[KwartzLab] Felt Lab Tour: Monday June 11 at 6:30 pm

[doug moen]

Sorry about that. I meant June.

On 5 June 2012 14:50, JR Nelson <jrnelson at studiojrn.com> wrote:
> Looking at the email below yours, did you mean July 11th or June 11th?
>
> J.R.
>
> On Jun 5, 2012 11:47 AM, "doug moen" <doug at moens.org> wrote:
>>
>> I've arranged a tour of the Felt Lab on Monday July 11 at 6:30 pm.
>>
>> I hope the time works for most people. Agnes asked for a weekday.
>> Chris wants "late afternoon", but I don't want it too early, because I
>> figure many people are going to be at work during standard work hours.
>> So I'm suggesting 6:30 pm.
>>
>> Christopher wants to play with the toys, so I've arranged that (see
>> below).
>>
>> This will mostly be a talk and a tour, so that we can figure out where
>> our mutual interests lie, and how the two labs can work together.
>> There will be opportunities to play with a subset of the equipment,
>> and expanded opportunities at later visits.
>>
>> Doug.
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Jennifer Janik <jenjanik at gmail.com>
>> Date: 5 June 2012 12:34
>> Subject: Re: Felt Lab tour and initial contat
>> To: doug moen <doug at moens.org>, bod at kwartzlab.ca
>> Cc: David Goodwin <dgoodwin at uwaterloo.ca>
>>
>>
>> Hi Doug
>>
>> We are currently working on documentation of the capabilities and "how
>> to" documentation for all the equipment in our lab. We're not quite
>> ready to be able to support working with all the pieces of the
>> equipment, however, there are some things you can work with easily.
>>
>> Next week, I could accommodate a visit/tour either Monday or Tuesday,
>> afternoon or evening - June 11 or 12.  The week after that is also
>> wide open and we should have better documentation by then.
>>
>> In terms of equipment you can play with before I have documentation, we
>> have
>>
>> GestureTek Cube (you can bring images or flash programs and we can
>> load them up and play with the effects).
>> Christie Digital MicroTiles - Essentially they are like a monitor so
>> we could connect them as a display to whatever you have.  Our wall is
>> a 4x6 array of tiles so it's quite large and you can display large
>> resolution images/videos.
>> We might be able to add the Kinect Camera with the MicroTile wall if
>> you want to experiment with any Kinect Hacks.
>>
>> I could also provide a list of equipment we have and if you want to
>> explore them further we can talk about arranging that as well.
>>
>> Let me know what you'd like to do.  Perhaps a tour and talk might be a
>> good start?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Jennifer
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:11 AM, David Goodwin <dgoodwin at uwaterloo.ca>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Doug:
>> >
>> > Good to make contact. I believe you know, Jennifer Janik, our REAP/Felt
>> > integration expert.
>> >
>> > Because you'd like to have direct access to the equipment, I'll need to
>> > loop you in with Jennifer, who is currently working with engineering
>> > students to make the infrastructure accessible to others.
>> >
>> > Jennifer, can you let Doug know what might be involved in visiting the
>> > lab and when we might be ready to prepare the lab for access?
>> >
>> > Thanks for following up,
>> >
>> > Best
>> >
>> > Dave
>> >
>> > On 01/06/2012 4:59 PM, doug moen wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Dr Goodwin. I've canvassed the members, and there are about 10 of us
>> >> who would like to visit the Felt Lab. One person has requested a
>> >> weekday, and other person would like to make sure that we can play
>> >> with the equipment, and not merely look at it.
>> >>
>> >> You suggested next week. Tuesday is bad, it's our open house. What
>> >> other days are available, and what time should we come?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for the invitation,
>> >> Doug Moen.
>> >>
>> >> On 31 May 2012 11:10, Robert Gissing<robert.gissing at primal.com>  wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Guys;
>> >>>
>> >>> I met and had a great chat with Dr David Goodwin, he is involved with
>> >>> a
>> >>> makerspace like setup called the Felt Lab and would like to give us
>> >>> and
>> >>> interested members a tour of their facility.  They work in User
>> >>> Interfaces
>> >>> and have industry support to help innovators come up with new ways to
>> >>> work
>> >>> with graphics.  I have included him in this email thread so Doug Moen
>> >>> or
>> >>> Darcy could get in touch with him regarding a meetup.  He is really
>> >>> excited about what we do.
>> >>>
>> >>> Gus
>> >>>
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: David Goodwin [mailto:dgoodwin at uwaterloo.ca]
>> >>> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 12:45 PM
>> >>> To: robert.gissing at primal.com
>> >>> Subject: tour of Felt
>> >>>
>> >>> Greetings Gus:
>> >>>
>> >>> Good to meet with you last week about the Quartz Lab and to open up
>> >>> discussions about possible points of intersection with REAP and the
>> >>> Felt
>> >>> lab.
>> >>>
>> >>> You can learn more about us at: http://www.reapwaterloo.ca/
>> >>>
>> >>> I was wondering if you and a few members of your team might be
>> >>> interested
>> >>> in an after hours tour next week sometime?
>> >>>
>> >>> Best,
>> >>>
>> >>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jennifer Janik
>> Digital Experience Integrator
>> University of Waterloo - ECH 2113
>> REAP -- Research Entrepreneurs Accelerating Prosperity
>> www.REAPWaterloo,ca
>>
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