Its nearly RaspberryPi time!! I am excited. John Alexander of Shropshire Linux User Group has been developing a breakout board for it. “This may be of interest to folks in Edinburgh. It’s the first revision of our prototyping board for the RaspberryPI . All the best John”
Computers are the most flexible tool in the engineers toolbox. When I grew up I think I was lucky to be born into the start of the home computer boom of the 80s. Computers like the BBC micro and spectrum were very easy to program, and because computers were so novel, our expectations of what could be achieved were easily within the reach of single programmer. Now were in the millennium, and PCs do so much more, the methods we use to program them are much more complicated. Learning to program has become very difficult on standard computing kit found in the home. So how should the next generation learn how to program?
On a wet and windy night when anybody sensible would be staying inside, a few hardy individuals ventured out to the Hacklab to celebrate 30 years of the BBC Micro. Several BBCs, now in Martin’s possession, had made the trip north and after a bit of swapping of keyboards etc one was ready to go. Read more about 30 Years of BBC Micro[…]
After a night of “prototyping” and filing LED ends flat we can proudly present: Running from a 12volt rail of our wall mounted computer wall-e, vistors to the lab will be guided to our door. 6 LEDs sourced from Al’s random stuff box are used for illuminations with a cunning resistor arrangement.
Last weekend in the Barbican in London, a whole bunch of hardware and software hackers got together for Music Hack Day. Anyone who likes a bit of music in their hacks should check out this event, where everyone gets together for 24 hours and creates new and innovative music applications. Sponsors like Spotify, Novation, Last.fm and Read more about London Music Hack Day[…]
Okay, so I’m writing this with a bit of a sore head because we were hacking till gone midnight and I had to get up early the next day, but it was worth it. Last night was the first in a monthly series of music hack nights at the lab, and it was crazy popular. Read more about Music Night Was Awesome – Official![…]
Robotics blogger, Per Sjoborg, from flexibilityenvelope, is coming to visit us on Sunday the 20th. He is bringing the coolest pieces of consumer modular technology yet, Modrobotic’s Cubelets. I’ll be down from 2pm onwards if you would like to join us, or do any other kind of robotic hacking. Tom
Next week, November 18th, we will be trying out a music hackers’ night at the Edinburgh Hacklab. This night is aimed at anyone who wants to make ingenious noises somehow. Crafts, software, electronics, philosophy, whatever you’re into that is hacky and musicky. There’s no fixed agenda, meet us and help us choose a direction for Read more about Music Hack Night, November 18th![…]
Our friends at Farnell recently sent us a Weller BP645EU battery-powered soldering iron to play with. We put it to the test and here’s what we thought… The first impressions are good. It’s a nice, simple, product: throw away the instructions, install three AA batteries, remove the cover, slide the switch to on and hold Read more about Review: Weller BP645EU battery-powered soldering iron[…]
Update 23/9/11: See below for EVEN MORE awesome raffle prizes! Edinburgh Hacklab is the city’s first hackerspace, part of a global movement of spaces created by like-minded individuals worldwide who love to make and hack things. By creating a shared space to do this, we provide access to better facilities than we could each have Read more about Edinburgh Hacklab’s First Birthday Party, Sat 24th Sep 4:30-9pm[…]