Part 1: Backstory

Each month at Etch we take a breather from project work for a hackday. Typically we spend our time experimenting with the latest web tech, or creating something light-hearted like SJWN or iFaux 5. This year we intend to focus each hackday on making something useful.

A few weeks ago, whilst on one of our regular wake-up-shake-ups, we started talking about an idea for the hack, the conversation went something like this…

Jim: “What are we going to make this month?”

Kev: “I feel like doing something with hardware.”

Gav: “How about an Open Device Lab? We could put some shelves up in the planning room and get our devices out on display.”