Brian, Nick, and Alejandro outside Dew Drop Inn. Transportation Techies meetup, Bike Hack Night XI. 2801 8th St NE, Washington, DC.

William Watkins presenting at the April Transportation Techies meetup, Bikeshare Hack Night X. WeWork Wonder Bread Factory, 718 S St NW, Washington, DC.

Metro Hack Night is a show & tell of Metro-related apps and data visualizations. We are thrilled to be hosted by WMATA at Metro's headquarters.

See Blog post: Metro Hack Night with Transportation Techies : Controlling your city’s destiny through data – Ted Eytan, MD

See: www.meetup.com/Transportation-Techies/events/228585705/

Published in About Tonight: February 25, 2016: DCist

Follow: @TechiesDC on Twitter

Brendan at Playing with Traffic VI. Transportation Techies meetup. Spaces NoMa, 1140 3rd St NE, Washington, DC.

Mark Sussman speaking at the Transportation Techies meetup, Bike Hack Night XI. Dew Drop Inn, 2801 8th St NE, Washington, DC.

Catherine Vanderwaart speaking at Bus Hack Night III, the February 2019 Transportation Techies Meetup. WMATA HQ (Jackson Graham Building), 600 5th St NW, Washington, DC.

James at Playing with Traffic VI. Transportation Techies meetup. Spaces NoMa, 1140 3rd St NE, Washington, DC.

Collin Waldoch speaking at Bikeshare Hack Night IX, the October Transportation Techies meetup. WeWork Labs, 80 M St SE, Washington, DC.

Mark and his wife at Bikeshare Hack Night IX, the October Transportation Techies meetup. WeWork Labs, 80 M St SE, Washington, DC.

Bob, Fionnuala, Aysha, and Ray at Metro Hack Night VI, the December 2016 Transportation Techies Meetup. WMATA HQ (Jackson Graham Building), 600 5th St NW, Washington, DC.

Joshua Roberts speaking at Bikeshare Hack Night IX, the October Transportation Techies meetup. WeWork Labs, 80 M St SE, Washington, DC.

FOR THE TECHIES

Camera: Nikon D3200 (DSLR)

Lens: 18-125mm Sigma lens

Aperture: f/11

Shutter Speed: 1/160 (sec)

ISO: 200

Format: High Quality RAW file

Stabilization: None

Studio Lighting: Professional BX500 Flash kits with radio sync trigger. Background was diffused and light was blocked using a piece of thick black card. (No. of lights used: 1. Model light situated 90 degrees to the right of the smoke and and a reflector/mirror was used at an angle of 90 degrees to the left of the smoke.

Diffusion: Dish - to direct the light

Converted and retouched using Camera RAW and Photoshop CS6.

This definitely resembles an old and miserable man, don't you think?

Let me know what you see when you look at this.

Jacob Baskin speaking at Bikeshare Hack Night IX, the October Transportation Techies meetup. WeWork Labs, 80 M St SE, Washington, DC.

Raphael Reimann speaking at Playing with Traffic VI. Transportation Techies meetup. Spaces NoMa, 1140 3rd St NE, Washington, DC.

Mark Sussman speaking at the Transportation Techies meetup, Bike Hack Night XI. Dew Drop Inn, 2801 8th St NE, Washington, DC.

Ben and Joe at Bus Hack Night II, the April 2017 Transportation Techies Meetup. WMATA HQ (Jackson Graham Building), 600 5th St NW, Washington, DC.

One for the camera techies:

On the way home last week I spotted this young buck in a field of rape peppered with poppies. I like it and it ticks most of the right boxes for a decent wildlife photograph. But the thing that stands this shot apart is the fact that it was taken at past 9pm in very low light. I took it from the car window on a 200mm lens. This shot is number 25 of 25. So its a double wow shot as I managed to fire off so many of this usually timid animal. Upping the ante as I shot, number 1 was fired at fast shuter with high iso 3200 which is almost as good as this one which was taken, whilst resting the lens on the car window sill at 1/4 second on lowest iso. So, amazing that he stood and posed for so long ( about 15 minutes ) and the satisfaction a top end camera gives. It may pay for itself when using it professionally but more importantly , I think, is that it gives me outstanding pinsharp results for family or opportunitiy shots like this. ...Nikon baby!

