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03.27.2013 - ACADIA election results announced. I am happy to have been elected to the Board of Directors for the upcoming term (2013-2015). Excited to serve with such a great group of people. More information here: http://acadia.org/features/Q7Q62C

07.01.2012 - I will be giving a lecture for the Advanced Architectural Design (AAD) degree program at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture this Thursday, July 5th, 2012. Thanks to Josh Uhl and David Fano for the invitation.

08.24.2011 - I will be giving a demo of Firefly at this year's Open Hardware Summit in New York on Sept. 15th. If you're around the city, you should definitely stop by and check it out. Find out more at: www.openhardwaresummit.org/

07.26.2011 - I will be giving a lecture at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) in Barcelona, Spain for their Global Summer School lecture series.

06.02.2011 - In case you missed it, there was a nice write up in the May-June issue of GreenSource magazine featuring Firefly and it's potentials regarding building performance modeling. Make sure to check it out.

06.02.2011 - If you are around Cambridge tonight, I will be presenting at the Pecha Kucha Boston at the Oberon Theater (2 Arrow St, Cambridge, MA 02138). Doors open at 6:00 and the 20x20 talks begin at 6:45. I hope to see you there!

12.06.2010 - I'd like to thank Achim Menges for inviting me to be a guest critic for his final Performative Wood Studio review at Harvard's Graduate School of Design.

10.07.2010 - I will be giving a demonstration of Firefly for Prof. Rodolphe el-Khoury and Prof. Nashid Nabian's architecture studio at MIT.

08.29.2010 - Jason K. Johnson and I are really excited to unveil the new website for Firefly! Come find out the latest features, tutorials, photos, videos and much more at: http://www.fireflyexperiments.com. Come take a look and let us know what you think!

07.08.2010 - LIFT architects has now moved! At least physically anyway. We're now located in Boston, MA and excited about all of the new potentials this city has to offer. We also have a lot of new things to unveil over the coming months (including a new website) so check back often. If your in the neighborhood, please do not hesitate to contact me: andy[at]liftarchitects[dot]com.

03.08.2010 - I will be presenting a lecture entitled "Parametric Optimization and Interactive Architecture" at Clemson University School of Architecture on March 8th, 2010. I would like to thank professor David Lee for the invitation.

05.13.2009 - I will be speaking at the 2009 ICFF Design Entrepreneurs Conference on Monday, May 18th. The conference will be held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City and is international gathering of entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and innovators from many fields and disciplines. I will be speaking about my runner up submission for the 2009 Metropolis Next Gen Competition titled, the Air Flow(er). To see more about this project, check out the May issue of Metropolis Magazine or come to the conference and get a first hand glimpse of the prototype that I've been developing over the last several months.

03.26.2009 - the FLUX Exhibition will open on March 30th at 8:30pm at the San Francisco campus of the California College of the Arts. The school is located at 1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco, CA. Stop by if your in the Bay area and see what I've been working on.

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Jason K. Johnson and I are very excited to unveil the new home for all things Firefly! Come find out the latest features, tutorials, photos, videos and much more at http://www.fireflyexperiments.com. We are encouraged by the growing community of Firefly users and this website will be the destination for those individuals looking to bridge the gap between Grasshopper (a free plug-in for Rhino), the Arduino micro-controller, the internet, and beyond. Come take a look and let us know what you think!

In addition to the public launch of our new website, we have also released a new Firefly Toolbar (version 1.003) and an updated Firefly Primer. We have fixed a few minor bugs and added a few new features that were requested by you - the users. A delay feature has been added to both Fader (one way and two way) components and the Data Log component has been completely re-written to enable greater flexibility. Users can now simulate "Live Looping" techniques by using the Wrap feature on the Data Log component which also allows for direct data streaming to a file path of your choosing (.txt, .csv, or .dat). Additionally, we have built a new Playback component which will return individual lines from a text file at a given frame rate(s). The ability to control multiple frame rates will allow you to create some really amazing effects.

If that wasn't enough, there is a new Firefly Primer (a 37 page manual) which provides an in-depth look at each individual component and walks you through the entire process of using this powerful new tool-set (from installation to final output). It also includes some basic tutorials, links and references to get you up and running quickly.

Come join the Firefly community and find out what everyone is talking about. Visit http://www.fireflyexperiments.com. If you have suggestions or if you just have a question, feel free to email us at info@fireflyexperiments.com.

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