This event was organised by Andy of SteamShift and Benjie. It was kindly hosted at the Steamshift HQ Eastliegh
SoutHACKton aims to bring together liked minded people who are fascinated in taking things apart and learning how they work. Then of course exploiting their dismantled object for a completely different purpose.
This was the first event I had attended and I had no idea what to expect. It happened on the afternoon of Saturday the 29th of August.
Informal Arduino 101
The event was focused on arduinos. There was an opportunity for an informal 101 as well as lots of projects people were working on.
Hacking Lou Lou the Furby to become a notification device
There were a huge variety of projects from Furby hacking, robots that followed lines drawn on paper, zigbee interaction and my own power metering work (more to follow when/if it gets finished). All the projects were based around arduinos some by people who had been doing this for and some like me who had only started recently.
It was a great event that really showed off the talent around the Solent area.
My only comment, how did the time go so fast?
The next event is a Hack Day, on the 4th of October. Click here for details.
For more information about SoutHACKton please visit http://www.southackton.org.uk/
Just to clarify the first sentence: it was organized by Andy of SteamShift and myself, and kindly hosted by SteamShift.
It was a great day – and the interests weren’t just in Arduino but also in similar PICAXE boards too
Correction has been made,