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Jake Howard 2017-08-07 09:55:52 +01:00
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date: 2017-08-02 date: 2017-08-02
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One of my highlights of the whole week was on Wednesday, a cyber security talk from Dr Denis Nicole, a lecturer at the university. As soon as I saw this talk on the calendar, I knew I had to be there! The talk went into great detail on the NSAs PRISM project, and the various other communication-tapping schemes by other governments. One of my highlights of the whole week was on Wednesday, a cyber-security talk from Dr Denis Nicole, a lecturer at the university. As soon as I saw this talk on the calendar, I knew I had to be there! The talk went into great detail on the NSA's PRISM project, and the various other communication-tapping schemes by other governments.
This was the day the finishing touches were done to the arena in the cube. Now that the scaffolding was completely setup, we needed to setup lighting, screens, and the gopro we'd mount to the lighting rig. Setting up lighting is infact much harder than it seems, as the axis of movement are relative to the light rather than me. This was the day the finishing touches were done to the arena in the cube. Now that the scaffolding was completely setup, we needed to setup lighting, screens, and the gopro we'd mount to the lighting rig. Setting up lighting is in fact much harder than it seems, as the axis of movement are relative to the light rather than me.
## GoPro ## GoPro
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### Update Mechanism ### Update Mechanism
During the kit setup, and students started to use it more and more, we discovered an issue in the underlying setup. The robot system didnt correctly detect when a board was disconnected, and attempted to connect to it, which obviously caused an error. The fix for this was to clear the list of boards every time the robot restarted, but this required changing to each Pi, and we had no update mechanism. During the kit setup, and students started to use it more and more, we discovered an issue in the underlying setup. The robot system didn't correctly detect when a board was disconnected, and attempted to connect to it, which obviously caused an error. The fix for this was to clear the list of boards every time the robot restarted, but this required changing to each Pi, and we had no update mechanism.
The way we handled updating was to take teams Pis and power boards, connect them to a display, and install the new software manually. This was simple as we distribute everything as a `.deb` file, but was still annoying! It was at this time we discussed potential solutions, including private Wi-Fi networks, and update files on USB drives, however we were never able to implement them. The way we handled updating was to take teams Pi's and power boards, connect them to a display, and install the new software manually. This was simple as we distribute everything as a `.deb` file, but was still annoying! It was at this time we discussed potential solutions, including private Wi-Fi networks, and update files on USB drives, however we were never able to implement them.

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date: 2017-08-03 date: 2017-08-03
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Almost the entirity of Thursday was spent in the cube. We slowly moved teams over to the cube so they could start testing strategy out in our arena. Some teams moved over right at the start of the day, others didnt move over until far later. Almost the entirety of Thursday was spent in the cube. We slowly moved teams over to the cube so they could start testing strategy out in our arena. Some teams moved over right at the start of the day, others didn't move over until far later.
As teams moved into the cube, the arena became crowded, as multiple teams tried to use it at once. Borrowing an idea from SR, I decided to run _Tinker Time_, where teams had to book time slots in the arena, so it wasnt quite so crowded. As teams moved into the cube, the arena became crowded, as multiple teams tried to use it at once. Borrowing an idea from SR, I decided to run _Tinker Time_, where teams had to book time slots in the arena, so it wasn't quite so crowded.
## _Birthday of the Busse_ ## _Birthday of the Busse_
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I can't take the credit for the idea, but I can for the execution. As I was the one running tinker time, I informed students of our plan, quietly, then we called Andy into the room for an unrelated reason, and I took to the stage: I can't take the credit for the idea, but I can for the execution. As I was the one running tinker time, I informed students of our plan, quietly, then we called Andy into the room for an unrelated reason, and I took to the stage:
> Is there an Andy Busse in the audience? Andy, a little, Alistair-sized birdy told me it was your birthday yesterday. And so, from everyone here from Sourcebots, SmallPiece, and everyone else in the room, we'd like to wish you a happy birthday. Now, I you all know the words, so, 1, 2, 3... > Is there an Andy Busse in the audience? Andy, a little, Alistair-sized birdie told me it was your birthday yesterday. And so, from everyone here from Sourcebots, SmallPiece, and everyone else in the room, we'd like to wish you a happy birthday. Now, I you all know the words, so, 1, 2, 3...
And so, all the students and staff proceeded to sing him _Happy Birthday_. I neglected to consider filming this, but needless to say Andy wasn't exactly thrilled with his oh-so public celebration. And so, all the students and staff proceeded to sing him _Happy Birthday_. I neglected to consider filming this, but needless to say Andy wasn't exactly thrilled with his oh-so public celebration.
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During the lightning talks at the formal dinner later that evening, Andy hatched and executed his cunning plan for revenge. As the original idea was Alistair's, he was the target. During the lightning talks at the formal dinner later that evening, Andy hatched and executed his cunning plan for revenge. As the original idea was Alistair's, he was the target.
Unknown to Alistair, we moved our development robot over to the formal meal, and intended to get him to do a lightning talk on it. These talks were not only done infront of all those that were in the cube, but also esteemed members of the University. Unknown to Alistair, we moved our development robot over to the formal meal, and intended to get him to do a lightning talk on it. These talks were not only done in front of all those that were in the cube, but also esteemed members of the University.
![The 11th Lightning talk](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4374/36220379372_ebcf9de29b_o_d.jpg) ![The 11th Lightning talk](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4374/36220379372_ebcf9de29b_o_d.jpg)