[Bradford] Hardware Freedom Day 2014 in Manchester

[Michael Dorrington]

I am pleased to announce that we have a special guest speaker of Cefn
Hoile from Shrimping It <http://shrimping.it/> for this Saturday's HFD
2014 in Manchester.

The scheduled items so far are:

* Talk on the whole subject of Free Hardware.
  - Presented by Michael Dorrington, Manchester Free Software.

* Talk/demo that will start with orientation on Arduino,
  then move onto the Shrimp and then onto people's Shrimp remixes.
  - Presented by Cefn Hoile, Shrimping It.

* Tour of Fab Lab Manchester.

There is also the opportunity for Free Hardware discussion.

See the HFD 2014 in Manchester wiki page for more information:
http://wiki.hfday.org/2014/UK/Manchester

Regards,
Mike.

On 03/03/14 21:22, Michael Dorrington wrote:
> Please feel free to forward this to those that would welcome it.
> 
> * Event: Hardware Freedom Day 2014 in Manchester
>          http://wiki.hfday.org/2014/UK/Manchester
> 
> * Date: Saturday, 15th March 2014
> * Start time: 14:00
> * Finish time: 17:00
> 
> * Location: Fab Lab Manchester
>   - http://www.fablabmanchester.org/contact-us
> * Address: Chips, 2 Lampwick Lane, New Islington, Manchester, M4 6BU.
>   - "(for sat nav use M4 6EE)"
>   - http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/53.48140/-2.22107
> 
> Details
> -------
> Hardware Freedom Day (HFD) is an annual world wide celebration of Free
> Hardware with the aim of promoting Hardware Freedom to everyone.  This
> year the event lands on Saturday, 15th March.  You can see the teams
> around the world that will be participating on the HFD 2014 Events Map
> <http://www.hfday.org/map/index.php?year=2014>.  This includes
> Manchester, UK!
> 
> The event will be a chance to discuss, show and see Free Hardware.  The
> following topics are for discussion (but other Hardware Freedom topics
> are welcome):
> 
> * The anti-Free Hardware Restricted Boot (aka Secure Boot)
> <http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot>
> * Novena <http://www.kosagi.com/w/index.php?title=Novena_Main_Page>
> * Arduino <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino>
> * Openmoko <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openmoko>
>   * GTA04 by Golden Delicious
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openmoko#Golden_Delicious_GTA04_board>
> * XiVO <http://blog.xivo.fr/>
> * Pandora <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora_%28console%29>
> * Ben NanoNote <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_NanoNote>
> * Crypto Stick <https://www.crypto-stick.com/>
> * miniCNC <http://www.repairablemachines.com/introduction.html>
> * OH&A <http://www.ohanda.org/>
> * OSHUG <http://oshug.org/>
> 
> If you have a device/design that gives the 4 Freedoms of Free Software
> as applied to a device/design and would like to tell others about it
> then please give a talk/demo at this event.  If you are going to do a
> talk/demo then preferably send an email letting us know to:
> fsuk-manchester-team at nongnu.org
> 
> The event will end with a tour of Fab Lab.
> 
> Look forward to seeing you there.
> 
> Location
> --------
> Fab Lab Manchester is a great location for HFD, more information at:
> http://www.fablabmanchester.org/about-us
> 
> Parking
> -------
> There is cheap paid parking on site.
> 
> Public Transport
> ----------------
> The New Islington Metrolink Station
> <http://www.metrolink.co.uk/stationinfo/Pages/New-Islington.aspx> is nearby.
> 
> More Information
> ----------------
> More information available at:
> http://wiki.hfday.org/2014/UK/Manchester
> 
> Regards,
> Mike.
> 


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