Open day 2011

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On Sunday 29th May 2011 we held the first Big Open Day Event at Nottingham Hackspace 2.0. It was a big success, attracting lots of visitors and new members. Guests were invited to attend from other Hackspaces and the event was widely advertised locally & nationally. It was a celebration of the new Hackspace and a publicity/recruitment opportunity.

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Summary

The day was split into two parts.

The 1st Part: Members, friends and guest of Nottingham Hackspace brought projects/items of interest etc to show to the general public. There were demos, presentations, and tours of the Hackspace.

The 2nd Part The Hackspace Warming Party from 16:00 involved eating drinking & making merry.

What happened?

Projects and talks that were on show

  • About the Hackspace and the Hackerspace movement by Dominic
  • Knitting with nontraditional items by Kate
  • RepRap --Lwk
  • DocLittle's pedel powered stuff
  • Milk bottle lights by Davidhayward
  • Props, guns, cameras, books, etc by Jake
  • Braille Tweeter under construction by Russell

Soldering Area

Bike Area

Interactive Area

  • Lock Picking Table
  • Mythbusters Paper Table for drawing on --Dominic
  • Slide show
  • The Knitting Machine
  • Crochet

Meet the Hackers/Members Area in Studio

  • Martin/Northackton
  • RepRap 3D Printing
  • Jake's Instructables etc
  • Kate's Knitting
  • Marcus' LED Matrix prototype
  • Arduino Tank
  • TV Out Board
  • Cheesiod
  • Russ and Rocio: Braille Tweeter in porgress and the light-up cane