The next Exeter Pi jam, takes place on Saturday, 3rd May, Rougemont room, Exeter Library.

Start 10am

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I went up to the Exeter Pi jam today and took my old AIY voice kit with me, spent some time with Trevor trying to get this working.

We downloaded the image from the AIY Projects website. As my version of this was, we think from 2017, (or that was the date on the magazine I got with it) then we tried the two images that were released for that year.

We downloaded and wrote the image fine, but both kernel panicked when booted, so further investigation needed.

Other projects included a weather station and a cycle helmet equipped with two cameras and some neopixel strips.

Next Event

• Next Exeter Pi Jam, Exeter Library. Sat 3rd May 10am to 12

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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

• OpenFest

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English Riviera Bike Nights

Paignton Seafront, The Esplanade, Paignton, Devon, TQ4 6ED

Opening Dates and Times

• English Riviera Bike Nights
• Dates 1 May 2024 – 25 Sept 2024
• Wednesday evenings

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Over the summer, there is going to be a significant astronomical event. that will take place in the constellation of Corona Borealis. The event is in fact a nova, and not a supernova. I asked on the Fediverse to clarity what is going to happen.

Just making this post so I can also share some related links to help clarify the difference between the various types of Nova event.

Links

• How to see T Coronae Borealis, the ‘brightest nova of the generation’
• Wikipedia – Nova
• Wikipedia – SuperNova
  • Type Ia supernova
• List of supernova candidates

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#Science,#Astronony,#Event,#Nova,#CoronaBorealis

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Today we had an update from Helen with her Advanced Lego car, this is going really well and can find objects and now turns to avoid them. It can also display information on orientation on a small LCD.

After giving the hot glue gun a quick clean and repair. This photo is posed as the glue gun is still plugged in.

We carried on with building the cars, we have been trying to build for the last few sessions. The main issue is lack of suitable resources and having to use bottle tops for wheels, kebab sticks for axels and then trying to fit it all together, when we also have either faulty or unsuitable switches, some don't work properly,, and along with motors have been soldered up too many times.

I also checked on my Copper Sulfate crystals I started last week, the liquid has now evaporated leaving some crystals in the dish, not ideal, but I need a much better way to do all this.

Next event

Saturday 9th March 2024

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The next Stem group event will take place on :

Date: Saturday Feb 24th 2024 Time: 10:30am to 15:00 Location: Paignton Library and Information Centre Room: 12

Please remember you need to bring your OWN resources such as wire, solder, glue sticks, components etc.

We can carry on with :-

• Robot car projects
• Have a look at the results of dropping a gummy sweet in to Vinegar
• Hopefully have a look at some Copper Sulfate crystals, I set this up on 17/2/2024
• Coding activities can still take place in the IT learning centre
• What ever else people bring along to the event.
  

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So today there were a total of 4 people who attended, Helen demonstrated various robots made from Lego. We also carried on making the poor man version with scraps of card, scraps of wire, motors and milk bottle tops. This method is NOT working, but it is ALL we have access to.

Cardboard Car 1

Cardboard Car 2

Lego car 1

This robot is mega advanced, has the ability to range find so it knows where it is in relation to obstacles, has a build in IP camera, and can move, by next meeting more features will be added. It also uses an IR remote control.

Something to aim for when you start building projects.

Lego car 2

This robot car just moves very fast across the room.

We also tried to do more chemistry but ended up just adding vinegar to bicarbonate of Soda.

I will try and get the Lego We do sorted out for next time, as I need time to pick up the Tablets, then will need help to get them to connect to the Lego via Bluetooth, which I struggle with.

Next Stem group meeting is on Saturday 24th Feb at Paignton Library, room 12, between 10:30 and 15:00.

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The next Stem group event will take place on :

Date: Saturday Feb 10th 2024 Time: 10:30am to 15:00 Location: Paignton Library and Information Centre Room: 12

We will probably carry on with the robot car we have been working on and see what people bring with them to showcase.

Please remember you need to bring your OWN resources such as wire, solder, glue sticks, components etc.

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We now have more details of the 2024 LibrePlanet conference, presented by the Free Software Foundation.

More details will be available in due course.

Links

• Free Software Foundation
  • LibrePlanet 2024
• Wentworth Institute of Technology

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