Potteries Hackspace

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We’re going to Stoke Comic Con

 Sep 5, 2014 | Comments

You’ll be delighted to know that Potteries Hackspace will be present as an exhibitor at the ‘Stoke Con Trent‘ Comic Con event.

Stoke Con Trent is a comic and memorabilia exhibition in Stoke-on-Trent on Sunday 28th September 2014.



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How to become a hackspace member

 Sep 4, 2014 | Comments

It’s great that you’re interested in joining the us! We’re as excited as you are!



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EMF Camp 2014

 Sep 1, 2014 | Comments

You’ll be happy to know that Potteries Hackspace were in attendance at EMF Camp 2014.

Electromagnetic Field (aka EMF Camp) is a festival like no other. It’s not about bands or artists, or even music. It’s about people like you and I, hackers, makers, engineers, programmers, scientists, gamers, geeks, nerds… whatever your thing is, there’s something for you. Think Hackspace meets Glastonbury.

Hosted in a field Milton Keynes and on this weekend (Friday 29th until Sunday 31st).

Although there’s been a few festivals similar to this across the globe, this is only the second time the EMF Camp has taken place. It was last on in 2012. I missed out and wasn’t going to miss out again.



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Free Open Hack Nights

 Aug 27, 2014 | Comments

Our free open hack nights are every Tuesday evening from 7PM onwards.

The Hackspace is always FREE on Tuesday nights 7PM.



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PirateBox Offline FileSharing Dead Drop

 Aug 16, 2014 | Comments

There’s now a PirateBox Dead Drop setup at Potteries Hackspace.

**What are dead drops?

** A USB dead drop is a USB device installed in a public space. For example, a USB flash drive might be mounted in an outdoor brick wall and fixed in place with fast concrete or cement. The name comes from the dead drop method of espionage communication. The devices can be regarded as an anonymous, offline, peer-to-peer file sharing network.

What’s a PirateBox?

A PirateBox is a portable electronic device, often consisting of a Wi-Fi router and a device for storing information, creating a wireless network that allows users who are connected to share files anonymously and locally. By definition, this device is disconnected from the Internet.



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