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syn2cat at the 25th student’s fair

Nov

10

2011

We all tend to repeat the good things in our lives and so does syn2cat. On November 10th and 11th, the hackerspace was present at the 25th issue of the “Foire de l’Etudiant”. After the success of 2010, where we gained at least three new members, BEESECURE, the Luxembourgian operation for internet awareness raising, invited ...

Welcome

Nov

4

2011

… to the website of syn2cat, the hackerspace in Strassen, Luxembourg. If you’re new to the world of hackerspaces, take a moment or two to browse our About-us page. You may also choose to continue browsing our latest blog posts below this one or head straight on to our Wiki where we document all of ...

Mechanical binary adder by syn2cat hackerspace 1

Oct

22

2011

Several months of bending and soldering copper wires are gradually bearing their fruits. To be publicly unveiled at MNHN’s Science-Festival from November 10th through 13th, syn2cat’s 4-bit adder built entirely from copper wire, copper tubing, lead solder and marbles is nearing completion. Catch a first glimpse of this ball-machine con calculator in the following youtube ...

See how our Blinkentrees are made – Part 1

Oct

14

2011

Material for our Blinkentrees has been ordered and arrived. Blinkentrees are electronic Christmas trees which are sold on the X-Mas market in Strassen in December. Because a whole bunch of such trees are to be built, a strict plan is required to get them finished in time. Thus we will start the Blinkentree 2011 Project ...

Tweetup nächsten Donneschten am @syn2cat

Sep

30

2011

Short notice: den nächsten Donneschden ass am @syn2cat zu Stroossen (Hei mei infos zur Location) ass en Tweetup (Twitter Meetup). Du kanns dech op der Event Sait aschreiwen mat dengem Twitter username. (http://wiki.hackerspace.lu/wiki/Tweetup) Bis nächsten Donneschten am @syn2cat!

Hacking haunting hardware

Sep

19

2011

Early this month, more exactly on the 2nd of September from 7pm till around midnight, Strassen’s city council and their city youth committee organised the second iteration of their nighttime rallye through the nearby woods. Syn2cat was asked to support this event with some fancy decoration and did of course gladly accept the challenge. The ...

Syn2cat meets Shack 1

Aug

31

2011

On last Friday two hackers from Syn2cat hit the road to the Large Hacker Convention taking place in the Shackspace (the Stuttgart hackerspace) which didn’t just promise a lot but exceeded by far all expectations with a whole bunch of hacking activities in hard- and software (see pictures here). BUT hacking doesn’t necessarily mean that ...

syn2roadtrip to CCC 1

Aug

31

2011

A few hackers made a roadtrip to the Chaos Communication Camp in Finowurth, near Berlin. Along the road were a few visits to some hackerspaces and attractions including C4 in Cologne or Miniaturwunderwelt in Hamburg. You can see some snapshots in our little video feature. Enjoy

LHC2 – be part of it

Aug

24

2011

Dear fellow hackers, Syn2cat invites you to join us visiting the Shackspace in Stuttgart from August 26th to 28th when the Large Hacker Convention 2 takes place. What’s the Large Hacker Convention? The Large Hackerspace Convention Episode II should be exactly that. Hackerspaces and hackerspace-folks from all over Germany, Europe, the world, our galaxy, and ...

Coding Contest in its first edition

Aug

12

2011

Dear syn2cat reader, hackers & coders out there! This Saturday – tomorrow – will be the first edition of the official syn2cat Coding Contest, realized by destructive. Scraaatch! What is this about? Well you probably all know what a contest is and if not look it up on Wikipedia. Well coding is a synonym for ...