http://www.southackton.org.uk Coders, makers, modders of Southampton unite! Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:30:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Saturday 20th March 13:00 to 17:00 at SteamShift HQ in Eastleigh, Southampton. Mitch Altman, well known for making TV-B-Gone (a keychain that turns off TVs in public places), and also the co-founder of Noisebridge, a really cool San Francisco hackerspace, is coming to Southampton to teach you How To Make Cool Things with ... http://www.southackton.org.uk/2010/02/meetup-mitch-altman-how-to-make-cool-things-with-microcontrollers/ This is the beginning of a post from about:benjie. If you've written a blog post you think would be useful to SoutHACKton members, please get in touch! I’m working on a new project, I’ve got a 8×8 dual colour dot matrix display (£2.50 delivered from Earthshine Design) and I want to ... http://www.southackton.org.uk/2009/09/howto-arduino-pin-speed-multiplexing/ Image via Wikipedia Sunday 4th October 2009, 10:30am-6:30pm, Steamshift HQ As the Arduino meeting was such a success, we've already booked our next meetup - a Hack Day - again kindly hosted by Steamshift at their HQ in Eastleigh. What is a Hack Day? It's a day where everyone brings along ... http://www.southackton.org.uk/2009/09/hack-day-1-meetup/ Our next meeting, Hack Day 1, is on 4th October. Click here for details. At 2pm Saturday 29th of August, on an otherwise uneventful bank holiday weekend, a varied group of men and women met at Steamshift HQ. Their purpose - to get down to business and HACK! Some arrived with ... http://www.southackton.org.uk/2009/09/review-of-the-arduino-meet/ Image by todbot via Flickr Saturday 29th August 2009, 2pm, Steamshift HQ Steamshift have kindly offered to host our next meeting which is targetted at introducing us to the Arduino and similar development boards. No prior knowledge is necessary, but if you already have an Arduino/Freeduino/PICAXE/etc board, please feel free ... http://www.southackton.org.uk/2009/07/introduction-to-arduino-meeting/ Image by Nortis via Flickr Sunday 28th June, 3pm I'll be hosting the event at my flat, the address is on this page (members only - it only takes a moment to become a member). If you're coming, please comment on this post/post a message to groups/email me so I ... http://www.southackton.org.uk/2009/06/join-us-on-sunday-musical-circuit-bending/ Image by farnea via Flickr ABSOLUTELY NO KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED. Fun for all the family! Come and make some noise and eat some pizza with us! Just go down to your local charity shop/poundland/etc and buy some very cheap noise producing electronics (such as press and talk/ speak and spell/ my first electric ... http://www.southackton.org.uk/2009/06/circuit-bending-evening/ Image via Wikipedia Do you enjoy tinkering with software or hardware? Got a cool project you want help with, or want to help with some cool projects? Live in or around Southampton? Join us for our first meetup at 5pm on 13th June at The Crown Inn, Southampton! We're trying to start ... http://www.southackton.org.uk/2009/05/come-join-us-first-meetup/ SoutHACKton Visit this group If your interested in SoutHACKton, introduce yourself on our google group: http://groups.google.com/group/southackton/ http://www.southackton.org.uk/2009/05/now-with-google-groups/ Image via Wikipedia Wouldn't it be great to have a “Hackerspace” in Southampton? A space hobbyists can go to do software programming and hardware hacking. The attendees could all share knowledge and help each other out in a fun and innovative environment. The ultimate goal would be having an ... http://www.southackton.org.uk/2009/05/a-hackerspace-in-southampton/