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You thought two hackers, one keyboard was bad? Just wait until you see what hollywood does to lockpickers. From no-contact lockpicking to real rocks in a fake keys, and from reasonably realistic heists to 'fuck it, we'll do it live', we'll overview the diverse manner in which lockpickers and lockpicking are portrayed in the media. about this event: https://c3voc.de

Traditional metal casting can make parts of very high strengths, and 3D printing can produce things quickly out of fragile plastic parts. However the two processes can be joined, to produce the mould from a home-made 3D printer for use to make traditional metal castings. This talk will focus on the use of 3D printed parts to make investment castings in Aluminium. about this event: https://c3voc.de

Back in the days when I was a professional, card-carrying scientist, I was fascinated by the various tools that were being developed to measure very small things, very precisely. This talk covers some of the ones that really stuck, the ones that make you go "Really?? That's possible?" about this event: https://c3voc.de

I will talk about my PhD which is on using metamaterials and transformation optics to create invisibility cloaks and perfect Imaging devices. (Working invisibility cloak prototypes will not be provided) about this event: https://c3voc.de

A defence of shitty scientific programming. I'd like to outline some of the issues that scientists learning to code on the job might face, and also acknowledge how learning some software engineering skills will help your science progress faster and more reproducibly, with a few (not original) ideas about what those helpful things might be. about this event: https://c3voc.de

A very quick demonstration of how to use Twilio in under ten minutes. Expect audience participation! about this event: https://c3voc.de

What's the world's favourite number? How do numbers unconsciously influence decision-making? And what has Eratosthenes got to do with spaceships? I'll answer all these questions and more in a one hour talk about my latest book. about this event: https://c3voc.de

A talk about the OpenKnit project, and a demonstration of a working prototype. about this event: https://c3voc.de

At BBC Research and Development, part of our job is to think about and demonstrate what radio might be like in the future. To do this effectively, we need to be able to quickly and cheaply show how our ideas would work on physical radio sets, because this is still how the majority of people listen. This talk is about techniques we've developed to do this, from helping people to describe what they want from a radio, to filtering out bad ideas ("cat wigs"), to prototyping experiences on physical devices using a Raspberry Pi and web technologies. about this event: https://c3voc.de

A talk about building UAVs, in particular quadrotors, from scratch, in an age where it's easy to buy them ready-made, or in kit form where you just have to plug a few components together. about this event: https://c3voc.de

A short talk on the legislative history of Disney World. It's not *quite* as boring as it sounds. about this event: https://c3voc.de

A talk about hackerspaces, the problems with them, and how you can help combat those problems. about this event: https://c3voc.de

A series of short, funny, geeky talks by people who know their stuff, hosted by Steve Cross. Family friendly and fun for everyone. about this event: https://c3voc.de

First, a quick overview of current hacker-friendly EEG systems. Then, a more in-depth look at how to hack together a robot army with the NeuroSky MindFlex and a Pinoccio microcontroller. about this event: https://c3voc.de

3D printing is opening up new opportunities to make complex or one-off objects. But makers need to think about materials: What materials can be used, how processing affects the properties, and the post-processing of fabricated objects. about this event: https://c3voc.de

An introduction in to how the Quasar lasertag game works, a very brief history (to put in to context the age of the base design), and some demonstrations of it in operation, and some recent enhancements added. about this event: https://c3voc.de

A talk about the ways in which the internet is being used all over the world by activists and others to try and win freedoms, and improve democracy. about this event: https://c3voc.de

Web applications that provide sensitive data must have perfect session management. This talk will show what problems and solutions there are using web standards that work anywhere. Did you know that many frameworks are doing it wrong? about this event: https://c3voc.de

Featuring some of the more well-known science-fiction shows such as Firefly, Stargate and Star Wars, I will explore some of the dilemmas featured, such as whether it is right to kill a man to secure a nation's peace, is it right to let many die to save the life of one and what ethical theories are used in these pieces, such as Utilitarianism or Kantian ethics. about this event: https://c3voc.de

At the moment there is a priestly cult around people who know the secrets of computers, we are treated well because we are scarce - like scribes in ancient Egypt, and we are similarly instruments of power, can we afford to ignore it? But what happens when *everyone* can do it? about this event: https://c3voc.de

Me and a Spanish guitar. My biggest enthusiasms in music are The Kinks and Snooks Eaglin, and it shows! about this event: https://c3voc.de

I'll perform bleepy electronic music with a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, keytar and vocoder. My set consists of pop covers, classic tracks from the PC and Amiga demo scene, and original music. about this event: https://c3voc.de

