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Great Global Hackerspace Challenge
by Mitch Altman 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Hello Pavol, I received so many really great submissions for participation in the Great Global Hackerspace Challenge!The response was wonderful.I received submissions from South America, North America, Australia, Asia, and Europe. There are so many incredible hackerspaces around the world. Then I had a big problem: I didn't know how to choose which hackerspaces could participate. I agonized over how to pick only 10 out of all the cool spaces who emailed me. How to choose? I was only given enough resources to pick 10. I got back to the folks at Element14, letting them know that it wouldn't be fair to exclude all but 10 of the hackerspaces. After only a short while, we all agreed, and the people at Element14 decided they would provide the resources for all submitting hackerspaces to participate! *So, congratulations, your hackerspace is part of the Great Global Hackerspace Challenge! * /If you are still interested in participating, please email me as soon as you can and confirm. You will not be considered to be part of the Challenge until I receive your confirmation email. / _Here's a short summary of the Great Global Hackerspace Challenge_: - Your hackerspace will create a project to help with education, using US$900 (or equivalent) provided by Element14. The project must use a microcontroller and a portable power source. - You have 6 weeks to complete your project, documenting your project as you go. All spaces that complete their project will receive 10 soldering setups. - Three hackerspaces' projects will be chosen as finalists to present at the Grand Finale at the San Francisco Maker Faire. All three of these spaces will receive some really nice electronic test equipment. One person from each space will be flown out to present their project at the San Francisco Maker Faire over the weekend of 21-May & 22-May. - One project will be chosen at the Grand Finale at the San Francisco Maker Faire to receive some extra goodies, including a very nice oscilloscope. _In case you missed this in the above summary_: The folks at Element14 also decided that it would be way cool to have a live presentation for each of the three finalists' projects at the San Francisco Maker Faire. So, they kicked in enough money to make that happen! Each of these three people will also be put up in their own hotel room. Start planning your trip to San Francisco now! :) Below is a text-only version of the Participation Packet, which gives more details. Please read it over, and see if you have any questions. I will also email you separately with a PDF version of the Participation Packet, which is 5.5MB. If you don't receive the PDF and would like it, please email me and I'll get it to you another way. Shortly after I receive an email from you confirming that you want to be part of the Challenge, you will be contacted by Challenge organizers to schedule a phone call with your team. They would like these calls to occur between 21-March and 24-March, depending on your availability. Best of luck with your project! Cheers, Mitch. ******************************* WELCOME ******************************* Hello, and welcome to The Great Global Hackerspace Challenge, brought to you by the very excited folks over at element14! You are one of thirty hackerspaces from across the globe who have been chosen to participate in this amazing event, which seeks to stretch your hackerspace-minded ingenuity to its very limit to create an electronics build that will make a real, and very positive difference in an educational establishment. And for you to have a whole lot of fun along the way! Exactly what that build is, and what solution it provides is entirely down to you. The only stipulation is that your build must make use of a microcontroller and a portable power source. We encourage you to reach out to an educational institute in your area so that you can test your invention as it evolves, make sure you are answering a genuine educational need, and hopefully establish a home for your product once the challenge is over. Within this pack, you'll find detailed information on the equipment element14 will provide you with to get your creative thoughts flowing, and your talented hands building, as well as the low down on how to share your Hackerspace's ongoing progress with the world. We'd also ask you make sure to read our Great Global Hackerspace Challenge Pact section, on which we are asking for a virtual handshake from you. It's our way of establishing mutual ground rules and understanding before the storm of genius activity begins. We thank you once again for being a part of this incredible challenge, wish you the very best of luck, and look forward with great anticipation to seeing your work as it develops. This is a challenge in which brilliant minds collaborate so that everybody wins. Onwards! ******************************* CHALLENGE GUIDELINES ******************************* Outlined below is a step-by-step guide with all the information you will need to help make your hackerspace challenge as successful as possible. There's a great deal to do in a very short space of time, and so we have created a calendar of key delivery dates which you'll find at the end of this pack to help you stay on track. If you have any questions along the way that aren't answered here, please email hackerspace(a)element14.com and we'll be sure to get back to you. ****************************** YOUR TOOL KIT ****************************** element14 is providing you with a budget of $900 US to complete your build. You will be contacted directly to establish exactly how you would prefer to receive this money. Your microcontroller and portable power source should be procured using this money, and any additional electronic components you might need can be purchased from the element14 store. Simply go to the element14 website (www.element14.com), click on the 'store' tab and then select your items using your $900 stipend. Your components will then be sent directly to you. We ask that you try not add to this budget, as one of the judging criteria is based on the total cost of the final build, but you are fully permitted to use any components or items that you might already have at your hackerspace within your build. We challenge you to be as creative as you like! ****************************** DOCUMENTING YOUR BUILD ****************************** Core to this challenge is to produce an electronics build that will ultimately help education, but you can also start to help people learn about hackerspaces and electronics building along the way by regularly sharing information on your design. This is also how the judging panel will be able to track your progress and pick the three semi-finalists, and a minimum of one weekly update is a mandatory element of the challenge. Please feel free to share all your exciting moments as they happen, but as a guideline, content that would be useful for you to provide would be: Week 1 - Introduce your team (video would be a great way to do this), explain your hackerspace's philosophy, and provide a top level summary of your first week Week 2 - Provide a basic outline of the materials you will be using in your build and any key challenges you anticipate Week 3 - Provide an update on the status of your build and quick summary of obstacles encountered and how they are being addressed Week 4 - Is everything going to plan? Perhaps provide footage of a visit to an educational institution you're working with Week 5 - In your penultimate week provide a review of the challenge to date. Is the pressure on? What have you learned? Week 6 - This is the time to really showcase your build, why it works and what features make it stand out ***************************** HOW TO SHARE ***************************** You will be required to contribute to your profile page within the element14 community. This is where you can upload your videos and photos and keep everyone informed via a written blog. You will be able to personalize the page so that your hackerspace's own unique character shines through. To do this, go to element14.com, click on �Join Now� if you are not already registered, using your Hackerspace name, and we will create your page for you. **************************** BUILD CRITERIA **************************** Our esteemed panel of judges will include luminaries from the worlds of technology and science, education and hackerspacing. Following the completion of the build period, they will be judging each one on the criteria below in order to select three semi-finalists to attend the California Maker Faire for the grand finale on May 22. Semi-finalists will be notified personally by Mitch on May 6. Criteria: - How reproducible is the final project - How easily can the parts be sourced in locations around the world - How low cost is the final output - How well are the plans documented - How relevant is the project to helping education today - How inventive and creative is the design and build of the project ***************************** THE MAKER FAIRE GRAND FINALE ***************************** The Great Global Hackerspace Challenge will culminate in a live demonstration of each of the three semi-finalists in front of the panel of judges at the San Mateo Maker Faire. One team member from the final three hackerspaces will be flown out to California to attend the Faire and present their build. Air fare, hotel accommodation and daily food costs will all be covered by element14 - we'll provide more detail on this if you are selected. In the spirit of collaboration over competition, and to thank you for taking part, element14 will be sending you a set of soldering equipment, including a soldering station, for your hackerspace once you have completed the challenge. Each of the semi-finalist hackerspaces will receive the following prizes: - Fluke 233 DMM (worth US$300) - Fluke 381 Clamp Meter (worth US$500) - Tektronix PWS4205 Power Supply (worth US$865) - Agilent HH DMM (specific model TBD) Finally, the build chosen to have that extra sprinkling of hackerspace magic will receive a suitably rocking prize: a Tektronix MSO2024 oscilloscope (worth around US$5,600). Start clearing a space in the corner of your hackerspace now! ******************************************** THE GREAT GLOBAL HACKERSPACE CHALLENGE PACT ******************************************** You won't find any legal language here. We promise. The purpose of this section is to let you know that if, for any reason you are unable to finish your project you should let the organizers know as soon as possible. Particularly if you encounter circumstances beyond your control. We need to be able to manage expectations so we can accommodate the logistics of the event; judging, the Maker Faire event and the management of the content on the community. This isn't a contract. You won't be signing your life away. We trust you. We simply want to have the best competition possible. To quote the 1989 MGM classic 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure' we want everyone involved in this event to 'Be excellent to each other'. And that works full circle. We are investing funds into your builds and you are investing your valuable time and energy into our challenge. In the spirit of transparency and collaboration we want everyone to succeed and get as much as they can from this project however we reserve the right to withhold product and stipend if groups do not deliver on the requirements of the challenge. We will be in close communication throughout this project and, we can all work together to avoid any adverse situations. ***************************** CHALLENGE KEY DATES CALENDAR ***************************** - Week of 3/21 : Official Challenge Briefing / Q+A - 3/25: Deadline to create your profile and submit your first blog update - 4/1: Deadline for Hackerspace Challenge Blog Post 2 - 4/15: Deadline for Hackerspace Challenge Blog Post 3 - 4/30: End of build time - 05/01- 05/05: Judging period - 05/06: 3 semi-finalists will be announced - Week Of 5/16: One team member from each of the three semi-finalist hackerspaces will travel to San Francisco Bay Area - 5/21/22: Maker Faire - 5/22: Maker Faire Great Global Hackerspace Challenge Grand Finale - 5/23: Team members travel home

