Metaday 66

Einmal im Monat lädt das Metalab Vortragende aus aller Welt ein, bei uns von ihren Projekten und Ideen zu erzählen. Anschließend gibt es Platz für Lightning Talks, wo Besucher aktuelle Unternehmungen und Vorhaben vorstellen können, sowie ein Buffet und gemütliches Ambiente für Diskussion und Austausch.

The Metalab is glad to invite everyone interested to Metaday #66 on Friday, May 2 2014, 19:30 (20:00) at Metalab, Rathausstraße 6, downtown Vienna close to the city hall – free entry Hacking Down Under The Hackerspace Movement in Australia Lecturers:    Angus Gratton, projectgus.com @projectgus Hackerspaces have sprung up all over the world in the past decade, including on the other side of it! Angus Gratton is an embedded systems engineer and onetime hackerspace co-founder who lives in Melbourne, Australia. He will give an introduction to the Hackerspace and Makerspace scene in that faraway land. Expect blinking LEDs, robots, autonomous planes, and some discussion of cultural and political differences and local quirks. Even possibly a Nyan-O-Rail! http://www.hackmelbourne.org/ http://makehackvoid.com/ http://artifactory.org.au/ Lightning Talks Lightning Talks are an entertaining format of short lectures presenting current ideas, ongoing projects and particularly work-in-progress. The length of a talk is strictly limited to 5 minutes. You're invited to add your lightning talk below. Don't hesitate to apply even if you feel your presentation isn't perfectly formulated, this isn't expected for such rather spontaneous talks. Chronological order subject to change: Who? What? Beamer? record? * metachris: $something ✘ ✘ * amir: Neurocid ✔ ✔ * You: your talk ✘ ✔ Afterparty Buffet, Wine und Ambient/Downtempo Chillout Musik Kay tossed in this shouldn't called Afterparty b/c a party might scare people away to join in. Don't expect a "party party" (Thx godness!) or drunk ppl, rather a 'socializing', often with very nice chit-chats. Don't expect a sophisticated cold buffet and what not (sorry) rather spreads on sandwiches/dark bread with some vegies, mingling & nibbles. Good against premature drop outs of starving visitors. Provision of background music depends solely on the attendence of the one member that owns a transportable music playing device with a 3.5mm jack and who knows how to connect it to the PA. We normally have some bottles of excellent wine but usually lack intact adequade glasses. In light of the many risks and uncertainties you should understand that we cannot assure you that the forward-looking statements contained in this wiki page will be realized.