LinuxSA October 2006 - Building an Open-Source Segway(R)

  Time for the LinuxSA October Meeting announcement (it was yesterday :-(

  The usual details:

   When:   7:00pm-9:30pm (doors open 6:45pm) on
           Tuesday, 17th October, 2006
   Where:  Senior Secondary Assessment Board
           of South Australia (SSABSA)
           Boardroom (1st floor)
           60 Greenhill Road
           Wayville SA
   Cost:   FREE
   Who:    Anyone and everyone.
           No pre-registration necessary.

  Presentation:

   Geoffrey D. Bennett will be presenting a talk on how to build an
   open-source Segway(R):

     Building a self-balancing scooter like the Segway(R) has
     previously been shown to be "not actually very hard" by Trevor
     Blackwell.  I have replicated his experience by building my own
     two-wheeled self-balancing ride-on robot using only off-the-shelf
     parts, and open-source hardware and software.  Some info, a video,
     and source can be found here:
     http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/meta/

     The presentation will go through how my scooter was built and the
     theory and practicalities of keeping it upright, along with a
     demonstration.

  Pizza:

   After the meeting, please join us for pizza at San Giorgios (cnr.
   Frome Street and Rundle Street in the city).

  For more information:

   Email:        organisers@linuxsa.org.au
   Web Page:     http://www.linuxsa.org.au/
   Mailing List: linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
   IRC:          #linuxsa on irc.freenode.net

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