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Ubuntu Global Jam
by Tomáš Břinčil 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Poprosil bych tedy o zapsání událost Ubuntu Global Jam na 2.dubna od 10:00 do 17:00 Bude potřeba něco poklidit, připravit? Poprosil bych taky o možnost využití projektoru. Děkuji -- s pozdravem Tomáš Břinčil.. regards Tomáš Břinčil.. Prosím o odpověď s původním zprávou. Please keep this message in your response. www.tomasbrincil.cz GNU/Linux, BASH, PHP, SQL, WEB, LAN IČ: 49505009 Jabber: me(a)tomasbrincil.cz Tel: +420 732 698 324 (after 3pm to midnight) Nesouhlasím s jakýmkoliv zasíláním nevyžádané pošty a manipulováním s obsahem zprávy včetně osobních údajů! Na základě zákona č. 101/2000 Sb. a zákona č. 480/2004 Sb. bude jakékoli protiprávní jednání nebo jednání v rozporu se zmíněnými zákony oznámeno Úřadu pro ochranu osobní údajů, který podnikne nezbytné právní kroky. Děkuji za pochopení. ______ ____ ___ /\__ _\ /\ _`\ __ __ /\_ \ \/_/\ \/ ___ ___ ___ __ ____ \ \ \L\ \ _ __ /\_\ ___ ___ /\_\\//\ \ \ \ \ / __`\ /' __` __`\ /'__`\ /',__\ \ \ _ <'/\`'__\/\ \ /' _ `\ /'___\/\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \/\ \L\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \L\.\_/\__, `\ \ \ \L\ \ \ \/ \ \ \/\ \/\ \/\ \__/\ \ \ \_\ \_ \ \_\ \____/\ \_\ \_\ \_\ \__/.\_\/\____/ \ \____/\ \_\ \ \_\ \_\ \_\ \____\\ \_\/\____\ \/_/\/___/ \/_/\/_/\/_/\/__/\/_/\/___/ \/___/ \/_/ \/_/\/_/\/_/\/____/ \/_/\/____/

