Recently we held a workshop to plan  an initial set of videos documenting projects, tools and the activities of the MakerSpace. In order to publicise the Basingstoke MakerSpace the committee felt that it would be a good idea to create a series of videos.  Our first efforts needs […]

Steve Hawtin demonstrated customising a pair of in-ear headphones at the Tuesday open evening on 20th August 2019. The material he employed was some “silicone moulding paste”.  This is available under the name “Gedeo Siligum” from Amazon, Hobbycraft and other retailers.  The resulting material is rubbery but resilient, […]

The third Thursday of each month is Pi night.  Normally we get together at 7pm, discuss the latest Pi news and answer any specific questions that members have about using Raspberry Pi or Arduino.  For August we had a specific project, implementing a Pi-hole on an old Pi […]

The Makerspace is joining up with Cafe-Sci to host a talk "A brief Tour of the Universe" by Tony Hersh, an amateur Astronomer and an active committee member of Newbury Astronomical Society. He will be taking us through some of the more recent findings in Astronomy and highlighting some of the mysteries and unexplained observations...

On the third Thursday of each month Basingstoke Makerspace members get together for "Pi Night”. This is an open meeting to  answer Raspberry Pi related questions.  Many people  buy a Raspberry Pi and leave it sitting in a drawer unused. Come along to the Makerspace and find what can be done with it. Our group...