GeekPhysical

07/10/2014

Cirque & Drones. We like.

When you think Cirque du Soleil, you probably think teams of sequin-suited acrobats doing improbable things in time to music, not quadrotors. Well, that's where you're wrong. The Montreal-based circus's latest trick manages to take the mechanical, and make it wonderfully artistic.

27/03/2014

02/03/2014

Photos by Mathias Vejerslev Bits and Beers: Maker was part of Maker Weekend Copenhagen in collaboration with Republikken, Dreamups Lab and Ideaid. This evening's speakers challenged the Maker Movement, asking the questions of why and what are we making? Speakers below: 1800Vanessa J CarpenterChallenging the Maker Movement - Introduction to tonight's Bits & Beers Vanessa is an Interaction Design and Electronic Sketching Specialist at DELTA as well as a member of the Collaborative Interactive Arts Studio, illutron. www.illutron.dk | http://ift.tt/NInEPA 1830Andreas Rønne NielsenGetting the most out of Bits & Beers Andreas is 1/2 of WOGN (Wanscher og Nielsen) who create network strategies for both public and private organisations. wogn.dk/ 1900Laura WattsPostcards from the Maker Islands Laura is a poet, writer, and ethnographer of future technology at the IT University of Copenhagen. www.sand14.com 1930Jesper Koefoed-MelsonGivrum: cityspace of Copenhagen Jesper is a partner of the city-life organization Givrum.nu, working with userdriven city-development, especially concerned around the temporary usage of empty buildings. http://ift.tt/1pNEM5a 2000Uffe ElbækCreative Activism & Public Institution in CPH Uffe (entrepreneur, educator, activist, writer and Member of the Danish Parliament) will discuss how makers can position themselves in order to create a constructive collaboration with the public institutions to take their innovations one step further. alternativet.dk/ 2030Saurabh DattaCo-Founding Bangalore Makerspace Before coming to Copenhagen, Saurabh was associated with an art community called ""Jaaga"" in Bangalore, India and co-founded the Bangalore Makerspace. He'll talk about his story, as a kid in an Indian Village, becoming a Maker. site272717.webydo.com/ 2100Mona JensenMakers need to consider the consequences of the potential path dependency they co-create while creating the world we live in. Mona is a environmental planner and masters student, and is working with knowledge sharing and behavioral change in the field of resource and waste management. http://ift.tt/1pNENpT 2130Kristina Lindström’s and Åsa StåhlThreads - a Mobile Sewing Circle and UNRAVEL / REPEAT. Kristina and Åsa will discuss how making things together in sewing circles, maker spaces or art contexts, is not only about making new things. It can also enable co-articulations of issues related to living with technologies. www.misplay.se

01/03/2014

Maker Weekend Copenhagen was 28. Feb to 2. March, starting with Bits & Beers: Maker and progressing to many courses throughout the weekend, teaching a variety of maker skills. Here are some photos from the hackathon and IdemoLab's Energy Harvesting Meets Electronic Sketching workshop. http://ift.tt/1dMGA6d

24/02/2014

Check out Dzl's new post:

07/11/2013

Dear GeekPhysical friends, GeekPhysical was born out of the creative energy that is illutron, a 400 tonne ship which is our workshop, venue, inspiration, and meeting place. Now illutron needs a new home, can you help us?

illutron, the 400 tonne Collaborative Interactive Arts Studio, is seeking a new home; one which embraces creativity, energy, and incredible interactive art. Can you help us find it? Read about the move here: http://tinyurl.com/MoveIllutron and please, send all any any suggestions to us at info [email protected]

Our time at Teglholmen is coming to an end. The lot has been sold pending building development, and within a few months, our ship must leave Quay 43 at Teglholmen and find a new place to stay.

28/10/2013

All Photos by Mathias Vejerslev http://ift.tt/HmmxCf Bits & Beers: Laser Cutting brought together the past, present and future of Laser Cutting in the makerspace of Republikken. Program from the evening: 1830 Vanessa Carpenter, IdemoLab Welcome to Bits & Beers 1840 Cotter How can software change the way we produce? 1855 Sara Salsinha, CIID Presenting a series of laser cutting projects, exploring materiality and experience from the girl who hugs the laser cutter. 1910 Presentations from CPH Health Hack Days & Judges Panel Winners Announced 1910 Laser Cutting for Graphic Designers Stencils, rubber stamps, popup-cards, signs, etc. 1930 Ritika Mathur, CIID The Memory Map: Helping Alzheimer's patients to understand their city as layered with experiences & memories. 1945 Bo Thorning Patterns, repetition and gap between computers and the physical world 2000 Nikolaj “Dzl” Møbius, Humtek Laser cutting underwater: exploring material properties to create an underwater ROV. 2015 Laser Cutting for Architects and Product Developers From 2d to 3d lamps, and more. 2025 Morten Sylvest, Republikken Global sharing of ideas through a laser cutter 2045 Laser Cutting for Geeks Building custom cases for embedded technology 2100 Rasmus Grusgaard, FabLab Denmark Creating speakers for the masses Laser Cutting exists in so many domains, everything from the intriguing new designs we see in products to industrial processes, to art, to architecture. We're exploring who's doing what in laser cutting and introducing speakers, demonstrations and guided tutorials to how to laser cut. This event brings together these two domains in three ways: 1. As a Friday bar, after work, drop by for a drink, enjoy the atmosphere. The atmosphere will include: DJs, interactive installations, performances, and other geeky/nerdy fun. 2. As a Presentation opportunity. A room will be set up, conference style, with chairs and projection space. We will book in presentations here for people who would like to present their work. We will create a schedule of presentations closer to the date and include it in the invitation and on the event page. 3. As a Meeting opportunity. We will set aside 1-2 rooms for meetings, which can be booked in advance. If you have someone in the Copenhagen area, or from DELTA who you'd like to meet with, you can arrange to meet them at Republikken during the event, for a short half hour pow-wow session, where you can meet more formally in a quiet room and then come out and socialize in the cafe area. Please contact Vanessa ([email protected]) if you have a meeting you would like to schedule. Our aim for this event is to connect businesses, creatives, entrepreneurs, and makers in the relaxed Friday bar atmosphere, with the structure of a well organized business event.

