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

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.

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

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 (page here). [5] [6]
Russ, Adrian, Phish and Phil have set up the PCB etching tank, it is now available for members to use. [7]
An Environmental Chamber has been loaned and is currently 'on trial' as hackspace equipment.

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. [8].

The server hardware auctions project have put up the latest set of server auctions, these end on this Thursday 31st. [9]

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

Recently added projects:

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

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:

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 == Upcoming events ==
-* There will be a Lesswrong.com hackday this Friday 1st.
+* There is a Sous Vide talk/workshop on Thursday night. [http://evidencematters.posterous.com/sous-vide-hack-event-at-london-hackspace]
+* There will be a Lesswrong.com hackday this Friday 1st. [http://lesswrong.com/lw/4vu/project_ideas_for_the_london_hackday/]
 * An [[introduction to openFrameworks]] workshop is being held next Monday 4th. [http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/browse_thread/thread/48d44f958e478e5b]