A good time was had by all, we looked at a unique Snowboarding location, altitude, axis and temperature tracker that had recently been tested in the field, although the hardware and software worked well the low temperatures were a challenge, the group discussed a range of options from heat pumps, wicks, peltier devices to phase-change materials as used in the magic metal coffee beans!


David showed us his progress on an in-system programmer for AVR micro-controllers and did a great job of explaining what they are, and why you might want one, read more about his projects.


The group decided to try out building some drawduino to see if they would be a suitable item for us to help newcomers to build and take home and a date is being set for that.


You can view pictures from the event on the Southackton Flickr Page.


Our embryonic wiki is online at the hackerspaces.org website.


If you are interested in finding out more or would like to attend the next event, sign up to our google group to be kept abreast of the latest developments.


Finally, take a look at our group Notebook where we can share ideas for the Big Vision!

Thanks to the powerful organisational skills of Phased / Ben we’ll be taming up with the local Dorkbot group to have a big meetup at the Arthouse Cafe in Southampton.

Makers, hackers, tinkerers. Lend me your microphones :O) …

Following much consultation, the next Southackton meeting shall be 9th March at Art House Southampton. Aim is to start at 7.30pm.

We will unite with the Dorkbots, sharing their March meeting, to create a union of Dorks and Hackers, possibly for one night only but hopefully a continuing unity will emerge in the form of Harks or Dockers :O)

Please try to get there a little early, to have time to grab coffees and cakes, as that will be the primary method of funding the “hire” of the venue / it’s continued existence.

As suggested, it will be a combined Duino and Teardown (http://groups.google.com/group/southackton/browse_thread/thread/bfff4bf5e88785a3) event.

Please bring along anything you have created using the Duino platforms and anything you fancy Tearing Down.

Please feel free to share designs / code / links for your Duino creations on our Google group beforehand, so those attending have an opportunity to discuss more deeply during the event.

We will aim to leave a 15-20 minute period near the end for sharing of your unwanted bits from the Teardowns and discussion on future plans for Southackton.

Look forward to seeing you all there.

Phased / Ben

For those that have not visited before, Art House Southampton is located here :

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?client=ubuntu&channel=cs&ie=UTF8&q=art+house+southampton&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=art+house&hnear=Southampton&cid=0,0,3323037071216817675&ll=50.908959,-1.40449&spn=0.0087,0.022852&z=16

More details on Art House Southampton here : http://www.thearthousesouthampton.co.uk

We’ve also got an event up on Eventful: http://eventful.com/southampton/events/hackspacedorkbot-meetup-/E0-001-037303575-4

Hope to see you all there.

theUncommon / Adam