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OSHUG #7 - Learning, Thursday 10th February.
by Andrew Back 08 Jan '11

08 Jan '11

Hello, Registration is now live for OSHUG #7: http://oshug.org/event/7 Details below. Cheers, Andrew -- OSHUG #7 — Learning (BBC, Tinker London) On the 10th Feb 2011, 18:00 - 20:30 at BBC White City Media Centre, 201 Wood Lane, London, W12 7TQ, UK (51.513359, -0.227874) The ability to study and improve the design of open source hardware is a core principle and it follows therefore that as a methodology it is well suited to learning environments. Community, collaboration and ecosystem are also central open source hardware, however, ambitious projects that embraced these principles existed long before its advent. At the seventh OSHUG meeting we'll be hearing from ex-BBC employees that were intimately involved in the BBC's Computer Literacy Project, the creation of the BBC Micro and the Domesday project. First hand experiences from that heady time during the 1980s when the UK was at the forefront of microcomputer development will frame the opportunity that faces us once again. Whereas lessons learnt will help us to build on these experiences and to strive to ensure that pitfalls are avoided. We will also be hearing from Tinker London about experiences of teaching open source technologies and how this differs from more traditional approaches to learning. Kindly hosted by BBC Learning Development. // The BBC Computer Literacy Project Why did the BBC embark on one of its most ambitious projects - the Computer Literacy Project - in 1982? What was the scene like then and how successful was the enterprise. What technical issues were involved? 85% of schools used BBC Micros and millions were sold, along with best selling books and software, including 'telesoftware'. What is the legacy - if at all? How did the work then benefit BBC technology now? After being Head of Science at Beaumont and Stonyhurst Colleges, David Allen joined the BBC in 1969 as an Assistant producer/director. He became producer and then executive producer of a range of programmes. As a programme maker, he was series editor of the BBC Computer Literacy Project 1982-1986 and intimately connected with the creation of the BBC Microcomputer. He received seven awards (including the New York Film Festival, Sony Innovation awards, RTS Judges Award and Times Technology Programme of the Year two years running. With BBC R&D helped evolve radio cameras and virtual studio production. When David retired he was executive producer in Production Modernisation. He is currently making documentaries for BBC R&D and for Historic Royal Palaces. // The BBC Domesday Project - If I could Do it All Over Again The BBC Domesday Project was an interactive media production made as part of celebrations of the 900th anniversary of William the Conqueror's Domesday Book of 1086. It was a technical triumph, combining digital data with analogue pictures, video and sound with an innovative user interface running on an 8-bit BBC Microcomputer controlling a state-of-the-art laser videodisc. 25 years later it has still not been possible to republish something that over a million people helped to make, and despite sometime heroic reclamation and preservation, it is still virtually impossible to access the original software. Andy Finney was one of the project founders and he produced some of the material in the project. He will explain the origins and technical background to the Domesday discs in the context of both it 1980s origins and how much of what it pioneered has since become commonplace. Andy Finney started in radio and moved into television, video and interactive video within the BBC over a 21 year career. Since leaving he has concentrated on web-based technologies including databases, these days with a lean towards digital television reception. He worked with the then Public Record Office and the BBC to help preserve the audio-visual content of the Domesday discs and still keeps a fatherly eye out for re-publication. // Standing on the Shoulders of Hackers Learning is an intrinsic aspect of open source projects. Practices such as documenting and sharing work, following one’s own interests, and ad hoc organizing open up - and complicate - opportunities for learning and teaching, especially in informal and semi-formal contexts. Drawing on his experiences teaching Arduino workshops, Daniel will talk about how both the hardware and open-source aspects of OSH affect processes and tools for learning and teaching. Daniel Soltis is an interaction designer specializing in physical interfaces, play and games, and the rough edges where engineering, design, art, and learning meet. He has been working with Tinker London since 2008, studied physical computing and game design at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, and in prior life had various adventures in math and physics, teaching, editing, and medical writing. He has taught Arduino, Processing, and rapid prototyping for events and institutions including Thinking Digital, CIID, the V&A, and dConstruct, and has spoken about games and hardware at events including SXSW, the SIGGRAPH Video Game Symposium, Playful, and Open Hardware Camp. Note: Please aim to arrive for 18:00 - 18:15 as the event will start at 18:30 prompt. Note also that the venue is the Media Centre at White City and not the main White City building itself! On arrival please report to reception. -- Andrew Back mailto:andrew@osmosoft.com http://carrierdetect.com

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Thursday and interviews.
by Andrew Back 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

Hello, Just to remind folks that the next meeting is this Thursday and that this month London Hackspace have kindly offered to host us. All the details can be found at: http://oshug.org/event/6 Also, a few weeks ago I interviewed folks from Scrap Creative Reuse, Leeds Hackspace and Oomlout for the Outriders programme on BBC Radio 5 Live. This is now available as a podcast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/outriders/2010/11/being_digital.shtml Whilst the common theme was makers I did get to briefly chat with Aaron at Oomlout about their open approach to product development/licensing. Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Back mailto:andrew@osmosoft.com http://carrierdetect.com

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HPSDR slides (OSHUG #5).
by Andrew Back 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

All, I've just uploaded the slides from John Melton's excellent HPSDR talk: http://oshug.org/presentations/OSHUG5_HPSDR.pdf Regards, Andrew -- Andrew Back mailto:andrew@osmosoft.com http://carrierdetect.com

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The Opening Up of GSM and blogs.
by Andrew Back 31 Oct '10

