- Maidstone Hackspace bi-weekly meetup Maidstone, business terrace @ 2015-12-02T17:30:00Z
- Maidstone Hackspace bi-weekly meetup Maidstone, business terrace @ 2015-12-16T17:30:00Z

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- Audio board
- Microscope
- Object avoiding robot
- Rocket Camera

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## Introduction

Hackspaces are a shared space where artists, designers, makers, hackers, programmers, tinkerers, professionals and hobbyists can work on their projects, share knowledge and collaborate.We are in the process of developing Maidstone Hackspace. We're previous members of (ICMP) and looking to form a new space in the future. At the moment, communication is via google groups, email, and the website. If you're at all intrested please join our mailing list and make yourself known!

## Proposed activities

- Workshop on building a mobile application which can run on ios and android,potentially game oriented for a bit of fun, but open to suggestions.
- Build an interactive splash screen to feature on this site.
- Suggest a new activity

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## Querying display information By Oliver Marks

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