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31C3 Congress Everywhere

Dec

21

2014

Live broadcast of the talks from the biggest European hacker conference. Keeping the tradition, now in the new Level2 hackerspace, syn2cat proposes live transmissions from the 31th Chaos Communication Congress. Everyone (also non members) is welcome to our cosy couch chilling area. Beware that seating is limited, so first come first seated. No towels to ...

Official Inauguration of Level2

Sep

5

2014

After a long and cumbersome search, the syn2cat has finally found a new place to be. Those closely following the wiki or location pages will already know. The newly created hackerspace is called Level2 and is located on the 2nd floor on 87 route de Thionville in Luxembourg/Bonnevoie, the same building hosting a multitude of ...

Der Verein syn2cat auf der Suche nach einem neuen Zuhause 2

May

27

2014

Seit 2009 betreibt syn2cat einen “Hackerspace” im früheren Schulpavillon in Strassen. In diesen Räumlichkeiten begegneten sich bisher ICT- und Technik-begeisterte aus ganz Luxemburg und der benachbarten Großregion, um zu programmieren, zu werkeln und zu tüfteln, tollkühne Geräte zu erfinden oder einfach, um sich über ihre vielseitigen Interessen und ihren Wissensstand auszutauschen. Doch wie lange noch? ...

Food hacking event with foodhacking base

Jan

20

2014

Frantisek Apfelbeck and Eunha Jun from foodhackingbase had a trip through european hackerspaces and on short notice we managed to gather people for a 2 day hacking event around kefir making and korean cooking. The first day (friday 17 january) was focussed around how to create your own kefir culture. The second, and most interisting, ...

Successful 30th Chaos Communication Congress video streaming

Jan

12

2014

The traditional live transmission of the biggest hacker congress in Europe has been successfully run during the 4 days of the conference. The 30th anniversary of the congress had for one no motto as was explained in the opening keynote. The hacker world is speechless after all the revelations by E. Snowden. Many talks also ...

Christmas Market 2013

Dec

26

2013

It has already become a tradition that syn2cat is present at the annual Strassen Christmas Market. This year it was on 13th and 14th december. Trying to be innovative and present every year something new, we had the ultimaker at our booth. After the last year’s success, there were also glowpins on sale, which gained ...

Science Festival 2013

Nov

21

2013

Science Festival 2013’s main theme was water, so syn2cat researched how we could hack something as common as H2O. We found that non-newtonian fluids were a great subject, especially corn starch mixed with water (called oobleck). The planning consisted of preparing several essential experiments and some accompanying optional bonus items. We would like to thank the ...

makerbot thingomatic build-up

Oct

31

2013

At hack.lu we got a great present from kd85: a brand new Thing-o-matic Makerbot, complete with heated, automated build platform. As soon as the conference was over, we rushed to our beloved space to start putting it all together. Here are some pictures taken during the construction. Most of them from unpacking, after that, hands ...

syn2cat at hack.lu

Oct

28

2013

Last week we had our booth at the annual hack.lu conference. We showed the ultimaker printing various items. Also shapeoko and some quadrocopters completed the setup. The fog screen was rebuild and displayed the current time in mid air while distributing moisture throughout the big room. A fridge full of Club Mate waited for the ...

Decrypting network traffic at the hackerspace

Oct

3

2013

You know the VU meter showing the network traffic on our Internet connection. The needle also bounces when the hackerspace is empty. Looking a bit more closely shows that it’s mostly encrypted traffic. What is going on here? To store our members credentials and information for our WiFi network and our Openduino lock system, we ...