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<div>There's lots of interesting open hardware stuff happening over
the next few months. After OggCamp in August, there's the Open
Source Hardware Camp in September. Andrew Back, who's organising
it, has invited me over to talk about the Internet of Things, and
also help run one of the workshops on the Sunday.<br>
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The Open Source Hardware User Group, which usually meets in and
around London, will be hosting the second OSHCamp just down the
road (well, relatively) in Hebden Bridge. With speakers from
Leeds, Liverpool, London and Manchester. </div>
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<div>I've pasted details below and a link to registration (the cost
is £10 and includes lunch and tea/coffee on the Saturday). And
should anyone be interested in getting involved in helping to run
a workshop on the Sunday please contact Andrew direct at
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:arback@gmail.com"><arback@gmail.com></a>.</div>
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<div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">// Open Source
Hardware Camp 2012</span><br style="font-family: arial,
sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">On the 15th
September 2012, 09:00 - 16th September 2012, 16:00 at The</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Birchcliffe
Centre, Birchcliffe Road, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire,</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">HX7 8DG, UK</span><br
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<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">— Registration: </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://oshug.org/event/oshcamp2012" target="_blank"
style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: arial,
sans-serif; ">http://oshug.org/event/<wbr>oshcamp2012</a><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Open Source
Hardware Camp 2012 will take place place in the north of</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">England in the
Pennine town of Hebden Bridge. Building on the success</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">of last year's
OSHCamp, it will be a weekend long event with nine</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">talks on the
Saturday and four parallel workshops on the Sunday.</span><br
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<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Hebden Bridge is
approximately 1 hour by rail from Leeds and</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Manchester.
Budget accommodation is available at the Hebden Bridge</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Hostel which
adjoins the venue, with discounts available for group</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">bookings.</span><br
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<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">- Practical
Experiences with the Google Android Accessory Development Kit
(ADK)</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">The ADK is an
exciting development platform that makes it possible to</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">easily combine
Android applications with custom hardware built around</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Arduino. Such
combinations have the best of both worlds by enabling</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">the creation of a
mobile phone application with access to peripheral</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">devices that is
only limited by your imagination.</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">This talk will
cover two projects that extend what the phone can do by</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">integrating both
input and output devices. And will cover some of the</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">dos and don'ts of
using the ADK and associated IDEs. If time permits</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">there will also
be a demonstration with a quick run through of the</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">code.</span><br
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<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Paul Tanner is a
consultant, developer and maker in wood, metal,</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">plastic,
electronics and software. His day job is IT-based business</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">improvement for
SMEs. By night he turns energy nut, creating tools to</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">optimise energy
use. Paul graduated in electronics and was responsible</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">for hardware and
software product development and customer services in</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">several product
and service start-ups, switching to consulting in</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">2000.</span><br
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<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">If you can't wait
to get your hands on the ADK software browse to</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://developer.android.com/tools/adk" target="_blank"
style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: arial,
sans-serif; ">http://developer.android.com/<wbr>tools/adk</a><span
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">.</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">- The Internet of
Things and Arduino</span><br style="font-family: arial,
sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">As connecting
hardware to the network becomes cheaper and cheaper</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">we're seeing the
rise of what is being called the Internet of Things,</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">or “IoT” for
short.</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">This talk will
give an introduction to the Internet of Things and</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">explain how open
hardware platforms such as Arduino are helping it</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">grow. With plenty
of examples of IoT projects, from using sensors to</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">map global
radiation levels to bakeries that tweet when the bread is</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">fresh out of the
oven.</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Adrian McEwen has
been connecting odd things to the Internet since the</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">mid-90s. Starting
with cash registers, and then as part of the team</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">who were first to
put a web browser onto a mobile phone. As the mobile</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">phone and set-top
box work became more mainstream he dropped down a</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">level to Arduino
which led to Internet-enabled bubble machines and</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">chicken-food
silos...</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Adrian has been
working with Arduino since 2008 — which is when</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Bubblino, the
aforementioned bubble machine which watches twitter, was</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">created — and is
charge of the Arduino Ethernet library. He is based</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">in Liverpool,
where he runs MCQN Ltd, a company that builds IoT</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">devices and
products.</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">- Developing
Linux on Embedded Devices</span><br style="font-family: arial,
sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">This talk will
provide an introduction to developing Linux on embedded</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">devices. Firstly
we will look at the capabilities of popular boards</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">such as the
BeagleBone and the Raspberry Pi. Then using the example of</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">a BeagleBone
controller for a 3D printer the talk with explain how to</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">develop for an
embedded device. It will consider what comprises an</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">embedded Linux
software stack. The talk will discuss boot loaders,</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">kernels and root
filesystems. We will discuss what are the minimum</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">software packages
required in a root file system. The talk will then</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">go on to consider
the tools required to develop for an embedded</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">target. It will
look at what tools are available to help the embedded</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">developer and
speed up this development process. Once you have</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">developed your
software you need to debug it. The talk will look at</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">what debugging
tools are available for debugging embedded devices.</span><br
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<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Melanie Rhianna
Lewis started a life long love of electronics as a</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">child when her
Dad helped her make a "crystal" radio with an ear</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">piece, a coil of
wire, a diode and a radiator! At the same time the</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">home computer
revolution started and she would lust after the "build</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">your own
computers" advertised in the electronics magazines of the</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">time. She never
got one but did end up the proud owner of a BBC Micro.</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Melanie learnt
everything she could about the machine and including</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">assembler,
operating systems, drivers, interrupt, and, thanks to the</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">circuit diagram
in the Advanced User Guide, digital electronics. After</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">the BBC Micro
came the Acorn Archimedes and so started a long</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">relationship with
