News/2011-03-31

London Hackspace news for 24th - 30th March 2011.

General space news

• Please could anyone who has taken a parking permit return them as soon as possible. [1]
• Cool and useful 'One Hundred Things You Didn’t Know About London Hackspace' page added to the wiki - please contribute.

Upcoming events

• There will be a Lesswrong.com hackday this Friday 1st.

• An introduction to openFrameworks workshop is being held next Monday 4th. [2]

• The weekly catchup meeting of the biohacking group will take place next Wednesday 6th.

Equipment

• A 3-in-1 Lathe Milling Machine has arrived, at the moment it is not usable - Abby and Luke will be setting it up this week. Thanks to everyone who pledged for and organised this. [3] [4]

• Adrian and Phil have set up the PCB etching tank, it is now available for members to use. [5]

Projects

• Smelting work is continuing. From Billy - "We can work with metals up to the melting points of aluminium. Luke experimented with brass/copper with mixed results, but we don't really have the facilities for bronze-working or iron working yet. We can soften iron to the point of being workable, but it's all a work in progress/learning experience for us."

• The Young Hackspace project held a successful printmaking and woodworking workshop last Friday 25th. [6].

• Jim's Turing machine got a mention on the New Scientist video blog and thence Engadget.

• The server hardware auctions project have put up the latest set of server auctions, these end on this Friday 1st. [7]

• Elliot made some improvements to the spacensus project (aka: 'people counter'). It is now prettier and more sensitive.

Recently added projects:

• Nanode - Ken's Arduino based Ethernet board.

Oddity corner

Unusual items that have been left at the space this week:

• Small surfboard
• Sink and hob from a caravan

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:

• No new items this week.