Other Events
Now
- http://batc.tv/ch_live.php AMSAT-UK INTERNATIONAL SPACE COLLOQUIUM happening in Guildford, live stream of talks, some interesting eg cubesats
Recurring
In London
See http://london2.org/ for recurring events, especially Dorkbot (people doing strange things with electricity) and GLLUG (Greater London Linux User Group).
- http://darq.org.uk/: Free Unix Command Line Workshops every week in Shoreditch
- http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/User+Group+losug/ London Open Solaris User Group
- http://www.socialtext.net/wikiwed/ Wiki Wednesday
- http://london2600.org.uk/ Telecomms, security
- http://dc4420.org/ Defcon (security)
- http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/lates
- http://oshug.org/ Open Source Hardware User Group
- Tour of whitechapel bell foundry (Britain's oldest manufacturing company) - needs about 4-6 months notice and a fixed number of people (20)
In UK
- Maker Faire, Newcastle, 13-14 March
In Europe
- http://plumbercon.org/ (Vienna)
- http://eth-0.nl/ (Den Oever)
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/ and CCC Camp (Berlin)
- http://www.fosdem.org/ (Belgium)
Internationally
- http://dorkbot.org/ Various cities globally
- http://www.2600.org/meetings/ Various cities globally
Upcoming
In London
- London Model Engineering Exhibition 21-23 January 2011. For those interested in the engineering side of things. A good place to pick up tools, parts, and materials. Usually focused on steam, rockets, indoor flying, and exceptionally detailed models built from scratch.
- Kinetica Art Fair 4-6 February 2011
- West London Radio & Electronics Fair 17th April 2001
In UK
- Whitstable wind farm/sea forts
- Visit to Tim Hunkin's exhibition at Southwold, combined with a highly scientific tour of the Adnam's brewery.
- Maker Faire, Newcastle, 12-13 March 2011
- UK Teslathon October 30/31, Cambridge
- NortHACKton are having a Pinball session on November 28th (changed: was 27th). London hackspace people also welcome, subject to limits on space - contact Artag for more details.
- Totally Tools, Birmingham 6-8 February 2011
In Europe
- http://events.ccc.de/category/camp-2011/, 10-14 August near Berlin
Visited / Past Events
In London
In UK
- Vintage Computer Festival at The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park -- This is over now, it was very successful. Thanks to all that attended, we are hoping to hold another one at some point!
- Trip to Sound Mirrors in Denge - 2010-07-18
- British Science Festival, 14-19 September. This year in Aston: a week long series of lectures on various sciences (physical, chemical, mathematical, soft, etc.).
- PLASA, 12-15 September 2010