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[Fsuk-manchester] Follow-up: Hardware Freedom Day 2014 in Manchester


From: Michael Dorrington
Subject: [Fsuk-manchester] Follow-up: Hardware Freedom Day 2014 in Manchester
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 21:01:22 +0000
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The HFD 2014 in Manchester event went really well.  Cefn Hoile
(Shrimping It) did great talk, people enjoyed the tour of Fab Lab and
there was lots of discussions afterwards and making shrimps.

Mike.

On 12/03/14 19:21, Michael Dorrington wrote:
> 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:
>> address@hidden
>>
>> 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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