26/10/2013

Lev Vel, DELTA and Health 2.0 created an event consisting of two full days of tearing apart and reinventing health care devices. Our ambition was to challenge and provoke existing devices and services by hacking and changing existing devices. We wanted to combine people who have a passion for exploring technology and taking things apart to reinvent them (hackers/makers) with people who are medical experts who both help and are the end users (doctors, nurses, physiotherapists) with people who create medical devices (companies, organizations) and then to find out what happens when we work together to create something new – in two days.

19/09/2013

Do you laser cut cool things? Or know someone who does? OR do you use laser cutting in a unique way in your work? Please write to me here or [email protected] as we're putting together our next "Bits & Beers: Laser Cutting Edition"

11/09/2013

GeekPhysical, though a bit quiet these days as we're off on other adventures (see IdemoLab and http://dzlsevilgeniuslair.blogspot.dk/) is still working with some amazing people - in this case, the Alibis for Interaction crew, who are creating an entire conference around exactly what we try to do at GeekPhysical - giving people opportunities to interact.

"Alibis for Interaction is a two-day conference on the craft of designing human interaction, participation and narrative experiences."

Check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/events/261802180618067/

08/09/2013

The next BITS & BEERS is officially announced! October 25 - a theme of Laser Cutting and all the amazing things you can do with it from the perspective of all the various domains. Are you, or is someone you know doing cool things with Laser Cutting? Please help me out and leave a comment or email me at [email protected] - thanks so much - looking forward to see you there!

14/05/2013

On May 8, DELTA was in the city for Bits & Beers Medical: DELTA's Pop Up Bar in the City. Over 150 people joined us for an evening of presentations, demonstrations and networking. Bits & Beers is an ongoing collaboration between Republikken and IdemoLab where we create an informal conference/Friday bar featuring presentations, demonstrations and the atmosphere to create connections. During the May 8 Bits & Beers, our theme was Medical and our partner for this event was Medico Innovation. Our presenters included our own Claus Nielsen presenting his brand new presentation about the future of health after 2020 and: The IT-Yoga Skin - by Rikke Koch, Research and Innovation Specialist at the Alexandra Institute. Rikke has a special ability to focus on the sociological, societal, organisational and communicational aspects of new technology. Clean Bed - by Maj-Britt Stidsen, Development Consultant, Amager og Hvidovre Hospitaler: presenting the CLEAN BED and the process of developing a new concept for hospital beds including how they do user-driven innovation in practice. 3D Prototyping - by Beway Bakir Ahmad: presenting DAVINCI: Rapid Prototyping (3D printing) and solutions within the re-design, product development, construction tasks and cost and production optimization. Welfare Distribution - by Sune Borregaard, Innovation Consultant from Post Danmark, presenting how logistics, distribution and service are incorporated into the implementation of Welfare Technology. Designing Devices - by Vanessa Carpenter & Mikkel Leth Olsen, Interaction & Electronic Sketching Specialist, IdemoLab, DELTA - designing via Electronic Sketches within the healthcare sector, a selection of case studies and a mini hands-on workshop. The Future of Eye Tracking - by Jakob de Lemos, Eye Reply, exploring new technologies and insights within the medical field - how eye tracking can reduce stress and challenges when working in health care. LEDs in health care- by Københavns Eksperimenterende Produktions System (KEPS): presenting their proto design of led dynamic lamps. Bioinformatics - by Dan Overholt, an associate professor at AAU-Copenhagen working with interactive sound and music: presenting some of his audiovisual experiments with medical electronics and performative technologies. Demonstrations included: EEG Analysis by Camilla B. Falk Jensen - Ph.D. at Technical University of Denmark, Cognitive Systems Communication and aesthetics in Medical Devices - Malene Harboe - Graphic Designer and Illustrator at Mediehøjskolen IdemoBits & Electronic Sketching - Morten Georg Jensen, IdemoLab, DELTA Biometric Social Interaction, an interactive installation - GeekPhysical Energy Harvesting Jumping Game - Johan Pedersen, IdemoLab, DELTA Bioinformatics & EMG Sonifer circuit - Daniel Overholt, Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology at AAU