Farset Labs
Farset Labs is launching our 2014 Director Elections, with nominations open from the timestamp of this post until midnight on Sunday 17th August. Nominees must: Nominate themselves. Have been a member for at least three months (not neccessarily in one block). Email david@farsetlabs.org.uk (and CC admin@farsetlabs.org.uk) with Their name. Their ‘pitch’ which is 1000 characters maximum. (Suitability for role, […]
Last weekend we celebrated Farset Labs’ second birthday, and the arrival of our newest corporate member Intel, in traditional fashion: we threw a hackathon. Intel brought down a bunch of their new Galileo boards, a huge selection of components and the ever-necessary beer and snacks. With the ingredients in place for some serious hacking, we […]
At last month’s Town Hall, our proposal for the creation of a Non-Executive Manager (NEM) role within Farset was ratified unanimously by the community, and as such has been added to the Operations Manual (that link may break in the next few weeks, please let us know if we don’t notice it!). TL;DR NEMs are […]
So far we’ve run this crazy ship on the tireless input of a bunch of visionary volunteers. I am in a constant state of wonder and gratitude for this continued effort. Nobody asks for thanks in return but it’s always nice when the good karma pays off a little. The Hello World Foundation is kindly sending us […]
Our friends over at the University of Ulster have forwarded us some information regarding their PhD opportunities for the coming academic year. To apply you must complete an application before the 28th Febuary 2014 at http://www.compeng.ulster.ac.uk/rgs/guideForApplicants.php. Interviews would be in March and PhDs start in Sept/Oct. Here are a selection of proposals: Computer-based Simulations for Medical Training Dr […]
Just a quick note to clarify that CoderDojo is not on this week (today, 5:30pm), as we’re hosting our second Global Gam Jam starting from 4pm today until Sunday evening. The postponed session will take place next week (Friday 31st January) at the usual time of 5:30pm. Thanks everyone!
We’re very pleased to publicly announcee our new corporate member… [drum roll]… Intel. Welcome to the family! Intel hopes that supporting Farset Labs will help to build close relationships with the local technology community and open opportunities to collaborate on innovative projects. Similarly, we’re keen to act as a link between the industrial sector and […]
Folks, we just got word that there’s been a slow leak from the unit above us and it’s blown some circuits and appliances within the infrastructure (CCTV/Network/etc). Nothing major was lost or damaged but as a precaution until we can clear the rest of the grid, we’ll be tearing away at the electrics to make […]
Nominations are now closed for our Director Elections. In alphabetical order, our candidates are as follows: Ben Bland The maker movement is a primary axes of the current industrial revolution. So when I first met the current directors of Farset Labs, just before launch, I was eager to be involved. I could see then that […]
The last time round that we opened the Director elections, we probably didn’t do it at a great time…exams, holidays and general tomfoolery were all ensuing. Consequently, we’d like to reopen them and give people a second chance to become a Director of Farset Labs. Follow the guidelines from our previous post here and send your […]