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STEM Events – Apr 2025
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Skymap – Map of the night sky.
You can download a map of the night sky showing the location of constellations etc, and also a list of what else is visible from sky map
This is available to download at the start of each month for the month ahead.
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DCGLUG Meetings – March 2025
The Devon and Cornwall GNU/Linux Users' Group still run regular meeting, These currently take place with a virtual meeting on the 3rd Saturday of the month and a social meet up in Plymouth on the 4th Saturday. More details below:-
69A New George Street, Plymouth, GB PL1 1RJ
We are also on our Matrix Channel
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OpenFest
OpenFest is the annual open research event organised by Sheffield & Sheffield Hallam universities.
This year’s OpenFest will take place online during 2nd-5th September 2025. The theme for 2025’s event is Open Research and Equity, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (OR+EEDI).
Call for papers
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Tinkerers Meeting – March 2025 – Write Up pt 2
Another post with the videos from the meeting.
Next Meeting
The next meeting of the Tor bay Tinkerers group will be on Saturday 26th April 2025 at 9:30
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Tinkerers Meeting – March 2025 – Write Up
Meeting held at STEAM Cafe & Discovery Centre 13 Torbay Road, Paignton.
It was just myself and Helen again this month, but we were busy testing Helen's Robot Drag car, this can now go the distance in <2 seconds, which is the target time. It does seem to spin after slowing down.
The Obstacle avoiding (OA) robot now works, and now has two programs attached to it, one is the OA mode, and the other it is programmed to moved around as if dancing.
The code is now on my laptop, so can be uploaded as needed, depending on what is required.
We also had a look at the Micro:bit car that belongs to Lucy M, this again works, beeps, the LEDs are a little bright, which is great in the dark.
I also had a look at the Snap Electronics kit and built up a few basic circuits including a transistor Amp.
A basic LED with switch
Transistor (NPN) amplifier with LED off
Transistor (NPN) amplifier with LED On
Transistor (NPN) amplifier with instructions.
The STEAM discovery centre also has a nice train set. This is Thomas the tank engine themed, but has track, points to change tracks and carriages for the trains.
If you would like to ask any questions, please see our Facebook page
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If you would like to ask any questions, please message Helen via our Facebook page
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Tinkerers Meeting – March 2025
The next meeting of the Tor bay Tinkerers group will be on Saturday 29th March 2025 at 9:30. Just reposting this as a reminder.
We meet at:-
STEAM Cafe & Discovery Centre 13 Torbay Road, Paignton.
Possible topics
To give you an idea of what we have been up to, please see the write-up from Feb 2025
If you would like to ask any questions, please see our Facebook page
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DFD
Document Freedom Day (DFD) is an annual event aimed at promoting open standards for documents. The next event takes place on Wednesday
Wednesday, 26 March 2025.
Open standards are important for interoperability between software and also the ability to read documents not just now, but in the future.
There are several key organisations who are working on these standards and how to maintain them.
An independent self-governing meritocratic entity, created by a large group of Free Software advocates, in the form of a charitable Foundation under German law (gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts).
OASIS Open is where individuals, organizations, and governments come together to solve some of the world’s biggest technical challenges through the development of open code and open standards.
These are supported by organisations such as the Digital Freedom Foundation (who have taken over the running of DFD), the Free software foundation Europe and many others, a list can be found on opensource.com
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Euclid telescope
The European Space Agency reveals the first stunning Euclid telescope images, showing the universe as you've never seen it before:
Read more here
The difference between the Euclid mission and the JWST
The full-colour photos offer the clearest glimpse yet of the cosmos, as the telescope continues its mission to unlock the mysteries of the furthest reaches of space known as the "dark universe".
Update March 25th 2025
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Operation Varsity (24 March 1945)
Operation Varsity (24 March 1945) was a successful airborne forces operation launched by Allied troops toward the end of World War II. Involving more than 16,000 paratroopers and several thousand aircraft, it is the largest airborne operation ever conducted on a single day and in one location.[Note 5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Varsity
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