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fotky
by JoHnY 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

Z piatku: http://gallery.johny.sk/brmlab01 Este mam videa, tie spravim dodatocne... bye, JoHnY.

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Fwd: Re: [hackerspaces] Multi-Hackerspace Global LAN Party
by Pavel Ruzicka 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

-------- Original Message -------- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:38:54 -0400 From: Greg McGuire <greg(a)nesit.net> To: Hackerspaces General Discussion List <discuss(a)lists.hackerspaces.org> Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Multi-Hackerspace Global LAN Party I'm sorry, the link for the LAN Party wiki page should be, http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/LAN_Party. That's my mistake. --Greg-- On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Gregory McGuire <greg(a)nesit.net <mailto:greg@nesit.net>> wrote: So, on March 26th, NESIT (http://www.nesit.net/ http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/NESIT), Alpha One Labs (http://www.alphaonelabs.com, http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Alpha_One_Labs), Beta Two Labs (http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Beta_Two_Labs http://www.betatwolabs.com), and Syracuse Innovators Guild, (http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Syracuse_Innovators_Guild http://www.sig315.org) will be partaking in a Multi-Hackerspace LAN party, http://www.hackerspaces.org/LAN_Party. We will be playing a lot of different games and would like to invite other groups to participate if they want to. More information can be found on the hackerspaces.org <http://hackerspaces.org> wiki at, http://www.hackerspaces.org/LAN_Party. I know that NESIT is currently hosting an Open Arena Death Match server as well as a Minecraft Server, BetaTwo is working on a Open Arena Server as well, and SIG is looking at a Glest and/or Armagetron server. If anyone has any questions or comments, feel free to respond to this email Thanks! --Greg from NESIT--

