Exeter Raspberry Pi Jam
| Date | City | Venue | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, October 12th 2013 | Exeter, Devon | Exeter Central Library | United Kingdom |
Fab Lab in Devon
Proposal to develop a Fab Lab / Maker Lab in Exeter
Devon County Council is trying to establish if there is an interest in getting a Fab Lab or Maker Lab off the ground, possibly in Exeter Library (which as you know is currently closed for refurbishment, re-opening in April 2014).
Please click through to this short survey – only 12 quick questions! – online here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1p9t4rOn5_WxPSmrEQ8gwttRjeZamuQp8JBy0gGn51VE/viewform
What is a Fab Lab / Maker Lab?
A Fab Lab (= Fabrication Laboratory) is a low-cost digital workshop equipped with laser-cutters, routers, 3D scanners, 3D milling machines, and programming tools, where you can “make almost anything.” There are over 100 Fab Labs around the world, open to local inventors, small businesses, and garage entrepreneurs. The Fab Lab concept was created by Prof. Neil Gershenfeld and Bakhtiar Mikhak at MIT.
Proposal
To develop a digital fabrication facility (“Fab Lab”) in the refurbished Exeter Library to enable early-stage product prototyping and the ability to “make almost anything” for businesses, community users, artists and education, adopting the principles of the Fab Lab movement.
Further information
Please contact Tom Dixon at Devon County Council via:
Phone: 01392 382744
Email: tom.dixon@devon.gov.uk
Twitter: @tom_s_dixon
Tom Dixon
Innovation / Business Support / Mobile Broadband / Devon Work Hubs
Economic Development Officer
Devon County Council
Please note I do not work Thursdays
:: 01392 382744 (internal 2744)
:: Devon County Council, Economy & Enterprise, Lucombe House (AB2), County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QD
Blitz games to close
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24066065
Interesting article esp the part about how the industry needs tax breaks and delays caused by the EU getting in the way of helping the industry.
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Google car runs Ubuntu
The new google powered car will run a real time (or real time ish, what ever that means) version of ubuntu.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-s-Self-Driving-Cars-Are-Powered-by-Ubuntu-382360.shtml?goback=%2Egde_27258_member_273564842#%21
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PRISM-Proof Security Considerations
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Heavier stuff than normal, may be of interest to the more elite hackers among us :) Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-hallambaker-prismproof-req-00.txt
Blur Group to make Exeter global HQ
This was posted to LinkedIN and as its relevent to tech and the South West I am re-posting here
Sounds like good new for the South West Tech Industry.
Linus says no to NSA Backdoor
Great news for privacy and freedom
http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linus-Says-No-NSA-Backdoor-in-Linux
Lubuntu 13.10 beta 1 testing
Beta 1’s are now available for testing. They are the pretty much the finished article (art work follows a bit later). If you want to see how 13.10 behaves on your system and ensure it behaves, now is a really good time to grab it!!
From the lubuntu mailing list
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users for subscription info
Geek camp
Just found the info for this on Linkedin
GEEK CAMP
Fri 06 Sep 2013 | 4 – 6pm | Free
http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/geek-camp/
VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX CAFE BAR
Raspberry pi jam – dummies code
At the Raspberry Pi jam on Saturdaqy 24th I was helping one of the younger visitors with some code from Raspberry Pi for dummies. I suggested looking on the dummies website for the source code to the programs in the book.
I have done this myself and the code is at the link below under downloads
example files.
On the pi you can right click and extract here or use the unzip command (I think) to extract the files from the command line.