Category Archives: Events

3D printing design workshop

Allan Third will show you how to make your 3D creations using Fusion360 (https://www.autodesk.co.uk/products/fusion-360/personal) including tips and insights on what works best for the perfect 3D model. Here you can find a recording of the session:

Circuit making workshop

This workshop is the first of a new exciting season of virtual workshops for the Knowledge Makers!!! What: Ever wondered how you can create tidy circuit boards for your projects? Tiff Leek will tell us about her experience and she will run a hands-on workshop using KICAD (https://kicad-pcb.org/) creating a small circuit board from scratch and exploring a more […]

A very maker Christmas

When: 5th December 12.00-14.00 Where: The Library Atrium We are looking for all like-minded makers, crafters, hackers and tinkerers or just curious people to join us at the Library. If you have a passion, you made or you’re working on something and you would like to showcase it bring it over! (if you can let […]

Game Design Workshop

Join Christina Myers, a 3rdyear PhD student in KMI, and learn how to design a video game from scratch. In this workshop, you will learn to use a game design engine which was used to make 70 of the top 100 games in the U.S. Apple App Store! You will spend about an hour learning the […]

Cracking the Code – Enigma and the Bombe

Streaming is available on: http://stadium.open.ac.uk/3213 Facebook streaming here! https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=419637695272050 Helen Jarvis from the Turing-Welchmann Bombe Rebuild Trust is going to be with us and she will show us the amazing story of the Enigma machine and the Bombe rebuild project which was completed by a dedicated team of volunteers and which is helping preserve one […]

A very Knowledge Makers Christmas (aka Knowledge Makers v6.0)

Join us on a two hours Hacky Christmas celebration at the Library Atrium on the 6th December! Where: Library Atrium When: 6th December 12.00-14.00 Please bring whatever your making with you!!! For any special requirement please let us know and we will try to work it out!

Making code Workshop

Ever wanted to start making things with your hands but never got round to learn code? Are you asked to do code in your research and you don’t know where to start? That’s the place! Join us for this [Knowledge makers + OU Research Software Engineering] workshop to learn the basics of coding in Python […]

Big Data Cluster workshop

In collaboration with the Open University Research Software Engineers group, we are happy to host this workshop introducing you to one of the great facilities available around the Open University. You will have a hands-on introduction to using the Big Data Cluster, you will hear real-life experiences and you will see first hand how you […]

Knowledge Makers v5.0 + Special Keynote!

We are thrilled to announce that on the 27th of September we will have a special Knowledge Makers (v5.0) with a VIP keynote speaker. Philip Colligan CEO of the Raspberry Pi Foundation! Agenda Thursday 27th September 13:00-14:30 Berrill Lecture Theatre Mezzanine Raspberry Pi Research Showcase The showcase will feature demos, videos, posters and hands-on sessions […]

MAZI impact workshop

Our fellow Knowledge Makers are part of the MAZI project (http://www.mazizone.eu/) and next Friday they are running a MAZI impact workshop in Deptford http://www.mazizone.eu/pilot-studies/creeknet/ and they are calling out for fellow makers to join them! Where Creekside Discovery Centre, 14 Creekside, Deptford, SE8 4SA When Friday 20th July 10.30-17.00 How: 10:30 – 11:00      Introduction to […]