Hack Pittsburgh: The Hackerspace Movement in Pittsburgh Begins (Video)
Getting any new organization off the ground is hard, but it can be particularly difficult, even intimidating, when you have to pull together a group of highly creative, intelligent, and sometimes chaotic folks.
Luckily, the founders of the Hack Pittsburgh organization found the process much easier than they ever imagined. One of the key founders, Matt Stultz, explains what happened, and how they managed to pull it off:
Pleo Gets A New Brain
Pleo Booty
Originally uploaded by roschler.
Pleo, the cute dinosaur robot that died an untimely death and then was rescued from the grave by Innvo Labs, is getting a new brain. The newest Pleo firmware, PM2, is available to Pleo owners for download from the official PleoWorld website.
New robot tricks and features incorporated in the latest firmware include:
• Active Scripts increased from 23 to 34
• The hatchling stage is now longer with added features
• 12 new motions
• New sounds
• 72 motion commands are improved?
• New or modified tricks from OS 1.1:
Play Dead
- Hold Head, Back and Right Arm
Stand Up and Talk to Me
- Hold Back, Left Arm and Right Arm
Watch Dog
- Hold Back, Left Arm and Right Leg
Conversation
- Hold Back and Left Leg
Wave
- Hold Head, Back and Rear
Red Object Tracking
- Place a red object in front of Pleo's nose
Pimp Your Bot
100523-MAKE-Tokyo-05-257
Originally uploaded by Robots-Dreams.
We spotted this cute little NEC PaPeRo robot at last weekend's MAKE Tokyo 05 event. Wonder where Mickey bot got off to...
Robot Soccer Supporter (Video)
via www.youtube.com
Paxshikai must be a soccer fan, in addition to all his great work with robots. 
Craft Night Fun at NYCResistor (Video)
A “typical” Craft Night at the NYCResistor hackerspace in Brooklyn can include delights like lasercutting wood, learning the best technique for straightening plywood, twitchy robot babies, conductive fabric sourcing discussions (follow the tinfoil hat people), electronic voodoo dolls, a magic box, and some magic elixer. What a blast! 
Of course the most important factor is being able to hang out with a group of incredibly talented and creative people, and exchange ideas.
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