Open day 2011

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.

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

• Solder Badges --Matt Little and others
• Drawdio --Matt Little and others

Bike Area

• Pedal Sounds --Matt Little
• Peddle Bubble Machine --Matt Little
• Peddle Smooties --Matt Little and others to help run this...
  • Fruit needed --Matt Little to buy on Saturday

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