Joe Paolicelli getting a hug from Tammy the Turkey at the November Transportation Techies meetup, CaBi Hack Night VI. WeWork Crystal City, 2221 S Clark St, Arlington, VA.

Holly Krambeck speaking at Playing with Traffic V, the November Transportation Techies meetup. WeWork Labs, 80 M St SE, Washington, DC.

At the top of Newberg/F2.

Joe Haaga speaking at Bikeshare Hack Night VIII, the February 2018 Transportation Techies meetup. Backstage (Red Room), Black Cat, 1811 14th St NW, Washington, DC.

John Paz getting a hug from Santa, at Metro Hack Night VI, the December 2016 Transportation Techies Meetup. WMATA HQ (Jackson Graham Building), 600 5th St NW, Washington, DC.

Jonathan Mansfield speaking at Bikeshare Hack Night IX, the October Transportation Techies meetup. WeWork Labs, 80 M St SE, Washington, DC.

Eric Norton and Philip LaCombe at the Transportation Techies meetup. Hyatt Regency, 300 Light St, Baltimore, MD.

Andrew Schmadel getting a hug from Santa, at Metro Hack Night VI, the December 2016 Transportation Techies Meetup. WMATA HQ (Jackson Graham Building), 600 5th St NW, Washington, DC.

William Watkins presenting at the April Transportation Techies meetup, Bikeshare Hack Night X. WeWork Wonder Bread Factory, 718 S St NW, Washington, DC.

Bob Kraig speaking at Bikeshare Hack Night IX, the October Transportation Techies meetup. WeWork Labs, 80 M St SE, Washington, DC.

Displayed @ Paul Smith, 108 5th Avenue, NYC

by navema

www.navemastudios.com

Names of Robots pictured (from left to right):

Monty

Delta

Elite

These robot sculptures, created by Gordon Bennett, are made from a mixture of found objects which are both old and new. The parts are found in various places including garbage dumps, basements, construction sites, and garbage sales.

They are inspired by Norman Bel Geddes and Raymond Loewy whose visions of the “Modern Age” helped shape industrial design of the 40’s and 50’s.

The materials are wood, metal, bakelite, glass, plastic, rubber, and paint. Each robot is a unique, one-of-a-kind sculpture and receives its own numbered metal tag as proof it’s an authentic Bennett Robot Works robot.

Each robot takes about a month to build. They range in height from 14” to 25”. There are no moving or battery operated parts. They are not meant to be a toy.

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ABOUT GORDON BENNETT:

Gordon Bennett studied art at Syracuse University where he received a BFA in Advertising and Design. He is a member of the Brooklyn Arts Council. He has been creating robot sculptures for around seven years. Robot sculptures are in private collections in the U.S., Great Britain and Japan. Bennett Robot Works has been featured in several international magazines including THE BULLETINE in Sydney, Australia, PIG and FLAIR in Milano, Italy and KIJK in Holland. Robot sculptures have also appeared in SEED in the U.S.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University, Gordon bounced from advertising job to advertising job. He worked under such legends as Sal Auditori and, most notably, Ralph Ammirati, co-founder of the Ammirati Puris Lintas advertising agency. Gordon worked as Ammirati’s assistant art director at his first agency, in which there were only two other employees.

In 2003, three years before the end of his final advertising job (a fourteen-year stint as art director at Lowe Worldwide), Gordon passed by a boutique window in Bridgehampton, New York and discovered his new passion–a passion which would eventually become his new career as well. In the window stood about fifty little junk robots, small, poorly crafted and made mostly of wood, yet Gordon was inspired and rushed home to try his hand at building one. After much experimentation, trial and error, Gordon began a series of his own robots, under the name Bennett Robot Works; using found metal objects from garage sales, flea markets, and dumpsters, Gordon uses power tools to create sophisticated, large, retro industrial robots, which have gained a large internet fan base.

