March 2011
5 posts
April 12th: Yuri’s Night
Almost 50 years ago Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history when he piloted a spacecraft above our atmosphere and into earth orbit. Yuri’s Night commemorates not just the first human-in-orbit milestone but a multitude of others including the first Space Shuttle launch precisely 20 years later and our ongoing exploration of the universe.
This night also celebrates those who made and make...
Invasion from DorkBot!
This Saturday we were kindly invaded by the denizens of DorkBot, an electronic art group in Sydney. They’re described as “People doing strange things with electricity”!
Check them out if you haven’t already:
http://dorkbotsyd.boztek.net/
It was great to have new faces attend, and get a two-way brain-picking session happening. There’s a lot of overlap with our two...
Movie Night, Parabolic Death Ray and Talking to...
Hi Folks, Gav here. We had our movie night tonight, which was a lot of fun. If anyone gets a chance to see the amazingly cheesy Indian robot movie ‘Enthiran’, I’d highly recommend it.
David had some success with his new radio setup. We actually heard the signals from passing satellites in low earth orbit overhead! We were hoping to be able to talk to the International Space...
