Our American member Kenn has spent the last months fascinating everyone with his projects on unmanned autonomous vehicles, be they quadcopters or airplanes. So his offer to run a workshop on building your own little quadcopter was extremely well recieved. 12 hackers jumped at the chance and after a few trials and travails, hardware for ...

It happens again, the well-known annual Chaos Communication Congress, all about technology, society and utopia. For 29 years already, hackers are encouraged to contribute by volunteering, setting up and hosting hands-on events with the other components of their assembly or presenting their own projects to fellow hackers. During four days from December 27th to 30th ...

We introduced a simple qrcode system and some stickers already found their way on to items. Check out the one on the makerbot. Stickers for members’ use are hanging on the office locker. What can be done with the stickers? The sticker says “Property of” with the syn2cat logo. That should be clear. It’s syn2cat ...

My, oh my, back to the hackerspace! What will I find when I get there? Hmm… a few too many keys were awaiting me when I came back to Lux. Who remembers what keys are for where after 15 months? (Hint, it’s probably not the Roadster key. But that one was in my pocket, too.) ...

Hacker ist nicht gleich Hacker. Herauszufinden, warum das so ist und wie man diesen Begriff korrekt definieren sollte, ist sehr schwer, da unter anderem in den Medien des öfteren die Herren und Damen, die dieser Gruppe angehören, alle in einen Topf geschmissen werden. Hält man dann auch noch den Deckel drauf, dann braut sich ein ...