GarageGeeks Blog

Israeli President Shimon Peres visited the city of Holon.
The president was meeting with high school students, visited the “Invitation to Silence” exhibition at the Children Museum, and met the GarageGeeks and Dr. Yossi Vardi at the MediaTheque.
GarageGeeks member, Rafael Mizrahi, presented to the president’s staff about of the underground high-tech scene and creative activities in Holon and Israel.

You are invited to join the first traditional Jeff Pulver (and friends) Purim Marching Breakfast. Please attend in a Purim costume.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=285236291808

This will be a great networking opportunity and a chance to have an impact in the lives of the kids at the Bialik Rogozin School in Tel Aviv.

If possible, please plan to bring toys and chachkes for the kids.

I am also looking for volunteers to help with the organization of the event. If you are interested in helping out, please please follow this link and fill out this form so that I can help the school contact you directly: http://140conf.wufoo.com/forms/volunteer-at-purim-adlayada-marching-breakfast/

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The Bialik Rogozin School in Tel Aviv, an educational campus that serves 750+ at-risk children in grades K-12 are looking for friends to come to the Bialik Rogozin School on Friday, February 26th.

The event starts at 0900 and will include a marching parade.

I am asking my friends in Israel to consider joining me on this day the Bialik Rogozin School and help bring a smile to the these kids.

I would appreciate it if you could share this event with your friends and encourage your friends to help make a difference in the lives of these at-risk kids. I am asking for your help to show that it is possible to use social media for the social good in Israel.

The campus is Haa’liya street 49 Tel aviv, website : http://www.schooly.co.il/cbr/

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Background: The Bialik Rogozin School in Tel Aviv is an educational campus that serves 750+ at-risk children in grades K-12. The school is run by principal Karen Tal and her devoted staff, and with children and teenagers from twenty-eight countries. They are new immigrants, children of foreign workers, refugees from Darfur and Israeli Arabs. Many are from single-parent families. Bialik Rogozin is a caring and nurturing center that provides hot meals, music and art instruction, specialized tutoring and a solid education in a safe and welcoming environment.

The time you spend at the school will be felt and will help transform the lives of these kids.

Where:
HIT - Holon Institute of Technology
Golomb 52, Holon

When: 
Thursday 18/2/2010 19:00 - 23:00
Friday 19/2/2010 10:00-15:00

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Hi all, we just got this cancellation information
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Adverse weather conditions in Washington DC, have made it impossible for Vint Cerf, Google Chief Evangelist to travel to Israel for his planned
commitments. At this time we are canceling all events including Garage
Geeks. Vint is as disappointed as we are and will be rescheduling his trip.
As soon as we have dates you will be the first to know. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. We look forward to seeing you soon!

IDHO exhibition 2009

Where:
HIT - Holon Institute of Technology
Golomb 52, Holon

When: 
Thursday 29/1/2009 19:00 - 22:00
Friday 30/1/2009 10:00-14:00

HA-KIR
music   art   motion
“HA-KIR” is an interactive project that incorporates music, art and motion. Its purpose is to allow anyone to create music in an easy, fun and intuitive manner, by touching a wall. The touch and movement create sounds, which are completed by visual traces.

Operator
What would you be willing to tell a stranger?
AA is a communication device that disconnects the message from the speaker, creating a new experience of sharing that mixes anonymity and voyeurism.

Musical Chairs
A project exploring the playful aspect of music.

On a stage are seven objects. Whenever someone sits on an object, the sound of a musical instrument is played. The seven objects in the emergent lounge space become a platform for a jam session. The interaction between the users and the object, and between the different users, creates an interesting musical and interpersonal happening.

Un-mute
Ever stood in line behind very annoying people and wanted to say something, but just couldn’t bring yourself to say it? Ever got stepped on by someone, and just didn’t have the guts to say something about it?

UNMUTE is a portable device which helps to overcome our tendency to become a “social mute”. It enables us to express emotions in different situations by using dynamic sounds, which are controlled by an easy-to-learn language of hand gestures.

Last year, Mel had an idea of water skiing on land, and Hagai has turned this into a reality.
So this is a  message to our friends  who are interested in seeing the first ‘public’ demonstration of the  ‘RedSeaMobile’ with the innovative steering mechanism invented by Hagai.

Mel will  demonstrate the machine on  Saturday 21 June at 9 a.m.
The event will take place on the new road of Ikea and Coca-Cola in Rishon. (see attached map.)
You are all  invited and you may bring friends and family and your videos. Light refreshments will be served.

Hagai Cohen and Mel Rosenberg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e0pBHrXJoM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFv04soAZQQ

MuseNet is a music/technology camp in the spirit of Kinnernet (and Foo camp):
Good people, business-free environment and participant-generated agenda.

The GarageGeeks took part as un-convention core members and also created two rooms:

The Live Jam Room

The Musical gaming room. with lots of thanks to Media Game shop

Reflections

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/MuseNet

IDEAS, TECHNOLOGY, PEOPLE - CREATING THE FUTURE OF MEDIA
May 23 - Shfaim, Israel

DISRUP.TV is an un-conference  intents to bring together Israeli and global Technology, content and creative talents that are taking part in creating the future of TV and media for sharing knowledge, exploring the opportunities and to spark new ideas about how TV and Video will change us and we will change TV.  It is aimed for people who are  in the conjunction of Media, Content, Creative and Technology.

Reflections

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/disruptv/

ROBOTS, GADGETS AND
OTHER ANIMALS: TOMORROW’S TECHNOLOGY IN DAILY LIFE
Let us examine how tomorrow’s technology
will affect our daily life: robots, advanced
computers, electronic toys and just plain cool
gadgets.