ARM processors. In the 90s Melanie became interested</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">in Linux and then
developed one of the first ARM Linux distributions</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">running on an
Acorn RISC PC. The hobby became a job and Melanie</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">currently works
for an embedded device consultancy near Bradford where</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">a lot of her work
is still with ARM processors.</span><br style="font-family:
arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">- Interfacing the
Raspberry Pi to the World — Everything you need to</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">know about P1</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">You've received
your Pi, set up a web server on it and maybe played a</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">few rounds of
Quake. You're looking for a new challenge and suddenly</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">the header on the
corner of the board catches your eye. A quick Google</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">search for "P1
Raspbery Pi" gets you to the eLinux wiki page on Low</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">level
peripherals, and you suddenly realise that you can do all
sorts</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">of fun stuff by
adding extra bits to your Raspberry Pi using this</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">magical expansion
port. Where do you start? Is it safe to connect a</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">motor directly to
the pins? What sort of interesting components are</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">out there?</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">In this talk we
will look at the ways we can communicate with the</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">outside world
using the GPIO pins on the Raspberry Pi. We will explore</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">the mechanical,
electrical and software side of things and talk about</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">a few example
projects you can try at home, and the hardware</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">limitations will
be covered and workarounds provided.</span><br
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<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Omer Kilic is
theoretically still a research student at the University</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">of Kent, although
he intends to submit his thesis (which is about a</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">reconfigurable
heterogeneous computing framework) pretty soon. He</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">likes tiny
computers, things that 'just work' and beer. He currently</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">works for Erlang
Solutions in London, exploring the use of Erlang</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">programming
language in the Embedded Systems domain and develops tools</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">and support
material to help the adoption of this technology.</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">This talk will
also serve as an introduction for the Raspberry Pi</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">workshop on the
Sunday, where we will explore the example projects</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">covered in more
detail.</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">- Sensing
Wearable Technology</span><br style="font-family: arial,
sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">An introduction
to wearable technology that will include examples</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">which incorporate
sensors, plus work which makes use of the LilyPad</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Arduino, an open
source, sewable microcontroller.</span><br style="font-family:
arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Rain Ashford
creates wearable technology & electronic art, her most</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">recent work
involves investigating physiological sensing technologies</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">and how they can
be applied to wearable artworks to measure and</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">interpret moods,
health and lifestyle data. Rain also creates fun,</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">interactive and
aesthetically pleasing works that include gaming and</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">musical elements.
She is keen to demonstrate that electronics,</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">components and
circuitry doesn't have to be regarded as cold, boring,</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">hard and boxy and
instead can be fun, colourful and elegant, plus be</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">integrated into
an overall design of a work.</span><br style="font-family:
arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Rain’s background
is in developing online activities for the BBC as a</span><br
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Senior Producer
at BBC Learning and also as Technologist at BBC R&D,</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">co-running BBC
Backstage. She currently works as a freelance</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">consultant for
the Open University and for Technocamps designing and</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">leading workshops
in coding and electronics in the form of wearable</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">technology for
11-19 year-olds, plus is a PhD researcher, peering into</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">wearable
electronics & art.</span><br style="font-family: arial,
sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">- Running OpenBTS
in the Real World</span><br style="font-family: arial,
sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">This talk will
explore the OpenBTS project and describe how it uses</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">software-defined
radio and open source Internet telephony to create a</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">small but
complete GSM mobile phone network.</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Experiences of
operating OpenBTS installations on the Pacific island</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">of Niue and at
the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert will be</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">covered, along
with how OpenBTS has been integrated with other systems</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">for use in
disaster relief. Licensing permitting there will also be a</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">live
demonstration.</span><br style="font-family: arial,
sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Tim Panton is a
software engineer with a particular interest in</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">projects that
blend web applications and person-to-person speech into</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">an integrated
user experience. He has many years hands-on experience</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">with the OpenBTS
project, working closely with the core development</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">team on numerous
installations.</span><br style="font-family: arial,
sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Tim is currently
working on the Phono.com, Tropo.com and Rayo.org</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">products at
VoxeoLabs, producing web developer-friendly APIs by using</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">XMPP protocols to
drive innovative telephony applications that can be</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">used anywhere by
anyone.</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">- The 3D Printed
Revolution</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Over recent years
Open Source 3D printers have quickly developed</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">alongside their
commercial counterparts offering affordable and</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">accessible
alternatives. This talk will cover experiences using</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">commercial
printers and how the speaker's interests have moved to open</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">source designs
and how the two compare. Examples will be shown of</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">projects using
these technologies, such as "Fable", a clock</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">manufactured by
Selective Laser Sintering, and a wrist watch designed</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">to be printed on
a RepRap. There will also be a run through of the</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">design
considerations and how files were created, fixed and sliced in</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">preparation to
print on a RepRap.</span><br style="font-family: arial,
sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Mark Gilbert
graduated in 2000 from Sheffield Hallam University with a</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">degree in
Industrial Design Innovation. After several years working as</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">a design
engineer, Mark started working as a freelance industrial</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">designer for
several companies in the Northwest. Over the last 6 years</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">he has also
worked closely with the Bolton Science and Technology</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Centre as the
"Designer in Residence" where he has developed workshops</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">around the
centre's 3D printing and CAD facilities.</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">In 2008 Mark set
up the design studio Gilbert13 with his wife Angela</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">where they design
and develop products inspired by experimentation</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">into digital
manufacturing processes, 3D printing and additive</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">manufacturing.