If a reporter wants to get the point across that certain people shouldn’t have access to a particular key, would it be wise for said reporter to then show that key to the world? Like the New York City subway key? The key to the subway? On the Internet?! This and other media fails will be shown. And maybe even one or two non-fail examples…. Several cases of key-copying-by-sight will be discussed with lots of pictures and videos. How this can happen will be explained, as well as what to do to prevent it. about this event: https://c3voc.de

Matt Westcott has followed the Spectrum's journey first-hand into obscurity and back again as an object of nostalgia - this is its story, told through personal experiences and a backdrop of world history. Learn how the ZX Spectrum served as a beacon of hope during the Sarajevo war, slipped under the Iron Curtain to find a new set of devotees, and sent its first tweet from an Oxford pub... about this event: https://c3voc.de

I find great satisfaction entering an aspect of the past and exploring the elements of how we communicate: radio! It's the culture that evolved nerdiness - let's explore our roots and why it still exists! about this event: https://c3voc.de

Fuzzy logic is used widely in electronic, engineering and robotic applications for dealing with uncertainty. However it is ill suited for certain types of problems, in which it doesn't model uncertainty with enough accuracy. This talk will give an overview of the emerging field of type-2 fuzzy logic, and how and what you can do with it in the real world today. about this event: https://c3voc.de

Due to the horrendous complexity of the British railway system, it is possible to buy more than one train ticket for a journey - for exactly the same trains - and save upwards of 70% on the cost of the ticket. Hear how this works and the site I built that helps you find these savings. about this event: https://c3voc.de

Ben Heck, famed retro console modder and youtube star, will be talking about how he recently miniaturised a ZX Spectrum to make it portable and playable on-the-go. He’ll also be talking about some of his other mods that have been widely publicised over the years. about this event: https://c3voc.de

Open data is a force that will change the world – we hope for the better. It's hard to imagine how we might scale society without it. I'll talk about the Open Data Institute's experiences at the front-line over the last 2 years, and what we think might happen next (I run the ODI). about this event: https://c3voc.de

Dr Jessica Barker is a security consultant often present in the media helping people to understand the threats they are exposed to. She’ll be talking about how we should be explaining risks rather than hiding them from users, allowing people to effectively manage their online activity and protect themselves. about this event: https://c3voc.de

We'll talk about the planning, design and construction of The·Grid, a large light and sound installation at EMF. We'll share a few stories from its development and talk about how you can write your own code to run on it, with examples. about this event: https://c3voc.de

Developed alongside PhD research into a new cryptographic protocol, Cryptris is a game that seeks to explain to the public the principles of asymmetric cryptography. The game explains the concepts of added randomness, cyclical operations and addition graphically to show how keys unlock messages. about this event: https://c3voc.de

Infrastructure supports people, and it needs maintained and secured. Come learn about the challenges of securing control systems, and how you can help no matter what your background. You will laugh and you will cry, and we'll give you the whole seat, but all you'll need is THE EDGE. about this event: https://c3voc.de

Videogames mash all media together with system design, making them inherently flexible in a way nothing else has ever been. Unfortunately, they're also tragically limited by over-dependence on industry and commercially appealing genres. I'll use mountain biking to unpick Super Hexagon, and then the pieces of both to unpick the divergence between the innate weirdness of videogames and the games industry's entrenched resistance to that. about this event: https://c3voc.de

A talk about the current state of security in internet-enabled embedded devices with a variety of sensors and actuators, from curtains through home automation systems to full-scale power plants. With plenty of actual examples. about this event: https://c3voc.de

The BaseBot is a set of laser cut templates, circuit boards and easily sourced standard hardware which acts as a base for experimentation and education with mobile physical computing. about this event: https://c3voc.de

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is among the oldest of Computer Science fields, dating back at least to the 1950s. In this talk I'll present a crash course in basic NLP, focusing on tools to perform document-level summarization and understanding. We'll use these techniques to make sense of the language people use on the web when describing beer. about this event: https://c3voc.de

Sex, drugs and rock and roll are ancient indulgences: we are hooked, and have been since the very beginning. Modern science has revealed why these "base" pursuits define our species. But moreover, scientific innovations have been used to revolutionise how we get laid, get high and rock out. Our highest intellectual achievements combined with our primal pursuits has led to countless spectacular outcomes that continue to change the experience of being human. about this event: https://c3voc.de

Tim and Mike will talk about a number of new advisories (to be released on the 29th), including remote root in a network device. about this event: https://c3voc.de

We'll cover all the basics of high altitude ballooning and share some stories from years of HAB experience. Designing your own flight, what you'll need, things to consider, and top tips to ensure a good result. As an added incentive, we'll be assembling and launching our own high altitude balloon right after the talk! Come and see a real HAB launch and stick around to watch us track it and receive telemetry live. about this event: https://c3voc.de

It begins! about this event: https://c3voc.de