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Hi all,

In addition to our four talks on the Light Theremin, Silicon Chip Design for the Masses, The Algorithm Visualizer and the MyStorm FPGA board, we have an extra talk this coming Thursday.

Nick Pelling (who older members will remember as Orlando M Pilchard) will give a lightning talk on "Open Source Research" linked to his recently announced KickStarter project.

Abstract:

Nick Pelling is programmer by day. By night he conducts open source research on his blog http://ciphermysteries.com/. He uses the blog to summarize what he finds, to post transcriptions and translations of sources, and to actively invite comments and corrections from readers (the blog has just passed 2 million hits and 19000 comments).

He recently launch a KickStarter project to fund a documentary about his open source research into pirate treasure on Mauritius (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nickpelling/gold-beyond-your-dreams). In this lightning talk he'll introduce the concept of open source research and how it drives his KickStarter project.

Bio:

Nick Pelling is a British-born computer programmer and inventor, best known for a series of 1980s video games for the BBC Micro and Commodore 64 programmed under the pen name Orlando M. Pilchard or simply Orlando, and released under the company title Aardvark Software.

Nick has a degree in Maths and Philosophy from Manchester University and an MBA with Distinction from Kingston University.

Registration is free as always, but sign up soon, so I order the right amount of food and drink!

https://events.bcs.org/book/2241/

See you there.

Jeremy

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