SOFTWARE WISH-LIST

The following resources are urgently needed for a a wide array of tech art and educational projects in progress. Deductible cash donations enable purchase of items unavailable by direct donation. Thank you for your kindness.

Volunteers

3D modelers

Composite fabricators

RC modelers and fliers

network administrators

PC technicians

Electronics technician

CGI/Perl/Javascript, VRML, QTVR, Labview, NT, Unix,

Educators, videographers

Fund-raisers

Hardware

1000 I/O channels running across LAN of Labview/NT

PDA (HP 620 or Sharp XXX), CDMA cellular modem,

5 100 M Ethernet cards and cabling

wireless LAN with 5 roving nodes

DV cam to firewire to video workstation with SCSI RAID array

2 pan/tilt videocams by Canon or Sony (people tracker) for ProtoAndroid

digital projectors- low end small lightweight for Winged Humanoid, high end high res for Mobile LAN.

notebook computer for ProtoAndroid

200 air valves and cylinders

2 large helium tanks

small closed trailer for school outreach

RC smart charger

drum set for H2

3 micro GPS units (Trimble Lassen K-8)

Linux PC

large power hammer, MIG & TIG welders, plasma cutter, drill press, lathe, shop air

CNC desktop mill

composite materials, specialty metals in thin wall tubing

Software

3D modelling, QTVR/VRML tools

MS Office '98

IBM and Dragon voice recognition

Labview 5

Services

10 log on accounts w/ ftp space

CDMA wireless packet communications

DSL connection

Past and ongoing non-profit sponsors and umbrellas: Teatro Humanidad, La Pena, Mexic-Arte, Austin Community Foundation, Robot Group, Austin Children's Museum, Discovery Hall, American Institute for Learning, City of Austin, Texas Association of Minority Engineers,

Corporate and individual donors- Austin Cablevision, Richard Roderiguez, Tony Garcia, Cathy Vasquez, Brooks Coleman, James Perez,

Projects: PolyCosmos, ProtoAndroid, Winged Humanoid, H2, Varmint, Biped Ornitopter, Orca Microairship, Helicopter Blimp, Flying Sphere, Mobile LAN, Solar Cart, Robotic Tower, Chicano Mission Control, Virtual Theatre, Gravity Hack, Bioreactor,

Silicon Barrio is sponsored in part by the City of Austin under the auspices of the Austin Arts Commission.

Thanks for flying PolyCosmos. Join us again.

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The Computers, Robotics, and Artists Society of Houston (CRASH) is a sister organization to Silicon Barrio and the Robot Group.