[backstage] [event] Adventure in Technology
Hi all! Just to let you know that Adventure in Technology is happening again on the 28th February in Bristol. The web site with posters and details is at http://www.techadventure.org/ and you may already have seen the event on O'Reilly GMT. It's a cross between a party and a hack-day where we experiment with everything from software to robotics to video and sound. We try to get as much technology and high-tech equipment as possible into one room for people to get their hands on and experiment with. Anything (reasonably legal) goes, so if you have something fun lying around, bring it along. If it doesn't work, someone will know how to fix it, and if it does, people will go "oooh". Above all, we want people to just come along to enjoy the adventure. Entrance is free, there is a car park and a licensed bar. If you want to talk or demo something large, it will help us if you contact us in advance so that we can warn the crew of what to expect. However, if you just turn up on the day, bring an LED torch or a humanoid robot, a musical instrument or a ... well, you make it up! For those who plan to stay the night, many of us will be going to a late night party, more details on the day. S. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] Event: Adventure in Technology
Shevek wrote: Hi, It was great to see you all at Mashed, thank you for making it even better than last year! We're organising a technology festival in Bristol this Saturday 28th June. The web site is at http://www.techadventure.org/ and contains details and directions. We want as many different types of technology in one room as possible, so everybody who comes can discover something new. We're also trying to encourage people to show how things work and how to build them, starting from the very basics, so that you can do the same. So, why should you come? - If you'd like to learn technologies which you've seen but not had time to get hands-on? - If you have something cute, shiny or cool to show off? - If you have an idea and don't have the skills or resources to make it work. - If you've built a robot which will take over the world, and need to start somewhere. - Why not? We have some stunning speakers, and we'll be organising informal sessions and discussions as much as formal presentations, because that way everyone gets to talk and ask questions about what interests them, rather than sitting through what the speaker wants to say. Since this is the first year of this event, we have only a rough idea of what's going to turn up, and we've tried to keep the blog updated as people mail us. Demos should include robotics, virtual reality, vehicle hacking, radio and video broadcast, music and recording, and there will be talks and discussions on crypto, security, politics and publicity, architecture and many other topics. We'll have a games corner and a puzzles corner, and we'll generally try to make space for whatever people bring on the day. We have lots of space, so bring friends, and we'll see you there! S. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ Its so strange all this stuff happens once I leave Bristol :) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
[backstage] Event: Adventure in Technology
Hi, It was great to see you all at Mashed, thank you for making it even better than last year! We're organising a technology festival in Bristol this Saturday 28th June. The web site is at http://www.techadventure.org/ and contains details and directions. We want as many different types of technology in one room as possible, so everybody who comes can discover something new. We're also trying to encourage people to show how things work and how to build them, starting from the very basics, so that you can do the same. So, why should you come? - If you'd like to learn technologies which you've seen but not had time to get hands-on? - If you have something cute, shiny or cool to show off? - If you have an idea and don't have the skills or resources to make it work. - If you've built a robot which will take over the world, and need to start somewhere. - Why not? We have some stunning speakers, and we'll be organising informal sessions and discussions as much as formal presentations, because that way everyone gets to talk and ask questions about what interests them, rather than sitting through what the speaker wants to say. Since this is the first year of this event, we have only a rough idea of what's going to turn up, and we've tried to keep the blog updated as people mail us. Demos should include robotics, virtual reality, vehicle hacking, radio and video broadcast, music and recording, and there will be talks and discussions on crypto, security, politics and publicity, architecture and many other topics. We'll have a games corner and a puzzles corner, and we'll generally try to make space for whatever people bring on the day. We have lots of space, so bring friends, and we'll see you there! S. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
