Terence Eden’s Blog

Reflections on #EMFcamp - a Science-Fact Convention

@edentemf emfcamp hack presentation · 650 words · read ~341 times.

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At a science-fiction convention, you queue for hours to hear a bit-part actor describe what it was like on the set of a forgotten sci-fi show. At a science-fact convention, you have a beer with a person who is literally changing the world with a laser cutter, some diodes, and a smattering of Python. Welcome to ElectroMagnetic Field! (I've stolen the subtitle from Ken MacLeod's description of Charles Stross's story Dechlorinating the Moderator.) I'm not one for camping. Or doing anything in a …