DORKBOT BANGALORE _{people doing strange things with electricity}

_{Centre for Internet and Society}

Metaculture Media Lab

The Metaculture Media Lab is a collaborative narrative that can only be written by many plural voices.

It envisions to create an open and alternative platform for discussion and exchange amongst a responsibly active citizenry coming from multi-disciplinary backgrounds.

In a communal spirit of 'learn, teach and share', it yearns to encourage innovation and culturally specific solutions to raise several important questions in the techno-socio-political arena.

Inaugural event on Saturday April 14^th 2012, (2:30pm to 6:00pm) at the revamped lab :

Braitenberg Vehicles Hack Session + Film Screening + Discussions

A tentative schedule of the event in three parts:

a) A short presentation about Braitenberg Vehicles - It is based on a thought experiment by Italian cyberneticist, in his book : ''Vehicles: Experiments in Synthetic Psychology'' where 'vehicles' with simple sensorimotor capabilities display interesting life-like behaviour WITHOUT the need for internal memory, representation of the environment, or inference.

b) This will be followed by a quick Hands-on-proactive-workshop, where we will build some simple Braitenberg Vehicles, using common motors, wheels, and light sensors, and watch them interact and play with each other.

c) Finally, a film screening followed by a short discussion, revisiting our ideas about robots, autonomous vehicles, transport, society and policy.

GET INVOLVED >> email : dorkbotbangalore@dorkbot.org

Please feel free to give a talk/hack/share your views/perform your piece/screen a film/display your inventions/install your art work/design/cook/study/learn/teach/solder/ideate/simply hang out/and suggest a myriad other things to do

Many thanks to:

• The Centre for Internet and Society for hosting us at the centrally located and fabulous autonomous basement garage lab that exists for the Bangalore community.

• Douglas Repetto (Founder of Dorkbot and Director of Research at Columbia University's Music Centre) for the global online platform to connect and share with other such communities.