News/2011-04-21

< 7th March – 14th April 2011

London Hackspace news 14th – 20th April 2011

General space news

• It has been proposed to separate the Hackspace Foundation in to two entities. [1]

• Discussion about the webcams and security/privacy took place. [2]

• The hot water has been turned off in the hangar 23 sink, it can be switched back on temporarily if needed. [3]

Upcoming events

• There is a hackspace BBQ next Monday 25th at 13:00 in Shoreditch Park.

• Next Wednesday 27th there will be the weekly catch-up of the biohacking group.

• Sam is organising a trip to Rutherford Appleton Laboratory on the 9th June. [4]

• Paul has posted about a potential train enthusiasts meetup to visit the DLR on the 6th May. [5]

Equipment

• There has been some discussion about setting up a VM server in the hackspace (possibly to replace babbage physically). [6]

• Sci may be lending a keycutting machine to the space. [7]

• Lathe training sessions have started, the first introduction was at the last Tuesday meet. [8]

• Also some discussion about the state of welding in the space. [9]

• We acquired a 3D FDM (fused deposition modeling) machine from Imperial College. We're currently evaluating whether it's useful.

Projects

Recently added projects:

• Water Computer
• PizzaPrinter/Deighton

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:

• Two copies of Portal 1 (Renski)
• Spare computer cables (Renski)
• 3 old broken desktop computers (Renski)
• Original Xbox (missing CD cover) (Renski)
• Goodmans ACC2011 Uni-directional microphone (Robert)
• Qwik Tune Automatic guitar and bass tuner (Robert)
• Belkin F5D7000 Wireless G desktop network card (Robert)
• Linksys WUSB54GS-UK Wireless-G USB network adapter (Robert)
• Active XP-5550A A5 pen table (Robert)
• Philips DVP3005 DVD player (Robert)

External news

• There is a Science Museum Late on Wednesday 27th on "The Science of Space". [10]

• DorkCamp 11 is happening on the 17th-19th June. [11]