Linden Lab, the people behind Second Life have their UK base right here in Brighton, so we’re delighted to announce the support of such a huge international name and local company to boot.
As well as donating some of their fab glowing cubes for the Arduino workshop, Linden are sponsoring USSU’s Saturday staffing costs (we’re still [...]

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Original photo by The GC Four
Breakfast and registration for BarCampBrighton2 opens at 10am on Saturday 15th March. The introductory talks start at 11am and the first talk of the day is scheduled for 12pm.
You’ll need to make your way to the University of Sussex, Falmer campus and head for Falmer House which is the Student [...]

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At BarCamp it’s traditional to show a film that illustrates the ethos of BarCamp and then for everyone to briefly introduce themselves. At the UK ‘camps that I’ve attended, this has been in the “three tags” format; i.e. you say the three things that most interest you.
Due to the number of people attending this BarCamp [...]

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Photos by Tantek, Roland, chesh2000 and Ian
BarCampBrighton is an unconference where every attendee is a participant. The schedule for the two days is empty until you arrive and the grid starts to get filled with the talks and sessions that you’ll be giving.
If this is your first time, this can all sound a bit daunting! [...]

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Photo by Nicholas Zambetti
Lincoln Smith, a Sussex University researcher, will be doing a session or two on Arduino, the open-source electronics prototyping platform aimed at artists, designers, hobbyists and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.
He’s going to purchase a number of the boards and bring them along to BarCamp where you’ll be able [...]

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