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Augmented Reality Conference
Hi, There’s a conference on Augmented Reality in Toronto on Oct. 5. Just passing along info in case anyone is interested in that technology. There will be speakers from industry, research and art there, along with small group sessions. Bruce Sterling is the keynote speaker. There’s also a discount code in the information below if you’d like to register. Devon —– Augmented Reality is becoming a major industry, and Ontario is leading the way. Researchers, developers, artists and anyone interested in AR…
Culture Days at the Unlab
The UnLab is taking part in Culture Days this weekend, from 10am – 4pm on Sept. 28, 29 and 30. Stop by and check out what the UnLab has to offer — a podcast studio, work area, computers and electronics for projects, and tools. We’ll have interactive digital media projects you can try out, a 3D printer making things, and we can explain how you can get started creating with these technologies. Culture Days is a collaborative coast-to-coast-to-coast volunteer movement to raise the awareness, accessibility,…
Call for proposals for Sooncon 2012
From the inbox: Sooncon is the annual southern Ontario conference for makers and hackers running since 2009. As usual we’ve got talks, show and tell, and a party. It will be hosted this year by the DIYode Community Workshop in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Sooncon 2012 is being held on Friday September 28th and Saturday September 29th. The party on Friday will be at the DIYode’s space and the rest of the conference will be at Innovation Guelph. We need presentations for the Saturday main event…
News
Podcamp 2011
Podcamp London is only a few days away and we are very happy to be able to show people what has been happening with UnLondon and the UnLab over the past year. 2 projects to the UnLab facility have been occupying quite a bit of our time. First is a Podcast Studio – essentially ‘a room within a room’ that will be soundproofed and allow for an excellent space audio-wise for members to record podcasts. Second is the setup and fitting out of the maker…
Construction and Cleanup Day
This Saturday marks another milestone in the the UnLab. We will begin construction of the podcast studio and the maker lab area. We will also be doing a general clean up and purge in preparation for PodCamp London. Podcast Studio. The podcast studio will be setup to allow members to record podcasts in a quality environment. We have several microphones and a mixer board that will be available for use, Adam, Bill and Titus have been very busy going over how this is going…
Code Jam at the UnLab
Google has a programming competition every year called Google Code Jam. This year some of the members of unlondon led by our own Gavin Blair are planning to partipate. For more info check out the UnLab blog. .
(UN)London at Canada 3.0
Come Join us at Canada 3.0 The London Economic Development Corporation (LEDC) welcomes you to their Canada 3.0 media room, The London Room. The London Room is the London, Ontario media room at Canada 3.0, hosted by the LEDC, TechAlliance, UnLondon and LondonFUSE and located in Bentley’s, downtown Stratford. Read more at http://www.ldn30.com/
First regular open night & floor plan
One item that came out of the first general meeting was a need to get the UnLab space organized to accommodate the the goals of members and potential members. I’ve created a rough floor plan with input from other members that hopefully will address all the requirments. Please feel free to comment on it both here and on the wiki page. Another item that came up was the need to establish a regular open night. Although we haven’t hashed out a consitent day, for now…
MIT2407 Movie Day at the UnLab
Thanks to Selma Purac, and the UnLab, we have been afforded a movie day with films that pertain to my MIT2407 class – The Culture Vulture: Of Monsters Malls and America. On Sunday March 13, 2011 at the UnLab located in the Convergence Center at 999 Collip Circle the movies will start at 12pm (noon). This will be a come and go event with no requirements to stay or leave at any time. There will be snacks and drinks on hand, but feel free to…
Overclocking Party at the UnLab
Hardware has been confirmed, Liquid Nitrogen has been ordered, and the UnLab is ready to host it’s first overclocking party! Join us on Thursday January 27, 2011 from 6PM until the cold stuff is gone for an overclocking demonstration using the latest computer hardware from Intel and ASUS. Resident UnLab overclocker Jody ‘3oh6‘ Bailey will be in house overclocking Intel’s latest and greatest processors using Liquid Nitrogen. Jody is one of Canada’s best overclockers, and has been ranked in the top 10 in the world on HWBot.org, the…
1st UnLab General Meeting
The first UnLab general meeting will be held Wednesday February 16th at 7:30 pm at the unlab at 999 Collip Circle London, Ontario Canada N6G 4X8. More details can be found at the wiki page. We hope to see all current and potential UnLab members there.
UnLondon Logo Contest
By now you’ve probably realized that UnLondon is defined by the community and the members, and what better way to define an organization then by helping to brand it! Very few (okay, none of them) of the organizers are designers and if left to our own devices we’d just use a typeface for our public image! But that won’t do and so we need crisp new logo. We’re holding a contest and inviting anyone to create the logo that will identify UnLondon out in the…
Signup Today For the UnLab!
After a bit of delay and tweaking on our end, the unLondon team would like to formally announce that the membership system for the unLab is fully functional and ready to start accepting registrations! We realize that a number of individuals have already taken advantage of this, and we are incredible grateful to see the community quickly making use of the unLab and the other benefits of membership. To signup, please head over the membership page and fill out the simple form. We have set…
Administrative
Rescheduled Cleanup day
Looks like lots of people had plans for the 1st so we are rescheduling the cleanup day. Our semi annual Cleanup Build / Purge day is almost upon us. Saturday Oct 15st. 10am – 4pm. This is the day where we go though the lab and dispose / recycle equipment we no longer have a need for as well as undertake larger building projects. Items this time. 2 desk height benches to built for electronic solder workstation. Possible add pegboard to the back of these…
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