NoizeMaschin!! seeks all musicians and sound artists to apply for a three month residency at The Artifactory Hackerspace, designed to promote collaborative relationships between hackers, builders and musical performers in Perth. More Info on the NoizeMaschin!! website.

In this instalment of Artifactory Arduino University, we look at getting wifi, radio, and Ethernet communications between Arduinos, between Arduino and computer, and Arduino and other devices going.

This allows you to build cool stuffs like a web-controlled ROBOT MOTORISED RGB LIGHT TURRET (possibly with nerf gun attached)…. oooooh yeah. Certainly would help pimp out [...]

Harvey Lions Nutty Professors Expo is a festival of Makery, with exhibits from all kinds of groups and people. The Artifactory is heading down to have a stand at the show along with Scitech, UWA and many others to show off 3D printers, arcophones, robots, and more! More info here: http://www.harveylions.org.au/.

Following the unexpectedly huge interest of Arduino U #1, A.U.2 hits the Artifactory again for a wednesday night of Arduino whackiness and insight. The Artifactory’s resident Arduino users will be on-hand to help novices and beginners get their laptops and arduinos talking, advanced arduino users can meet and swap tips, compare daughter boards, and so [...]

The Artifactory’s experimental music and video series, Round 4! For more details, visit the dedicated NoizeMaschine Website

SKoT presented a paper on the Arcophone at last weekend’s TURA new music conference. Covering the genesis, development, performance aspects, timbral qualities, and likely future directions (ion drive spinning aerial propulsion, kit availability, etc etc), the presentation was received with a range of emotions from polite bemusement to concern for the Metropolis’s safety. A small [...]

The Artifactory AGM was held on Saturday, 17th Sept. We reflected on roller coaster year of venue change, membership growth, increasing number of events, outreach, and awareness around Perth of the Hackers in their midst.

The Management Committee was again filled without contest for executive positions (surprise surprise), but many members enthusiastically signed up for [...]

NM3# saw the Artifactory hosting a special late-night edition in association with the Tura Totally Huge New Music Festival. Our 8 artists included Sam Gillies, Mitch Mollison, Karl Ford, Homewrecker, Anthony Pateras, Dr Mitchell Mollison, I.n0JaQ, and Christopher de Groot; each bathed the space in different audio textures. Gillies opened up with a harsh noise/harsh [...]

Moves are afoot to get a hacker space set up in Bunbury! If you are interested, please visit the rallying page on Facebook – meet your fellow south-west hackers, organize to meet, and start thinking about where to plant roots & start getting projects happening!

http://www.facebook.com/groups/byartifactory/