Hey everyone out there reading this, HackerspaceSG needs your help. We are going into the RED and will not be able to sustain HackerspaceSG very much longer (read 1 month more) if we don’t increase our membership, and get members to pay for their memberships.

Here’s what we need your help with:

  1. Spread the world about HackerspaceSG and how awesome we are!
    In 1 sentence, HackerspaceSG is a physical space with unlimited possibilities, absolutely no boundaries, for you to do anything you want – from hosting community meetups to getting your startup going; from Arduino hardware hacking to software development; from organizing hardware hacking courses to software development courses; from dancing and music to drinks, parties and chilling out with the coolest people in Singapore.
  2. If you are interested to help out HackerspaceSG, join us as a member!
    All we’re asking is SGD$128 a month, and if we get MORE members, we’ll reduce our memberships for everyone to only SGD$64 a month. We’re not here to make money, just pay the bills. Check out http://hackerspace.sg/readme-txt/membership/ for more information and benefits.
  3. If you’re already an existing member, PLEASE PAY YOUR MEMBERSHIP!
    We don’t run for free. We have rent to pay, we have drinks to buy for you guys. So please, pay your membership regularly.
  4. Donate or sponsor us to help us survive!
    You can donate or sponsor us as a one time donation to help us keep going. Contact me and I’ll get you hooked up with the right people. You can find more information at http://hackerspace.sg/readme-txt/donations/.

Help HackerspaceSG. Help the Communities. Help the Revolution of Ideas.

 

It’s time for another year of Community Technology Update 2012 of Microsoft technologies, happening on 7th January 2012 (Saturday) at Plug-In@Blk71. Do join us!

Here are some of the topics (I’ll be speaking on HTML5 for ASP.NET Developers):

  • New Active Directory functionality in Windows Server 8
  • Windows 8 to go and other Windows 8 new features
  • Building blocks of Private Cloud (Product from both Microsoft and other vendor will be covered)
  • Build and Deploy Lightswitch Application on Windows Azure
  • HTML5 for ASP.NET Developers
  • How Office 365 help SME
  • Migration of exchange on-premises to Office 365
  • Microsoft Lync 2010: Technology over and extensibility of Lync
  • Maximizing SharePoint 2010 with Office 2010

For more abstract about this topic, click here.
For registration instructions, click here.Early Bird registration will end on 4th Jan 2012, so get your registration in TODAY!!!

Date 07th January 2012
Time 0900 – 1730 hrs
Venue Plug-In@Blk71
Blk71 Ayer Rajah Crescent
#02-18
Singapore 139951
Registration Fees $12 (Early-birds)
$20 (Walk-ins)

Why you should attend this event:

  • To learn about the new generation “8” product.
    (Windows 8 and Windows Server 8 will be covered)
  • To learn about Windows 8 and Dev12 devolvement
  • A great chance to network around with IT Pros and Dev in Singapore

Who should attend this event:

  • IT Professionals
  • Developers
  • Database Administrators
  • Essentially you, as you’re one of the user group members!

For instruction to register to this event, go to http://www.sgdotnet.org/events/CTU2012/Pages/Registration.aspx

To find out more about the event, go to http://www.sgdotnet.org/events/CTU2012/Pages/default.aspx
To find out how to get to the venue, go to http://www.sgdotnet.org/events/CTU2012/Pages/Venue.aspx
To find out why you need to pay for the event and other questions, go to http://www.sgdotnet.org/events/CTU2012/Pages/FAQ.aspx

 

Another exclusive game for the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY! KONAMI’s renowned football series, has been launched exclusively on Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY and is now available in Singapore.

PES 2012 features improvements from its predecessor, including enhanced player AI, speed, animation and physics, as well as optimised PlayStation Certified controls to provide the fullest gaming experience.

PES 2012 will enjoy a short exclusive on Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY before being launched on other Android devices.

 

HackerspaceSG is once again mentioned in an article! Titled “The making of Southeast Asian silicon valleys: the perspective of the geeks” by Zane Kripe from the International Institute for Asian Studies, it seems BarCamp Singapore (organized by Preetam Rai) and HackerspaceSG are one of the central triggers in igniting the explosion of geekdom in SEA.

It’s a very interesting read. What do you think?

 

On September 16-17, 2011, Lenovo will be holding its first ever 24-hour Code-a-thon in Singapore for Android developers who are ready to “DO the Extraordinary”!

Competitors will be tasked to create applications in 24 hours on the Android platform for the new Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet K1 or the ThinkPad Tablet. The winner will get a cash prize of S$3,000 plus two Lenovo Tablets. An additional Lenovo Tablet will be awarded as a special prize for applications that are developed for Lenovo customers.

Winners will also have an opportunity to work directly with MobiHand, leading distributor of software and content for mobile devices, to publish their application to the Lenovo App Shop.

 

What’s possibly the most calming yet nerve-racking job in the world? Come behind the scenes of the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art to find out!

I’ve always been fascinated by the amount of work and science that goes into conservation of art work. You can learn more about the hard work taking place to keep these works alive and on display at http://www.asia.si.edu/research/dcsr/

 

A message from Anonymous, the hacker group that rose to fame by bringing down Sony PSN and other major industry players, is being distributed around stating their next target is Facebook, dubbed Operation Facebook. The reason is to fight for choice and informed consent, which Facebook only provides a false sense of privacy and security.

Do you agree with them and their actions?

You can find out more:
https://twitter.com/OP_Facebook
http://piratepad.net/YCPcpwrl09
Irc.Anonops.Li #OpFaceBook

Update: Apparently not the entire collective of Anonymous is behind this operation, based on 2 of the many twitter accounts Anonymous has, GroupAnon and AnonOps. It still remains to be seen if it is a hoax or if it will be an actual attack. Mark November 9th on your calendars, because you should be watching closely.

 

Mr. Chew V Ming (right), Editor of STOMP, ostracized the Google Android Platform not once but twice during his award speech at SiTF Awards 2011 – winning both the Mobile Applications and the Judges’ Choice Award for STOMP’s mobile app. He repeatedly blames the Google Android Platform for “being difficult to develop for“, and prefers iOS over everything else. He also regrets ever developing on the Google Android Platform. He then repeatedly urge everyone that iOS is the future for Mobile apps.

I guess this is what you can expected from an Editor of STOMP.

 

Autodesk 123D is a free 3D modeling app currently in beta for Windows that’s very similar to Google Sketchup. It’s a stripped down version of Autodesk Inventor bundled with lots of free 3D models and content for you to start your design instead of from a blank sheet. After designing your model, you can export the design and fabricate it with one of Autodesk’s fabrication partners or use your own 3D printer. By the way, we have a makerbot 3D printer at HackerspaceSG. Check it out if you’re interested.

 

CubeSpawn is an open source hardware project. Its intended purpose is to “open source” a design for a flexible manufacturing system and design its components in such a way as to make the system capable of making most of its own parts. Frames, made from popular and widely available aluminum extrusion, are used to house machines that perform one step of a manufacturing process.

With a bootstrapping (self starting) path to automated production built from open source designs, digital fabrication, and low cost fab-lab style manufacturing, individuals and small organizations can take advantage of contributed designs to rapidly provide commercial grade capabilities at DIY costs.

Designs for laser cutting, coordinate measuring machines, mills, routers and other fabrication equipment are already available open source, a framework to add interchangeability, automation and compatibility should simply accelerate the process of integrating these designs.

Now that you know roughly what CubeSpawn is, they need your votes for the “Create the Future Design” contest by TechBriefs to win the grand prize and get funding to start this off the ground.

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