chris has shown work in several solo and group art exhibitions in the US and Europe; he works with modded video games, virtual/augmented reality, scripting/programming and kinetic sculpture. Chris wears many hats professionally: mobile game developer; web programmer; digital fabrication specialist; small business owner; open-source hardware/ software developer.

Reconstruct Me 3D Model Tool for Kinect

Check out this cool 3D model making tool for Kinect called Reconstruct Me:

Another great Dirac Notation video

If you are still feeling a bit unclear about Dirac (Bra-Ket) notation for quantum computing (and other quantum mechanics), check out this awesome lecture by Oxford professor Professor J.J. Binney:

DNA11 Portrait science

I recently got a DNA11 Mini-Portrait. The "DNA Portrait Explained" booklet mentions the DNA sequences analyzed. I thought these referred to restriction enzymes, but it looks like they are actually primers for RAPD (random amplification of polymorphic DNA). Below are the lanes, the DNA sequences, and the RAPD primer codes:

Lane 1 & 10: Molecular rulers

Lane 2: GTGAGGCGTC, OPC-02

Lane 3: AGCGCCATTG, OPD-11

Lane 4: GTGTGCCCCA, OPD-08

Lane 5: TGCGGCTGAG, OPE-14

Lane 6: AGTCAGCCAC, OPA-03

Lane 7: GTGATCGCAG, OPA-10

Lane 8: AGGTGACCGT, OPA-18

Lane 9: GTCGCCGTCA, OPD-03

The OPx primers appear to come from Operon Technologies, Inc.

There are only 6 lanes in the DNA11 mini-portrait, so it is unclear which subset of those primers are used in the mini-portrait. I'll have to email them!

Update: DNA11 says "The markers utilized for mini gels are OPC-02, OPD-03, OPD-08, and OPD-11. However, the order in which they appear in the lanes is randomized to ensure that even closely related individuals get a very unique portrait. We do this for mini and full size portraits."