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Chaos Communications Camp 2011

Our apologies for the brief respite in blogging, but if you have been following us on Twitter and Facebook, you know that several of us have spent the past week at the 2011 Chaos Communications Camp. The CCC is an international gathering of thousands of hackers, makers, and technology enthusiasts at an abandoned Soviet airstrip in Finowfurt, just outside of Berlin. Think of it as somewhere between Makerfaire and Burning Man.

We had a great time, met lots of PTS fans, gave several media interviews, and made lots of cool hacker friends. We gave two presentations, held a rocket building workshop, and launched tons of rockets. We also had to deal with high-winds, rain, and an unfortunate "out of t-shirt" exception. Eventually though, the weather turned quite pleasant, and we were able to break out the rover and drive it around the camp.

We are currently sifting through several gigabytes of pictures and videos, and will be posting lots of great stuff over the next several days. Here is a quick peek at what's coming up:

  • lots of photos/videos,
  • kids building and launching rockets,
  • highlights of the rocket building workshop,
  • our presentation materials,
  • links to media coverage,
  • more great stories of our awesome CCC experiences




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