Hackduino is an open source electronics project, established by Mark Butt and run in partnership with Nick Jaffe at the Electron Workshop. Hackduino encourages the learning and development of open source electronics, with a focus on Arduino based interactive projects. We operate monthly meet-up groups and run competitions to encourage the growth and development of the Australian electronics community. We drink beer, work on projects and discuss electronics.

CCHS (aka Melbourne HackerSpace) is an enthusiastic group of hardware hobbyists and/or software programmers, located in Melbourne, Australia. We enjoy getting together to build new and challenging technology projects and curious gadgets for fun! We meet several times every week and welcome visitors and newcomers who wish to make things and learn about technology, e.g 3D printers or robots. You don’t need to be an expert to participate. We are gradually accumulating equipment and tools, as well a …

This is the Melbourne version of the original NYC Hack & Tell Meetup (strongly influenced by the Berlin H&T from cBase). In short: No pitches, just hacks. If you've ever visited Hacker News, you've almost certainly seen the "Show HN" or "Ask HN" posts. Well, now it's time to get off the Internet and tell us about it face to face. We'll provide you with honest feedback, and you provide us with a great hack, or idea. We'll give you 5 minutes to show off your tool, hack, library, whatever. It can b …