In 2005, Sorab Bahkshi, the owner of City Foundry, an industrial antique store on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn known by photographers and product stylists as a great source for inspiration and props, agreed to partner with Gordon and carry a few of the robots. In addition to the in-store exposure, Gordon’s website programmer and designer of bennettrobotworks.com, the site on which he sells the sculptures, sent the link to numerous sites that are viewed by techies around the world. This triggered an explosion of online sales and web exposure. It wasn’t until advertising photographer Martin Wonnacott purchased nine robots (after photographing them) that Gordon realized how special his creations really are. In 2006, Gordon stopped working as an art director and became a full-time sculptor, turning the basement of his Park Slope apartment into a studio. Shortly after, Conran’s UK, a world-famous design store, bought nine robots to sell around the world, a move that is one of Gordon’s proudest achievements. Most recently he’s had write-ups in the New York Times, London Financial Times, and was featured in the book Dot Dot Dash: Designer Toys, Action Figures And Character Art. In addition, the robots are set to appear in Oliver Stone’s film Wall Street 2.

For more information, visit: /www.bennettrobotworks.com

The March, 6, 2014 Meetup of Transportation Techies will be hosted at/by the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health - more information at www.meetup.com/Transportation-Techies/events/158430542/ ---

See blog post about the event: Supporting active transportation, at tonight’s Transportation + Health Meetup | Ted Eytan, MD ---

see blog post: Changing the culture of Transportation + Health + Meetups : TechiesDCHealth – Washington, DC USA | Ted Eytan, MD

Christopher Dattaro speaking at Bikeshare Hack Night IX, the October Transportation Techies meetup. WeWork Labs, 80 M St SE, Washington, DC.

James Pizzurro speaking at the June Transportation Techies meetup, Metro Hack Night V. WeWork Crystal City, 2221 S Clark St, Arlington, VA.

Rachel Carillo at Bike Hack Night X, the January Transportation Techies meetup. WeWork Manhattan Laundry, 1342 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC.

James Graham speaking at Playing with Traffic V, the November Transportation Techies meetup. WeWork Labs, 80 M St SE, Washington, DC.

Collin Waldoch speaking at Bikeshare Hack Night IX, the October Transportation Techies meetup. WeWork Labs, 80 M St SE, Washington, DC.

Don and Philip outside Dew Drop Inn, getting ready for the Transportation Techies meetup, Bike Hack Night XI. 2801 8th St NE, Washington, DC.

i think my article edges a little towards too techy here. :-/

Bob Kraig speaking at Bikeshare Hack Night IX, the October Transportation Techies meetup. WeWork Labs, 80 M St SE, Washington, DC.

The Transportation Techies "Transportation + Health" meetup on March 6, 2014 was hosted by the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health, in partnership with Kaiser Permanente Digital Technology and Operations and Community Benefit ---

see blog post: Changing the culture of Transportation + Health + Meetups : TechiesDCHealth – Washington, DC USA | Ted Eytan, MD

Kathryn Killebrew speaking at the Transportation Techies meetup, Bike Hack Night XI. Dew Drop Inn, 2801 8th St NE, Washington, DC.

Manushi Majumdar speaking at the Transportation Techies meetup, Bike Hack Night XI. Dew Drop Inn, 2801 8th St NE, Washington, DC.

Colin Hughes speaking at the March Transportation Techies meetup, CaBi Hack Night VII. WeWork Wonder Bread Factory, 718 S St NW, Washington, DC.

Daniel Schep and Harsh Doshi getting ready for the Transportation Techies meetup, Bike Hack Night XI. Dew Drop Inn, 2801 8th St NE, Washington, DC.

A graphene-based electronic device with crosslinked PMMA looking like a tiny spider! Image acquired with bright field optical microscope with 20X magnification.

James Pizzurro speaking at Metro Hack Night VII, the October 2017 Transportation Techies Meetup. WMATA HQ (Jackson Graham Building), 600 5th St NW, Washington, DC.