News/2011-03-24

London Hackspace news for 17th - 23rd March 2011.

General space news

• Adrian has left some carpet for the quiet room, he will be bringing some more soon - please leave the roll until then. [1]

• The consensus is that the South Unit 23 toilet will be turned in to a dark room/wet lab, hopefully this will happen over the next few months. We will also be converting one of the toilets to a disabled toilet at some point. [2]

• The chill out area has been moved into the lobby to free up space for...

• Elliot has left some desks, some of these are being set up in the main room area previously occupied by the sofas and beanbags. [3]

• Adam has bitten the bullet and bought a replacement cartridge for the laser printer. Please remember donate to the consumables pot whenever you print, so we can replace this one ourselves.

Upcoming events

• Another Young Hackspace event is being run on Friday 25th, they will be holding a wood working and print making workshop for children and teenagers. (Please note this is not an open invite event and is now fully booked.) This will primarily be taking place in the quiet room and dirty shop: please don't leave sharp objects lying around, don't leave open power sources unattended, unplug any heavy machinery when it's not used, etc. Any assistance in keeping things safe is appreciated. [4]

• The weekly catchup meeting of the biohacking group will take place next Wednesday 30th.

• A Souis Vide Hack Event is being held on Thursday 31st.

• A small Perl RDF Hackathon will be taking place between Monday 28th and Wednesday 30th. [5]

Equipment

The embargo on pledge funding is still in place, members with outstanding pledges are encouraged to fulfil them at their earliest convenience.

• We now have a PCB etch station.

Projects

• The hackspace challenge team have had their entry accepted and are now planning their project, discussions are now on their new mailing list. [6] [7]

• Matthew Venn has had his maze puzzle box featured on Instructables front page. [8]

Recently added projects:

• No new project pages this week.

SwapShop

Please can members update their items in the SwapShop so that it can become more useful and also please date when you add something.

New items this week:

• Canon CanoScan D1250U2 scanner (alexmuller)
• Microsoft joystick (serial port) (alexmuller)
• Power Plant herb growing hydroponic system (Liedra)

External news

• Nottinghack are running an Arduino worksop on Sunday 27th March. [9]