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It's Wuthering Bytes month here at oomlout, and we're officially over the hump: the UK Maker Belt's premier technology event opens the doors of Hebden Bridge's Town Hall this Saturday with a day of talks from open hardware luminaries - including our friend and maker-academic Hannah Stewart.Hannah, a research associate at the Royal College of Art who concentrates on what she describes as "curiosity driven and making" has an interesting perspective to bring: while she's undeniably a maker herself, she's also a certified academic. Recently, she and colleague Andrew Sleigh produced an open set of UK makerspace data for Nesta,...

It's Wuthering Bytes month here at oomlout, and while we've talked plenty about the various marvellous talks scheduled for the week-long highlight of the UK Maker Belt technological event calendar we've been ignoring the workshops. Part of the Open Source Hardware User Group (OSHUG) annual OSHCamp event, Sunday the 27th of September will see Wuthering Bytes attendees participating in some very exciting projects - including the first public workshopping of a 3D-printed, Raspberry Pi-powered digital microscope with a single-micrometre sample positioning accuracy. Developed by University of Cambridge Junior Research Fellow Richard Bowman and demonstrated by his colleague and Winton Scholar...

It's Wuthering Bytes month here at oomlout, and we're increasingly excited about the UK Maker Belt's premier technology event - especially given the goodies that organisers Andrew Back and Tim Harbour have prepared for attendees. It's long been a Wuthering Bytes tradition to give out some form of electronic kit, and this year's week-long extravaganza is no different. Attendees of the OSHCamp portion of the event this year will get something very special: a custom-made, limited-edition soldering kit designed especially for the occasion by our friends at Boldport. We don't want to give too much away about its purpose, but...

As we count down the days to Wuthering Bytes, the UK Maker Belt's greatest - in both senses of the word - technology event, we'd like to draw attention to a talk which really resonates with us: 'How to Openwash Your Product and Make Your Millions' by our friend Ben Gray. Regular readers, and anyone with an interest in hobbyist robotics, will recognise Ben as the creator of the MeArm. Recently released as version 1.0, the MeArm is a low-cost laser-cut robotic arm designed primarily with hobbyists and education in mind. It's a wonderful device, made even more wonderful by...

As we count down the days to Wuthering Bytes, the UK Maker Belt's incredible week-long technology event, we're taking a look at some of the speakers and workshops that have caught our eyes. We're big believers in being able to hack, tinker, modify and improve the things around us. That's a big reason why we release our own product designs under open source licences, and why we love reading about projects like , repairing a kid's toy with a homebrew keyboard matrix, and even tips like labelling laser-cut parts to make assembly, trouble-shooting and repair of kits easier. We're not...