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[Rada] prezentace a den otevřených dveří Bubenská 1 Lunchmeat festival 18.03.2011
by Jiří Boch 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Dobrý den, dovolím si Vás jako uživatele a příznivce objektu Bubenská 1 informovat o prezentační akci, workshopu a happeningu na Bubenské 1, která začne dnes v odpoledních hodinách. Podrobnosti přílohou a na adresách níže: http://www.lunchmeat.cz/festival/2011/cs/program/1832011-11.html http://www.viceland.com/blogs/cs/tag/bubenska-1/ Jste srdečně zváni. Hezký den Za správu Bubenská 1 Jiří Boch TVO Europe Holdings, a.s. Milady Horákové 109/116 160 00 Praha 6 Tel: +420739328327 E-mail: jboch(a)tvoeurope.com _______________________________________________ Rada mailing list Rada(a)brmlab.cz http://rover.ms.mff.cuni.cz/mailman/listinfo/rada

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update - help Japan 16/3/2011/ novinky - pomoc Japonsku 16/3/2011
by Frantisek Apfelbeck 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

(EN/CZ) EN Newslist – Direct Disaster Response Japan Hi to All! Today was done a major progress in several fields. Here are the bullet points, for more info please write to me or post to the mailing list on the wiki https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Direct_Disaster_Response_to_Japan - advice from a professionals in disaster response: the area of the disaster should not been entered by non trained people as long as the profesional disaster teams are in at work (3-6 weeks or longer) - considerable increase in the budget funding, donations received on 16/3/2011 = $655 - personal wordpress account was created and set, which can be later on used to present the activities fro m the spot (or new more communal word press page can be created) (dead line for up load Direct Disaster Response to Japan project 19/3/2011 midnight) - contact to Tokyo hacker space was established, center will be contacted within 48 hours - the English version of wiki was edited/corrected (by Owen) - total donation balance on 16/3/2011 = $881 That is a basic info about today, I hope to give you more of the „plan“ tomorrow, however I can say already that the seting up a connection and hopefully cooperation with Tokyo hacker center will be very important for further planing. Thank you all for the support! Sincerely, Frantisek Algoldor Apfelbeck (CZ) Zdravim ve spolek! Dnes bylo dosazeno pokroku v nekolika klicovych oblastech. Zde je info, pro podrobnejsi informace mi prosim napiste osobne ci radeji poslete zpravu na mailing list. https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Direct_Disaster_Response_to_Japan - rada profesionalu v oboru zvladani katastrof: do oblasti katastrofy by se nemel snazit dostat nikdo s vyjimkou profesionalnich tymu, ktere zarizuji zajisteni situace (plati po dobu 3-6 tydnu) - znacne navyseni rozpostu, donace obdrzene 16/3/2011= $655 - personalni wordpress ucet byl vytvoren a otestovan za ucelem mozneho vyuziti pro reportaz z Japonska (novy vice komunalni ucet muze byt vytvoren pozdeji, uzaverka uploadu pro projekt Prime odpovedi na katastrofu v Japonsku bude pulnoc 19/3/2011) - byl ziskan kontakt na Tokyo hacker space, bude kontaktovano do 48 hours - anglicka verze wiki byla gramaticky a editacne zkontrolovana Owenem - celkova balance donaci do 16/3/2011 (vcetne) = 15858 Kc Toto je pro dnesek vse. Zitra se Vam pokusim predlozit plan na dalsi postup, uz ted mohu rici, ze kontaktovani a spoluprace s Tokyjskym hacker centrm bude jednou z priorit. S pozdravem a pranim prijemneho dne, Frantisek Algoldor Apfelbeck

