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title: awesome island labs meeting
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So we had three new faces at [Island Labs][labs] today. [Eric Forkosh][eric]
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is an experienced inventor who brought a cool gsm development board. [Mary Ellen
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Walsh][mary] is a charming writer who came to observe our group to help research
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hackerspaces for Newsday. And Kent (whose last name I cannot remember!) is a
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friendly and inquisitive photo/videographer that captured the meeting also for
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Newsday.
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Our [corn starch experiments][corn] have finally paid off! Laurie donated a
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speaker that kupo and Tony wrapped with seran wrap. Jonathan hooked up the synth
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and with the help of justin and kupo got some really crazy shapes and tendrils
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to dance! Bill explained how non-newtonian fluids work and talked a bit about
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the [near space launch][space].
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Justin and Jonathan got the arduino to run a test program for a hobby servo,
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while Jan and Eric worked out some equations on how much torque would be needed
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to turn the doorknob for the [magic door][door] project.
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In the holiday spirit, Chris soldered together an LED electric christmas tree!
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Thanks for everyone who came out, with special thanks to Mary and Kent, who
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really just let us do our thing, and were great company.
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Pics will be posted soon!
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[labs]: http://islandlabs.org
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[eric]: http://narobo.com/
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[mary]: http://maryellenwalshwriter.com/
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[corn]: http://islandlabs.org/wiki/project:corn_starch_experiments
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[space]: http://islandlabs.org/wiki/project:near_space_launch
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[door]: http://islandlabs.org/wiki/project:magic_door
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