It's been almost 5 years now that TechInc has existed as an association!

Over 100 members, ~150m2 of floor-space, weekly 'Social Night' meetings for all that time, too.

Among all the projects and events we've done, we've even found the time to do BBQ's or, *gasp* even getting some real work done!

To mark this event, we're opening our doors to any and all to celebrate with us; share a drink , look around, talk, hack and/or geek out.

Join us on Saturday November 26th at the ACTA-building at Louwesweg 1.

See https://wiki.techinc.nl/index.php/ACTA for information on how to get there and how to get in.

Hope to see you there!

Note: We will be hosting an organisational meeting for the next 4-yearly dutch hackercamp on this day as well (www.sha2017.org); which will last until 18:00. Soon after, it's all party and relaxation, however!

Techinc will be participating in Open Hackerspace Day 2015,
We will be open in the afternoon and evening.
https://wiki.techinc.nl/index.php/Open_Hackerspace_Day_2015
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On Saturday March 28th, you are welcome to have a look in one of many Dutch hackerspaces. A hackerspace is a place where people with a technically creative spirit gather to work on projects or to talk. During this open day, it is possible to see some examples of hacking projects and see what happens in a hackerspace.

Some examples of activities are:
* Learning how websites, networks and other computer-based systems can be vulnerable to attackers and what can be done about this.
* Programming electronics and microcontrollers like the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi microcomputer. Hackers can show you how these can be used to build CNC milling, laser cutters, 3D printers, home automation, clocks, pick&place machines or autonomous robots.
* The use of 3D printers, for example to develop a jaw prosthesis, keys to copied from a picture, or a broken part to replace a household appliance.
* Discuss the use of personal data by companies or the government and the effects of this on our privacy and other aspects of society.
* There are also different presentations in hackerspaces of individual projects carried out in there.

Hackers find ethics an important subject, and distinguish themselves from cyber criminals by a strong sense of ethical behavior. During the open-hackerspaces-day it will be explained how hackers contribute to a better world by looking with fresh eyes to society, technology and organizations, and how they share their knowledge with the community. Additionally hackerspaces are also places where people are welcome who just make beautiful things and can find common space, tools, like-minded and can find inspiration. This can be in many forms from jigsaws to artisan smiths, to biohacking, or to molecular cooking.

Everyone is welcome to come take a look during the open day. The doors are open from 10:00am, the end of the day programme is around 17:00. Some hackerspaces remain open in the evening.
Registration is not required, it is often appreciated if press make themselves known beforehand. Some hackerspaces will have the opportunity to eat it at night, for which registration is required.
Many of the Dutch hackerspaces participate in the event, see their own website for more details:

* Almere - Sk1llz - http://sk1llz.nl/blog/28-maart-open-hackerspaces-dag/
* Amersfoort - Bitlair - https://bitlair.nl/open-dag-hackerspaces-28-maart-2015/
* Amsterdam - Technologia Incognita - https://wiki.techinc.nl/index.php/Open_Hackerspace_Day_2015
* Arnhem - Hack42 - https://hack42.nl/wiki/Open_dag_Hackerspaces_28_maart_2015
* The Hague - RevSpace - https://revspace.nl/OpenDag2015
* Enschede - TkkrLab - https://tkkrlab.nl/wiki/OpenDag_Hackerspaces_2015
* Heerlen - ACKspace - https://ackspace.nl/wiki/Open_Door_Day_28-3-2015
* Leeuwarden - Frack - https://frack.nl/events/open-hackerspaces-dag-2015/
* Utrecht - Random Data - http://www.randomdata.nl

We've put together our first Newsletter. You can read about it here

https://wiki.techinc.nl/index.php/Newsletter/2014-02-10

Heres a brief list of whats in there:

Among other it contains more on:
* New Room at Acta
* First members meeting in 2014: 9 February
* New BLACK stickers
* Conclusions from ALV in January
* LAOS - Laser cutting things
* CTF Team Update
* Cerberus 3D printer workshop
* Power Automation
* Upcoming Events
* Help needed!

In sync with passing the 100th member mark, we've expanded our space in the ACTA building. The new room is next to our existing space so, we're staying where we are, with room for more awesome projects and bigger events.

Techinc has started a series of workshops to enhance online privacy. The focus is hands-on tools and techniques for protecting privacy and raising awareness.

What you can expect are trainings in personal privacy (personal encryption, etc) and tools that you can use to improve the privacy of whole communities like running your own secure email infrastructure, decentralized sharing and social media.

If you are a non-member and want to attend or contribute, you're welcome to do so. Just drop a note to let us know that you're joining, beforehand.

The main page of the privacy series

In case you didn't hear yet the OHM2013 festival will be held from 31st to the 4th of August.

Many of Techinc's members will be attending the festival. This will mean that our socials will have significantly fewer members and might even be cancelled completely.

The next regular socials nights should be the 14th of August.

Our Social Wednesday was used for this years first outdoor barbecue of Technologia Incognita. Hopefully the first of quite a few this summer. Not even the typical rain and lightning could stop the feast. All around a big success with around 20 regulars and guests attending.

There was a double rainbow. No leprechaun or unicorns were spotted, however.

This week, it's exactly a year ago that Techinc got its first space. So a good moment to reflect on our first year and how we've progressed.
We started out with /tmp/inc, a space on the Vijzelstraat provided to us by Mediamatic while our definitive space was being made available. In October 2012 we moved to our current space and since then things have improved quite a bit.

• We've tripled the number of members to about 65.
• Many different projects and workshops going on. Various members use the space all week, in fact, we're open almost every day now!
• We have access to many working tools for soldering, woodworking and 3D printing.
• There is a electronics corner which has a wide array of components available.
• We've arranged for a point-to-point data connection to (Wireless-)Leiden and Amsterdam Noord, with plans for more connections to follow; several other Dutch hackerspaces showed some interest.
• We haven't been on fire.