As part of CAA 2010, Taylor Hokanson and Chris Reilly will be giving a short presentation discussing our DIYLILCNC project, a set of open-source plans for building a low-cost desktop CNC mill.
NMC Artist Colloquium Meet & Greet
Wednesday 2/10/10 from 4pm – 6pm
Illinois State Museum
100 West Randolph St, 2nd Floor
The DIYLILCNC Project: CNC & Open-Source Hardware Research
Taylor Hokanson and Chris Reilly will present recent research into open-source CNC hardware as part of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Architecture, Interior Architecture and Designed Objects Department Midday Musing series. Midday Musings are noontime lectures by Chicago architects and designers and AIADO faculty, students, and graduates offering insight and discussion into current Art & Design practices.
The DIYLILCNC project is a set of open-source plans for an inexpensive, fully functional 3-axis CNC mill that can be built by an individual with basic shop skills and tool access. Chris Reilly and Taylor Hokanson developed the project in order to show what you can accomplish with the tools AIADO has to offer. Come here about Creative Commons licensing, crowd-sourcing, DIY CAD/CAM/CAE and more!
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 12-1pm
Sullivan Building Room 1226
36 S Wabash
Chicago, IL 60603
Approaching the Nanofax Singularity
Approaching the Nanofax Singularity
April 24th & 25th
DIYLILCNC Presentation @ 3pm; Demos before and after.
Version fest/NFO XPO
Benton House, 3052 S. Grattan
Chicago IL
http://nanofax.wordpress.com/Approaching the Nanofax Singularity is a symposium and exhibition pavilion curated and organized by Tom Burtonwood. The exposition centers on artists using the latest digital fabrication and open source technologies such as 3-d printing, laser cutting, bio-printing and so forth. The title of the event is derived from idea of the “Nanofax” coined by author William Gibson in his 1999 novel All Tomorrow’s Parties:
“Nanofax AG offers a technology that digitally reproduces objects, physically, at a distance. Within certain rather large limitations, of course. A child’s doll, placed in a Lucky Dragon Nanofax unit in London, will be reproduced in the Lucky Dragon Nanofax unit in New York-”
This notion of infinite reproduction, coupled with the idea that the machine become self replicating is a powerful metaphor – one that artists and engineers alike are currently experimenting with. Whether it’s making the tools to make the art, or making the art with the tools we’ve made, or making the art with someone else’s tools there exist many possibilities and options for designers and artists to interact with new digital fabrication techniques. Approaching the Nanofax Singuarity (ATNS) seeks to show case some of these artists currently working in this field here in Chicago.
DIYLILCNC is a collaborative project by artists Chris Reilly and Taylor Hokanson.Their project is a low cost open source DIY 3 axis CNC mill. Chris and Taylor will demonstrate the machine and talk about CNC technology in general, some of the shortcomings of the present state of CNC and how those are addressed by open-source hardware projects like the DIYLILCNC. We’ll also go over the specs of the DIYLILCNC, giving details about how it is built and its functions.
DIYLILCNC Lecture at Pumping Station: One
Join Taylor Hokanson and Chris Reilly at Pumping Station One for a ~45-minute lecture covering the history and evolution of the DIYLILCNC project, some general background of CNC technology, some of the shortcomings of the present state of CNC and how those are addressed by open-source hardware projects like the DIYLILCNC. We’ll also go over the specs of the DIYLILCNC, giving details about how it is built and its functions.
Pumping Station One is a hackerspace located in Chicago, similar to groups such as the Cowtown Computer Congress, NYC Resistor, NoiseBridge, HACDC, and others around the country. Its mission is to foster a collaborative environment wherein people can explore and create intersections between technology, science, art, and culture. PS: One hosts classes on electronics, programming, crafts, and any other skills that members (or guests) are willing to share.
Pumping Station: One
3354 N. Elston, Chicago, IL, 60618
June 18, 2010 7-8pm
DIYLILCNC Demo @ SIGGRAPH’s The Studio 2010
Get your hands on a real, live working DIYLILCNC! All week at the SIGGRAPH Studio 2010, Taylor Hokanson and Chris Reilly will be running demos, answering questions, and having fun.
Sunday, 25 July noon – 5:30 pm
Monday, 26 July 9 am – 5:30 pm
Tuesday, 27 July 9 am – 5:30 pm
Wednesday, 28 July 9 am – 5:30 pm
Thursday, 29 July 9 am – 1 pm
The Studio is the place for making and creating at SIGGRAPH 2010. Roll your sleeves up and get hands on in this three-ring circus of technological wonders. It is an amazing space where experts, attendees, and the latest technologies are brought together to create new works, experiment, and collaborate. Leave your old work behind, come to The Studio, and create something new.
In the Studio, you’ll find technologies specifically set up for you to use and create with. Our experts make special arrangements with research labs, developers, universities, and vendors to provide access to technologies that are not easily accessible elsewhere. Attendees can experiment and create new works with large-format printing, motion capture, interactive music, the latest software suites, high-end computing workstations, laser scanning, and many new additions to The Studio.
More than ever before, the Studio is for people of all ages, interests, and disciplines who want to create new works. You’ll see kids making their own creations, live interactive music on our stage, in-depth workshops in our classroom, attendees working with Emerging Technologies presenters and Art Gallery artists, and wearable technologies on attendees. It’s a fun space, a creative space, a learning space, a discovery space, a space for you.
Los Angeles Convention Center
1201 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90015
(213)741-1151
Cost: $45
