[Noisebridge-discuss] The Hacker Space Olympics

[Felipe Sanches]

I dont want to see this idea die.

I would also mention that the demoparties (in the demoscene) are the closest
thing in the geek-world that I can think of that is similar to this idea.

In the demoparties, sometimes there is a "wild compo" category where people
do hacks on anything that does not fit the more traditional categories (such
as oldschool platform, 4k intros, etc) In the "wild" category we usually
have hacks that involve circuitry and/or repurposing all kinds of electronic
equipments. An example of it is the YouScope demo that is a C program that
generates stereo audio signals that are not really "audio", but instead they
work as electron beam controllers: you connect them to an oscilloscope and
set it up to XY-mode, so you can see amazing graphics on the osciloscope!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1eNjUgaB-g

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Christie Dudley <longobord at gmail.com>wrote:

> There's one thing not on these lists that I think should be:
>
> *repurposing things*
>
> To me, a fundamental element of hackerdom is getting things to do things
> that were never intended.  We've done this with everything from power point
> presentations to software to electronic assemblies.
>
> Another interesting twist: a collaboration competition, where individuals
> form teams with people not from their own hackerspace.  The hackerspace with
> individuals participating in the most successful collaborations win.
>
> Christie
> _______
> ""Battle not with monsters lest ye become a monster;
> and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes into you." - Friedrich
> Nietzsche
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:41 AM, davidfine <d at vidfine.com> wrote:
>
>> There's nothing like a little competition to bring out the best in
>> nerds. I'll be out of school, keep me posted-
>> --D
>>
>> On 5/23/10 8:47 PM, Alex Handy wrote:
>> > This was brought up at Maker Faire. It was as if all of the spaces had
>> been formulating a similar idea, and at the Faire, the idea burbled to the
>> surface from multiple sources.
>> >
>> > There's absolutely nothing planned yet, just ideas. And that's what this
>> discuss thread is for: Ideas.
>> >
>> > Where and when could such an event take place? What skills should be
>> tested and how? Should it be an event at a conference, or something that
>> travels from space to space every year? What should the interval be? What
>> would we call it?
>> >
>> > FYI, it cannot be called "The Hacker Space Olympics" as the word
>> "Olympics" is uber-trademarked by act of Congress... Yes really.
>> >
>> >
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