Wuthering Bytes 2024

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Science, Software, Technology & You!

The Wuthering Bytes social event will be hosted at Nelsons, a plant based wine bar, restaurant and venue just down the hill from the Birchcliffe Centre, in the middle of Hebden Bridge town centre. There will be DJ sets from Loula Yorke — who is also giving a talk at Festival Day — and Cosmic Jane. With a great selection of drinks available and of course Nelsons famously fantastic vegan food. Please see their website for details of the menu.

The social is not ticketed and the event is open to all. However, Nelsons is a popular venue and in an effort to help ensure that those coming along to Festival Day can get a table at which to eat, we have a block booking for part of the venue. With limited tables the way this will work is that a dinner reservation ticket can be purchased and then redeemed on the evening for £10 credit towards the food bill.

The annual conference of the Open Source Hardware User Group, featuring talks and hands-on workshops covering a diverse range of topics related electronics, hardware hacking, open source, tools, techniques and more.

Tickets are priced at £12 per day and this includes a light lunch and refreshments.

The call for participation closes on 30th April and to submit a talk proposal, please use this form.

The programme will be announced and tickets will go on sale in due course.

The annual conference of the Open Source Hardware User Group, featuring talks and hands-on workshops covering a diverse range of topics related electronics, hardware hacking, open source, tools, techniques and more.

Tickets are priced at £12 per day and this includes a light lunch and refreshments.

The call for participation closes on 30th April and to submit a workshop proposal, please use this form.

The programme will be announced and tickets will go on sale in due course.

Bridge Rectifier is a co-operative hackerspace — a.k.a. hacklab, hackspace or makerspace — located in Hebden Bridge. We have a workshop at 2-4 Stubbing Holme Road (just opposite Whitehead's scrapyard entrance), with facilities that include hand tools, soldering equipment and a laser cutter. Members interests and activities are varied and include electronics, programming, mechanical design, science, art, craft and right to repair.

On Wednesday 28th August we will be hosting an open evening to coincide with Wuthering Bytes and all are welcome, whether potentially interested in joining Bridge Rectifier or just in town for the festival and you'd like to say hello! Please note that booking is not necessary.

Fancy learning a new skill? Want access to a high quality laser cutter? Come along to a free workshop at Bridge Rectifier to learn basic computer-aided design and laser cutting. No previous experience or equipment needed!

• Laser-cutting can be used for: artwork, attractive cases, mechanical components and special mountings…
• Materials include: acrylic sheet, wood, cardboard and paper…
• Produce your own piece to take away, free of charge.

This introduction aims to introduce people to the software and methods used for laser cutting, and showcase potential ideas that people can apply later - to a wide range of artistic or technical projects using similar equipment.

Five sessions are being hosted throughout the day, with the first starting at 10:00 and and the last at 15:30.

There is no charge for taking part, but registration is required!