FizzPOP
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| Status | active |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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| City | Birmingham |
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Date of founding |
2009/02/28 |
| Last Updated | 2011-07-15 |
| Website | http://www.fizzpop.org.uk |
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+44 (0) 7754634993 |
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Number of members |
20 |
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Membership fee |
5 GBP per meeting |
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| Location | 52° 28' 20" N, 1° 53' 10" W |
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fizzPOP is an infrastructure for people with a wide range of skills and interests, bound by a common interest in tinkering with stuff to make something new. It’s a hackerspace.
For some people hacking means writing computer code, for others it means soldering up some electronics. Others may be working more with cardboard and gaffa tape. What materials you work with and your abilities are less important than the sort of mentality you have. We’re looking for people who want to play with stuff and learn new skills in a social, collaborative environment. Artists, programmers, musicians, dog beauticians… anyone.
fizzPOP provides regular meet-ups (hacksessions) for groups of like-minded people to get together and work on whatever projects take their fancy. If you don’t have a particular project in mind, don’t worry! Just come along and say “hi” – we’re confident you’ll have something new to think about by the end of the session!
We also run workshops (we’ll provide the kit and instruction), events (extra eye-candy!) and themed hacksessions (a bunch of people gathering around a common area of exploration).
Ultimately we’d like to have our own premises, enabling us to put on workshops and have a place to store larger pieces of kit, but for the time being (since June 2009!) Friction Arts are being very generous in letting us use their space for our hacksessions.