31 Oct '10

Hello, I just posted an entry to the OSHUG blog at DesignSpark that may be of interest: http://www.designspark.com/content/opening-gsm Why at DesignSpark and not at blog.oshug.org? Well, we can have the latter also if folks think that this would be a good idea and/or would like to contribute. And if anyone wants to contribute to the DS blog they are welcome to and can e-mail me off-list. The rationale for posting to DesignSpark was that this appears to be growing into a sizeable community of electronic design engineers, and thus may present a good opportunity for extolling the virtues of open source approaches to hardware design. Getting back to oshug.org, I was thinking about setting up planet.oshug.org for aggregating member blog posts on OSH. With the hope being that folks can then more easily contribute and don't have to commit effort to a third party thing. As ever, I would welcome your thoughts. Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Back mailto:andrew@osmosoft.com http://carrierdetect.com

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OSHUG #6, At Home (Tacticalendar, Denkimono Clock).
by Andrew Back 28 Oct '10

28 Oct '10

Hello, The theme for the sixth OSHUG meeting will be At Home, with talks on the Tacticalendar and Denkimono Clock projects. The date for the meeting is Thursday 18th November and the kind folks at London Hackspace have agreed to host us. For more information and to register see: http://oshug.org/event/6 Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Back mailto:andrew@osmosoft.com http://carrierdetect.com

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Reminder: OSHUG #5 tomorrow!
by Andrew Back 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

Hello, Just a reminder that if you are planning on heading along to the fifth OSHUG meeting tomorrow to register if you haven't already: http://oshugradio.eventbrite.com/ Cheers, Andrew -- Open Source Hardware User Group Event #5 Radio (HPSDR) Thursday, October 21, 2010 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (GMT) London, United Kingdom HPSDR is an open source (GNU type) hardware and software project intended as the "next generation" software-defined radio for radio amateurs and shortwave listeners. It is being developed by a group of software-defined radio enthusiasts around the world, and in a modular hardware fashion to help promote experimentation by both hardware and software developers. John Melton has held an amateur radio license since 1984 when he was first licensed as N6LYT while living and working in California, and he was assigned the UK callsign of G0ORX on moving back to the UK. He became interested in developing open source software in 1990 with the launch of AMSAT Oscar 16, an amateur radio satellite with a store and forward messaging payload. He developed an open source software package to communicate with the satellite that ran on Linux (pre 1.0) and subsequently wrote an open source fully automated satellite ground station software package in Java. John has been a software engineer since 1970 when he was employed by Burroughs Corporation, and for the last 14 years he has worked for Sun Microsystems who were acquired by Oracle this year. -- Andrew Back mailto:andrew@osmosoft.com http://carrierdetect.com

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OSHUG #5 - Radio (HPSDR).
by Andrew Back 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Hello, This month we have a talk on the very cool High Performance Software-Defined Radio platform: http://openhpsdr.org HPSDR is an open source (GNU type) hardware and software project intended as the "next generation" software-defined radio for radio amateurs and shortwave listeners. It is being developed by a group of software-defined radio enthusiasts around the world, and in a modular hardware fashion to help promote experimentation by both hardware and software developers. John Melton has held an amateur radio license since 1984 when he was first licensed as N6LYT while living and working in California, and he was assigned the UK callsign of G0ORX on moving back to the UK. He became interested in developing open source software in 1990 with the launch of AMSAT Oscar 16, an amateur radio satellite with a store and forward messaging payload. He developed an open source software package to communicate with the satellite that ran on Linux (pre 1.0) and subsequently wrote an open source fully automated satellite ground station software package in Java. John has been a software engineer since 1970 when he was employed by Burroughs Corporation, and for the last 14 years he has worked for Sun Microsystems who were acquired by Oracle this year. For more details and to register: http://oshug.org/event/5 Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Back mailto:andrew@osmosoft.com http://carrierdetect.com

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Fwd: Reminder: Open Hard&Software Event in Munich (4th/5th December) - we still have room for more topics & speakers
by Bryan Bishop 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns(a)computer.org> Date: Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 2:19 PM Subject: Reminder: Open Hard&Software Event in Munich (4th/5th December) - we still have room for more topics & speakers To: discussion(a)lists.en.qi-hardware.com We still need some more speakers and proposals for the German Open Hard&Software Workshop/Event that we plan for December in Munich. Details can be found here: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Open_HW_SW_Event/de Please register to the specific German language mailing list to stay up to date and discuss the agenda. Topics are e.g. (depends on participants who organize a session or have something to contribute): • Openmoko • Nanonote • Freerunner Navigation Board v2 • BeagleBoard • SHR • QtMoko • FSO • Arduino • OpenPandora Note: workshop language will be German _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): discussion(a)lists.en.qi-hardware.com Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion -- - Bryan http://heybryan.org/ 1 512 203 0507

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osh suggestion
by Peter Kämmerling 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

Hello, I am new to the oshug list. I would like to post a suggestion about a osh project. Would this be welcome in this forum? ------------------------------------ TREE Peter Kämmerling PeterKa(a)TreeDev.eu

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Open Hardware Summit stream is go
by Bryan Bishop 23 Sep '10

23 Sep '10

Open Hardware Summit is streaming live today. stream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/open-hardware-summit-2010 schedule: http://www.openhardwaresummit.org/schedule/ about: http://openhardwaresummit.org/ twitter: https://twitter.com/openhwsummit featuring: * Limor Fried * Bruce Perens * John Wilbanks * .. well, and lots of others :-) - Bryan http://heybryan.org/ 1 512 203 0507

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