3rd Ipswich Makerspace Raspberry Jam
Event Information
Description
The Raspberry Pi isn't just about a piece of hardware. It's enabling people to develop a career in computing, gain confidence in their skills and showcase talent. So if you are new to the Raspberry Pi or want to see how it can be used to automate your home, drive a robot - or even make your job as a truck driver easier, then please do come along.
This is the third Raspberry Jam for Ipswich and we are opening up the event as a single all day session and your ticket gives you access to the whole event. The venue is The Waterfront Building at the University of Suffolk and free parking is on-site in the Long St Car Park. All children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. While the actual running order for workshops and presentations has not been finalised yet, we wanted to give you access to tickets before they sell out.
This event is not just for young people, if you are an adult looking for a change of career or a student of the University of Suffolk, you are going to find lot's of information and inspiration at this event. There will be a market place for sellers as well as some projects by local students, Makerspace members and young people that have made some cool stuff!
The session will run from 10am until 4pm on the 8th October and will feature several talks and lots of show and tell stands and for the first time two Workshops. All this and a marketplace with lots of Raspberry Pi related components, so you can go home and get started straight away.
You will have the opportunity to ask lots of questions from Raspberry Pi experts and even purchase Raspberry Pi's and components whilst you are there.
Please visit our site at www.ipswichraspberryjam.co.uk for full information about the event.
Please note, children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Organiser Ipswich Makerspace
Organiser of 3rd Ipswich Makerspace Raspberry Jam
Ipswich Makerspace is a Suffolk based group of like minded makers who get together to learn, build and experiment with a huge variety of hardware, software, and technology in general.
Less Brief
Our aim is to share knowledge, show off our skills and inspire each other to new heights of inventiveness. There’s never been a better time to be interested in technology due to the amazing array of tiny devices that can be hooked together to do amazing things. In fact, over the last few years a global movement of hackers, makers and fixers have sprung up doing extraordinary things with technology.
Everyone has heard of 3D printers by now, but modern makers also have access to low cost CNC machines and laser cutters. Machines that used to be for specialist industries only have found their way into garages, sheds and spare rooms all over the world. This comes at a time when there’s a drive to recycle, upcycle, repurpose, reuse and repair; anything to avoid landfill.
The final thread is the open source movement where not only software developers but hardware developers too have thrown open their efforts to be duplicated and modified in a continuous cycle of innovation and improvement. This is where makerspaces and hackspaces live, places to fix the unfixable and build the unlikely, a place to learn skills and share skills.