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Bude dnes vecer (stvrtok) niekto autom (resp moze niekto zobrat auto?)
by Ondrej Mikle 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Cau, bude zajtra mat niekto auto? Ide o to, ze sa minulo pivo, pred par dnami som kupoval 36 (to je objemovy limit co sa mi zmesti do vaku a tasiek), samozrejme skocim tiez nech to kupime a nalozime; myslim ze na piatok bude treba viac (pivo sa aj tak nepokazi ;-)). OM

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tekuty dusik
by Jan Svec 16 Mar '11

16 Mar '11

Ahoj, jen jsem chtel informovat, ze mi v praci bylo po dohode povoleno si sem tam vzit par termosek dusiku, ti vedatori tady maji stale k dispozici par desitek kubiku, takze jim takove male mnozstvi nebude chybet :) Tudiz kdyby v labu byl potreba dusik, staci rict (jen se to nesmi prehanet, kdybych za nimi chodil kazdy tyden, asi by uz na me tak mili nebyli :) kxt aka kermit

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prosim poslete me do Japonska
by Frantisek Apfelbeck 16 Mar '11

16 Mar '11

Zdravim vsechny ve spolek, Dovedel jsem se o nestesti v Japonsku a chci tam co nejdrive odletet. Prosim podporte me donaci pres paypal zde http://frantisekapfelbeck.org Tak a ted volneji. Dnes jsem v ramci sve tury opustil c-base a Berlin pro Kiel a Hamburg. Po shlednuti toho co se stalo a deje v Japonsku, jsem se rozhodl posunout planovany odjezd z druhe poloviny dubna na tak blizke datum jake je mozne, cena letenky a zakladnich nakladu je cca 800 EU, 100 EU jsem uz vybral z tury. Jak jste meli moznost videt behem mych prednasek, tak mam zkusenosti s budovanim domu a pripravou jidla v krizovych oblastech, celkove zkratka krizove situace zvladam dobre. Zakladni zkusenosti tedy mam. Mimo jine studuji Japonstinu, coz pomuze. Z nekterymi z vas se znam jiz dele, pro nektere jsem novackem. Berte to tak, ze za mnou stoji rada hodne fajn lidi co uz toho v zivote dost dokazali a kteri se za me uz mnohokrat svym doporucenim zarucili a ani ted to neni vyjimkou. Pravdou je, ze na vypracovani nejake obsahleho portfolia pro mou zpusobilost zkratka neni moc casu. Cilem je odjet tak rychle jak je mozno (v ramci dni) a zacit fyzicky pomahat na postizenych mistech podavajic pravidelne reporty o tom co se deje a co se udelalo. Je jasne ze ziskam obrovske mnostvi nesmirne cenych zkusenosti, ktere chci dale v budoucnu uplatnovat pres open source a v mem pripade pres kvalitni pripravy jidel/napoju za pomoci bio technologii. Primarne budu representovat svou domovskou komunitu Noisebridge coz ale znamena hacker movement celkove. Budu podavat pravidelne zpravy, Diky, s pozdravem, Frantisek Apfelbeck PS Info o me ture News http://frantisekapfelbeck.org/tiki_wiki/tiki-index.php?page=news Food Hacking tour http://frantisekapfelbeck.org/tiki_wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Hacker+Tour+2011

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Bubenska Eins - ucast Brmlabu
by Pavol Rusnak 16 Mar '11

16 Mar '11

Zdravim! Na piatkovy Den otvorenych dveri Bubenska Eins sme si pripravili nasledovny program: * Biofeedback - mikroworkshop na tema spankova laborator v amaterskych podminkach, snimani a analyza biosignalu, snimani EEG se zamerenim na moznosti vyuziti v BCI, ukazka snimani vizualne evokovane mozkove aktivity * Biolab - extrakce chlorofilu a jinych barviv z rastlin, extrakce DNA z ovoce a jine biologicke pokusy * Rep-rap - ukazka open-source 3D tiskarny, stroje co pretvori vase navrhy v realne veci. Behem prezentace bude jeden funkcni exemplar tisknout darky pro navstevniky. * Laserovy projektor - interaktivni demonstrace pocitacem ovladaneho RGB laseru Tieto informacie sa nachadzaju aj na nasej wiki - http://brmlab.cz/event/bubenska2011 - kde su k zhliadnutiu kratke videa ako ochutnavka. Majte sa skvele! -- Best Regards / S pozdravom, Pavol Rusnak <stick(a)gk2.sk>

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