syn2cat

UAV workshop

Jan

24

2013

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 ...

Not at Not my Department

Dec

20

2012

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 ...

christmas-market strassen 2012

Dec

16

2012

As every year, syn2cat animated a booth at the local christmas market in Strassen. Selling our well known Glühmate which is the Club Mate Winter Edition heated to a nice hot temperature. Tastes really well. And of course, with a bit of rhum the glory beverage is best. Also available a new edition of our ...

qrcodes at syn2cat

Dec

9

2012

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 ...

transparent and ethical fund management

Oct

14

2012

syn2cat is an organization almost completely funded by its members. As such, it’s our responsibility to manage those funds in the most equal, ethical and transparent way as possible. In the past couple of weeks, we have spent some effort into improving the ways we’re handling your funds, making sure they’re being invested where and ...

collision detection: workshops and talks all around

Sep

3

2012

We are going to start the school year by having a Radioshow on RadioAra on the 15th of September 2012. Muling & Thierry will be live on 103.3, 105.2 FM and ara.lu so tune in and get the latest news on what is going on @ syn2cat’s Hackerspace. So what’s new in 2012/2013: Many talks ...

homecoming

Jul

4

2012

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.) ...

haxogreen 2012 as seen by BEE SECURE [German]

Jun

21

2012

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 ...

July 26th-29th :: haxogreen 2012

May

12

2012

After more than 80 satisfied campers in 2010, the long awaited third iteration of HaxoGreen – our 4-day outdoor summer camp – is finally here! Hackers and hackerspace-folks from all over Europe meet again for an informal exchange of knowledge. We combine socialising in the green nature with education covering topics about security, open ...

AtariST – The past catches up

Mar

4

2012

From the oppression of overscan and its liberation to the wide Parallax Distorter, the attendees of the AtariST workshop were impressed that the Atari was– and still is– amazing! We, the younger generation that has not come into contact with computers like the Atari or Amiga, travelled back in time to the 80’s and were ...