One of our younger members James competed in PI-Wars 2019 at Cambridge at the weekend. He was placed 10 out of 15 in his class which is a fantastic result as he never competed in any of the autonomous challenges. He managed to get through to the quarter-finals of PI-Noon where you have to burst balloons on your competitors robot.

One of our busiest months with two exhibitions in Birmingham

3D Printer Meetup Birmingham

Last year Keith attended the first 3D Printer meetup in Birmingham. This year he went back with Hackspace members Bill and Jan with our own stand.

I think something went wrong with the timing of the last Sierpinski Pyramid. A case of Last Man Standing?

On Saturday, May 11th Tony represented Leicester Hackspace on the National Hackspace Stand at Makers Central NEC.

His milk bottle recycling and spark generator were well received.

The Hackspace attended creat-a-con at the LBC on Saturday, 9th March. It was another great success. Once the doors opened we had a steady flow of visitors. So many in fact we did not have time to take any pictures, we are waiting for the official ones. The 3D printers and sandbox were a great success, with lots of visitors asking about the PI’s and high energy display.

We had 21 tickets taken up out of 40 for the event with 17 attendees plus members. There was a workshop area with 8 Pis where attendees could use Scratch or Python to control some traffic light LEDS provided by the foundation. Russ brought along his collections of Pis with a robot arm , Steve brought along some of his robots. In the Pi noon arena James Pi Wars entry had several hours of testing. Our doorman George did a great job welcoming people.

The Hackspace is hosting a Raspberry PI Birthday Jam on Saturday, March 2nd.
Tickets for non-members are available free of charge from eventbrite.com, search for our event on the day and book your ticket.
All welcome, if you are under the age of 16 you must come with a responsible adult. Novices and experts welcome.
We will have workshops, demonstrations and if you have got a PI and want some help, come along.