Recent projects have taken their experience from rapid</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">prototyping to
use 3D printing as a manufacturing tool that can change</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">the way people
design, co create and distribute objects.</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">- The Bots are
Coming</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">In the last two
decades we have seen software and data change the</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">fabric of
economics, and the advent of personal computing and the</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Internet enable
many new business models. However, the next two</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">decades will be
even more radical as that wave of innovation shifts</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">from the virtual
domain to a physical manifestation. Atoms are the new</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">bits and the open
sourcing and democratisation of bot technology is</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">allowing us to
enter into an era of personal production. And this talk</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">will explore how
3D printing and additive manufacturing are</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">revolutionising
production as we know it.</span><br style="font-family: arial,
sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Alan Wood
originally trained in systems engineering, got lost in</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">software
engineering and open source for a decade, before returning</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">back to his
hardware roots via the open source hardware and makers</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">movement that has
gathered momentum over the last few years.</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">- DIYBIO - The
Next Frontier</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;
">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">DIYBIOMCR is an
public group based at MadLab dedicated to making</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">biology an
accessible pursuit for citizen scientists, amateur</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">biologists and
biological engineers who value openness and safety.</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">This talk will
give an overview of the movement, and what is going on</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">at MadLab
involving not only biology but also diverse fields such as</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">hardware-hackers,
artists, journalists and the open-source movement.</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Hwa Young Jung is
a co-founder and a director of MadLab, a community</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">centre for
creative, tech and science based the Manchester. Over 50</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">user groups meet
once a month, including DIYBIOMCR, initially a joint</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">funded project
with MMU and the Wellcome Trust.</span><br style="font-family:
arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">** Sunday
Workshops</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Workshops will be
reasonably informal and shaped by the participants,</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">and details are
subject to change depending upon the level of interest</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">expressed.</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Please feel free
to bring along equipment and components provided that</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">you are able to
take full responsibility for your own personal safety</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">and that of
others. Common sense should be exercised!</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">- Practical IoT
Applications with the Google ADK and Arduino</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Hands on IoT
building sessions that follow on from Saturday's ADK and</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Arduino talks.</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">- Interfacing the
Raspberry Pi to the World</span><br style="font-family: arial,
sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">- Here you will
learn how to connect a selection of devices to your</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Raspberry Pi
utilising the methods discussed during Saturday's talk.</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">We will have a
few Raspberry Pi boards available for the workshop but</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">please bring your
own if you were one of the lucky ones to have</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">received one.</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">- Building GSM
Networks with Open Source</span><br style="font-family: arial,
sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">A look at the
practical steps involved in creating a low power GSM</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">network using
open source technology.</span><br style="font-family: arial,
sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Note: this
workshop will be subject to a spectrum licence being granted.</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">- Practical 3D
Printing</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Details TBC.</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Note:</span><br
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<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">* Please aim to
arrive for 09:00 on the Saturday as the event will</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">start at 09:30
prompt.</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">* A light lunch
and refreshments will be provided on the Saturday.</span><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
Sponsored by:</span><br style="font-family: arial,
sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; "> Capital
SCF: </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.capitalscf.com/" target="_blank"
style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: arial,
sans-serif; ">http://www.capitalscf.com</a><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
DesignSpark: </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.designspark.com/" target="_blank"
style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: arial,
sans-serif; ">http://www.designspark.com</a><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; "> Cosm:
</span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://cosm.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17,
85, 204); font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">https://cosm.com</a><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
OSHCamp kit bags provided by:</span><br style="font-family:
arial, sans-serif; ">
<br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; "> SK Pang:
</span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.skpang.co.uk/" target="_blank" style="color:
rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">http://www.skpang.co.uk</a><br
style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; "> Oomlout:
</span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://oomlout.com/" target="_blank" style="color:
rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">http://oomlout.com</a><br>
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