Hi All

After a short absence, Dorkbot is back at the Centre for Life, Tuesday 22nd Nov from 6.30.

http://life.org.uk/whats-on/events/dorkbot

Today Sonodrome celebrates it's second birthday. We would like to thank all our customers and associates for all their amazing help and support over the last two years - We couldn't have done it without you!

We're all super excited about the possibilities and opportunities for Sonodrome in our third year of business, and we hope …

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For those who may missed the announcement we have the beginnings of a Maker Space in Newcastle.

We held our first meeting on Wednesday (20th July) and are planning to have a drop in sessions every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month.

More details at http://www.makerspace.org.uk/

We hope to see you at the next session

Just got this through from the Dorkbot mailing list. Thought it might be of interest to people on this forum

Cheers

Glen



Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:07:37 +0100
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The Thinking Digital Conference is a fantastic event that happens once a year at the Sage in Gateshead. As part of the conference, the Thinking Digital University Sessions offer an opportunity for attendees to enjoy practical, hands on workshops before the speakers give their presentations over the following two days.

Sonodrome have been asked to facilitate the Gadget DIY session, and we're …

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Had a great time at the TEDx event last night in Teesside, there was some great talks and it was really nice to catch up with our buddies from the Institute Of Digital Innovation. I was really impressed with the first talk about computer sustainability by James Wallbank, he proposed the concept of a Zero Dollar Laptop, basically a reclaimed laptop running free and open source software, I totally …

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Hi All,

Found this via makerspace website. I was searching on the internet to see if there were any hackerspaces around Newcastle and found www.makerspace.org.uk but it doesn't seem to have had any news updates since last May 2010 and nothing added since November last year. Filled out the contact form a few weeks ago but heard nothing back, then on revisiting I found a link and somehow ended up …

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