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Type: Music/Arts - Exhibit Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009 Time: 7:30pm - 10:30pm Location: 3rd Ward Street: 195 Morgan City/Town: Brooklyn, NY Phone: 7187154961 Email: RSVP handmade@3rdward.com

* ROBOTIC GAMELAN: The GamelaTron by League of Urban Robots makes an appearance, with a fully robotic composition for a high-tech take on the traditional Indonesian instruments

* RESCUED iPODS: Hans-Christoph Steiner and Chris 'the Widget' DiMauro is saving old mobile devices and PDAs from being junked, by harnassing open-source software to make them powerful, useful, expressive, fun tools, toys, and instruments instead

* POCKET ANDROIDS: Peter Kirn shows off a new, in-progress app for turning Google's open-source Linux platform into a gestural controller - and for connecting any computer running any operating system for music, visuals, and interaction via Java and OpenSoundControl

Open hacking and party + time to get close to the instruments and gadgets + mini-workshops/show-and-tell + a musical performance by the Robotic Balinese Gender Wayang.

For full details visit http://handmademusic.noisepages.com/

Presented Every 3rd Thursday by createdigitalmusic.com with our friends at music trend-setters XLR8R.com, DIY bible makezine.com, and self-made marketplace Etsy.com.

FREE admission and PBR while it lasts

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