CrossRail Signaling – 5 March 2019 7:30pm

Where is my Train? – A talk by Kevin Roche The Elizabeth Line was supposed to be running through Central London by December 2018 but it isn’t. Many people are blaming the complex signalling systems. Are they right? Did a small problem in Mid Wales cause a more […]

Photography Interest Group – Tethering Workshop – Feb 2019

Amateur photographers are often unaware of the benefits of tethering to a computer. Digital images can be almost instantly viewed  on a larger screen once you tether to a laptop or tablet. You can spot issues with focus, lighting, posing or composition and reduce post processing using such rapid […]

7:30 pm Monday 15th October –   Photography Interest Group –  Water droplets! .

On Monday 15th October the photography interest group spent an evening photographing  water drops.   David who took the above picture said: “On Monday Basingstoke Makerspace held a ‘photographing drops’ session. I think this is my favourite shot of the night from my camera. It’s also given me […]

Board with Tech – 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM Wednesday 26th Sept 2018

Hosted by David H. From The Basingstoke Tech Scene The board game nights  at Basingstoke Makerspace have been going well, so we’re doing another one! The concept is simple, turn up, bring a game if you would like, and we all sit down and have some fun. We can’t promise […]

The Astrolabe – what it is, and how to make one

Before the 17th century the premier astronomical instrument was the astrolabe, an early ancestor of the slide rule, theodolite and planetarium.