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Kinect Controlled Tesla Coils at Maker Faire UK
Towards the end of day 2 at Maker Faire our friends from the London Hackspace excited told us to head to the Tesla Coils to see something really exciting… We had an awesome time at Maker Faire in Newcastle and we’re already anticipating an amazing Maker Faire 2012 where-ever it might be. We’d particularly like […]
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Tagged Kinect, make, Maker Faire UK, Newcastle, Northackton, Oomlout.com
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Maker Faire UK 2011 Day 1
It’s the end of day one in Newcastle, and we’re in the pub with guys from hackspaces in Northhampton, London, Leeds and Dublin. Its been a fantastic day walking around the Maker Faire, meeting people from all the other UK Hackerspaces and of course all the other makers. Arriving at the Life centre via the […]
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Tagged build, electronics, events, Geeky, Girl Geeks, make, Maker Faire UK, Newcastle, Oomlout.com, Open Source
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See you at Maker Faire!
Members of Nottinghack are travelling to Newcastle on Friday to visit Maker Faire UK this weekend 12/13th March 2011. Hackers from all over the UK (and the world) will gather at the Life Science Centre for the 3rd UK Maker Faire that looks set to be the busiest one yet. On Friday 11th in the evening […]
How To Workshop: Make a Circuit Board
6:30pm 26th January 2011 Get the basics of PCB (Printed Circuit Board) manufacture from Nottinghack’s Matt Little (from our Soldering & Drawdio Workshops). There are many processes and techniques for making a printed circuit board (PCB). In this session Matt will guide you through his process for making PCBs Matt uses a mixture of home-made […]
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Tagged Dr Matt Little, electronics, Geeky, make, Open Hacknight, Open Source, PCB, project, Skills, Soldering, tools
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Global Hackerspace Cupcake Challenge
The Challenge is to mail spending less than $50 a cake to another Hackspace that is at least 1000 miles away… It should taste great and arrive in pristine condition. Our challenge partner Hackerspace is LVL1 the Louisville Hackerspace in Kentucky USA. They are nice folk and well worth a follow on Twitter @lvl1hackerspace
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Tagged baking, boffins, boxes, build, cupcake, frosting, LVL1, make, Open Hacknight, project
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Make Stuff at Hackspace It’s FREE!
Hackers are people who have very few things in common except … they want to make stuff……. share knowledge and learn new skills… it’s more than electronics and robotics we dabble in art, shed-chemistry, backyard ballistics, programming, woodwork, kite flying, engineering, knitting, homebrewing, problem solving, prototyping… Hacking is about taking control of the things in your life and knowing how to […]