News/2011-03-24

From London Hackspace Wiki

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

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. 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.

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.

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)

Projects

The hackspace challenge team have had their entry accepted and are now planning their project, discussions are now on their new mailing list. [1] [2]

Matthew Venn has had his maze puzzle box featured on Instructables front page. [3]

Recently added projects:

  • No new project pages this week.