GarageGeeks Blog

=========================
Hi all, we just got this cancellation information
=========================
Adverse weather conditions in Washington DC, have made it impossible for Vint Cerf, Google Chief Evangelist to travel to Israel for his planned
commitments. At this time we are canceling all events including Garage
Geeks. Vint is as disappointed as we are and will be rescheduling his trip.
As soon as we have dates you will be the first to know. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. We look forward to seeing you soon!

IDHO exhibition 2009

Where:
HIT - Holon Institute of Technology
Golomb 52, Holon

When: 
Thursday 29/1/2009 19:00 - 22:00
Friday 30/1/2009 10:00-14:00

HA-KIR
music   art   motion
“HA-KIR” is an interactive project that incorporates music, art and motion. Its purpose is to allow anyone to create music in an easy, fun and intuitive manner, by touching a wall. The touch and movement create sounds, which are completed by visual traces.

Operator
What would you be willing to tell a stranger?
AA is a communication device that disconnects the message from the speaker, creating a new experience of sharing that mixes anonymity and voyeurism.

Musical Chairs
A project exploring the playful aspect of music.

On a stage are seven objects. Whenever someone sits on an object, the sound of a musical instrument is played. The seven objects in the emergent lounge space become a platform for a jam session. The interaction between the users and the object, and between the different users, creates an interesting musical and interpersonal happening.

Un-mute
Ever stood in line behind very annoying people and wanted to say something, but just couldn’t bring yourself to say it? Ever got stepped on by someone, and just didn’t have the guts to say something about it?

UNMUTE is a portable device which helps to overcome our tendency to become a “social mute”. It enables us to express emotions in different situations by using dynamic sounds, which are controlled by an easy-to-learn language of hand gestures.

Interaction Design Hands On course @ HIT (Holon Institute of Technology)

We are happy to host IDHO’s works exhibition @ the GarageGeeks, on

Thursday 17.7.08 from 19:00 to 23:00
Friday 18.7.08 from 9:00 - 15:00

You are all invited!

“Aviv”High School from Ra’anana, won the Microsoft Israel FIRST Robotics 2008, and they are going Atlanta to the national FIRST competition.

As part of GarageGeeks community activities, GarageGeeks members, Eyal Hershko, Tal Chalozin and Didi Vardi contributed and helped to “Reshit” and “Aviv” high-schools.
“Reshit” high school from “shechonat Ha’tikva”, Tel aviv, won the first place with 2 other robot in robot performance.
“Aviv” high school, won the chairman for robot preformance and contribution to comunity.

The FIRST competition takes place each year and is designed to encourage the younger generation to study science and technology. The FIRST ISRAEL Organization is supported by Microsoft Israel.

FIRST stands for : For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology

The FIRST Robotics Competition is one of the premier competitions of its kind in the world, having grown to more than 1,500 teams and 37,000 students from Brazil, Chile, Israel, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and every state in the U.S., competing at 41 regional events to vie for a chance to win it all in Atlanta.

more information at:

http://www.usfirst.org/

http://www.firstisrael.org.il/

http://www.firstisrael.org.il/news/article/there-are-winners-in-the-microsoft-first-robotics-competition/

Building Technological Leadership in Raanana

http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/Features/2008/mar08/03-27firstrobotics.mspx

The GarageGeeks and Yossi Vardi invite you to hunt down geeks on Halo3, and meet a group of Google’s leading product marketing folks headed by:

• Devin Ivester - Creative Director, Google
• Riki Drori - Country marketing manager, Google Israel
• Meir Brand - Country Director, Israel

We’ll arrange team tournaments with plenty of frags, 4 sets of Xbox360+Projector+extra controllers.

GarageGeeks is sponsored by Carmel Ventures and Giza Venture Capital.

Jeff Pulver announced at his FaceBook Galina party about the Jerusalem Rocks event.

For the first time ever, an international lineup of artists is being brought together in Jerusalem to perform on one stage in support of peace and unity.
This musical event will take place on September 9, 2007 at Teddy Kollek Stadium in Jerusalem. Jerusalem Rocks will bring a line-up of artists from Israel and abroad, including The Commitments, The Black Eyed Peas

http://www.jerusalemrocks.com
http://www.jerusalemrocks.co.il

Wii have finished the face-lift and Wii are now open.
You are all iinvited to celebrate wiiith us the newiii garage.

This is how the place looked before and after.

once again, before ….

We got sponsored by Giza and Carmel Ventures. (We still keep our day jobs.)

pour some cement on the floor…

paint the walls.

and there you go.