Grand Opening: 21 Mar 2026

We had a celebration to mark our purchase of Maritime House at 3:30pm on 21 Mar 2026.  Luke Murphy, our local MP, and the mayor, came along to make a plaque and hand out certificates to our bond holders. This was open to all.  Drinks and some nibbles […]

Quick AI Wins for Normal People

If you are a typical user you don’t keep up with the latest AI developments. This series of short talks is aimed at you. Each one will outline how specific AI tools can be used to make normal people’s lives easier. #1: Talking to Computers In this initial […]

Getting Started with Linux

“Getting Started with Linux Mint” was presentation Open to all at 65 New Road – 24th Mar 2026 – 8pm Don’t buy a new PC to run Windows 11 or 12! Give your old PC a new life with Linux Mint.  This demonstration went through the steps to […]

Photo Editing With AI

Ariel set a challenge to make some pictures taken of her last year match those from 2012. On 3 Mar 2026 Kevin explained how he completed this test with the help of ComfyUI, two AI models called ‘Z-Image-Turbo’, and ‘Qwen2512’ and some help from LoRA. ComfyUI: https://www.comfy.org/ Z-Image: […]

Introduction Video

We have created a short video to introduce the MakerSpace.  It features some of our members and explains what we do.  The video can be seen on YouTube by selecting this link: