Electromagnetic Field (festival) explained

Electromagnetic Field
Country:England
Last:30 May - 2 June 2024
Next:TBA
Frequency:Biennially
Status:active
Founder Name:Jonty Wareing, Russ Garrett
Participants:3000
Website:emfcamp.org
Filing:Not for profit

Electromagnetic Field (also known as EMF, or EMF Camp) is a camping festival in the UK, held every two years, for hackers, geeks, engineers and scientists.[1] It features talks and workshops covering a wide variety of topics.[2] EMF is a non-profit event run entirely by a team of volunteers.[3]

Attendees of EMF receive an electronic conference badge, funded by sponsorship, which in 2014 included an LCD screen, Arduino-compatible microcontroller, and a radio transceiver.[4]

History

The first Electromagnetic Field event was held in 2012 at Pineham in Milton Keynes, and completely sold out a 499-person capacity. Each tent at EMF 2012 was provided with power and the internet, via a 2.5 km direct microwave link to a data centre[5] which provided 370 Mbit/s[6] to the campsite. Over 50 speakers gave talks, including Ben Goldacre.[7]

In 2013, a smaller interim one-day event called Electromagnetic Wave was held in London on board the MS Stubnitz.[8]

The main event was held again in 2014 at Hounslow Hall Estate, Newton Longville (near Milton Keynes). Over 1,200 tickets were sold.[9] As with the 2012 event, internet was provided by a direct microwave link which provided 436 Mbit/s.[10] The entire event had over 100 talks, workshops and events with a separate track for children. Notable speakers included Tom Watson MP and Simon Singh.[11] In addition there were 45 'villages'[12] that ran their own workshops and events including silver smithing, wood turning and making stroopwafels.

The 2016 event was held on 5–7 August at Loseley Park, Guildford[13] with an attendance of over 1,600. The 1 Gbit/s internet connection was provided by fibre, and the on-site network had a 10 Gbit/s backbone.[14]

Since 2018, Electromagnetic Field has been held at Eastnor Castle Deer Park in Herefordshire.[15] [16] The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,[17] [18] but the event resumed in 2022.[19]

List of events

!No.!Date!Location!Attendance!Internet connection
1st31 August – 2 September 2012[20] Pineham Park, Milton Keynes499370 Mbit/s (direct microwave link)
2nd29-31 August 2014[21] Hounslow Hall Estate, Newton Longville, Milton Keynes> 1,200436 Mbit/s (direct microwave link)
3rd5-7 August 2016Loseley Park, Guildford> 1,6001 Gbit/s (fibre)
4th31 August – 2 September 2018Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire2,5001 Gbit/s (fibre)[22]
24-26 July 2020 (Cancelled)Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire
5th2-5 June 2022Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire[23] 2,800 [24] 1 Gbit/s (fibre)
6th30 May - 2nd June 2024Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire300040 Gbit/s (fibre)

Badges

Each event, up to and including the 2024 event had a custom, programmable, battery-powered badge.

For the first event in 2012 the badge was named TiLDA, based on an ATMega 32U4 and was Arduino-compatible.

The 2014 badge (TiLDA MKe) was an Arduino Due-compatible badge. It was the first to come with an LCD, and all subsequent EMF badges included an LCD screen. It included Accelerometer and Gyroscope sensors, along with a long-range wireless transceiver.[25]

The 2016 badge was named TiLDA MK3, and dropped Arduino-compatibility for sake of Micropython. It was built around the STM32L4 microcontroller, and included a WiFi module, gyroscope and magnetometer.[26] [27]

The 2018 badge (TiLDA MK4) included a SIM800 GSM module and T9 number keypad.[28]

The 2022 badge was renamed to TiDAL.[29] It was a badge in a USB-C thumbdrive format, with an LCD screen, a joystick, and various buttons.[30]

For 2024, the event debuted the Tildagon badge, planned to be used for all future events alongside hardware "hexpansion" boards. The Tildagon badge is based on an Espressif ESP32-S3 with 2MB of RAM and 8MB of storage.[31]

Synchronization with other events

In the years when Electromagnetic Field does not occur, Chaos Communication Camp (in Germany) and one of the Hack-Tic hacker events (in the Netherlands) occur alternately.

External links

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Notes and References

  1. News: Inquisitive minds gather to camp out in the Electromagnetic Field . Wired . Ian . Steadman . 20 August 2012 . 26 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140827032015/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-08/20/electromagnetic-field . 27 August 2014 .
  2. Web site: EMF Camp talks. 2 September 2012. 7 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120907154812/https://www.emfcamp.org/talks. live.
  3. Web site: Company Details - Electromagnetic Field. 17 September 2015. 8 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150908075943/https://www.emfcamp.org/about/company. live.
  4. Web site: Announcing TiLDA MKe, the incredible EMF 2014 camp badge. 8 August 2014. Electromagnetic Field Blog. 22 May 2019. 6 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220606185933/https://blog.emfcamp.org/2014/08/08/announcing-tilda-mke-the-incredible-emf-2014-camp/. live.
  5. News: Geek camp comes to Milton Keynes. BBC News. 31 August 2012. 11 April 2023. 11 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230411190706/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19441861. live.
  6. Web site: EMF Camp, the site and Networking. 13 July 2012. Electromagnetic Field Blog. 22 May 2019. 13 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513183714/https://blog.emfcamp.org/2012/07/13/emf-camp-the-site-and-networking/. live.
  7. Web site: Electromagnetic Field 2012 - Electromagnetic Field. 17 September 2015. 15 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150915005949/https://www.emfcamp.org/talks/2012. live.
  8. Web site: Electromagnetic Wave. https://web.archive.org/web/20130514114401/https://www.emfcamp.org/wave. 14 May 2013. 14 May 2013.
  9. News: Electromagnetic Field: Can geeks get kids into science?. BBC. Dougal. Shaw. 2 September 2014. 4 September 2014. 3 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140903201343/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29011889. live.
  10. Web site: Megabits to a farm: Getting Internet to a hacker camp. 23 August 2014. Electromagnetic Field Blog. 22 May 2019. 6 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220606185933/https://blog.emfcamp.org/2014/08/23/megabits-to-a-farm-getting-internet-to-a-hacker/. live.
  11. Web site: Electromagnetic Field 2014 - Electromagnetic Field. 17 September 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061614/https://www.emfcamp.org/talks/2014. live.
  12. Web site: Villages - Electromagnetic Field 2022. wiki.emfcamp.org. 4 September 2014. 7 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141007022512/https://wiki.emfcamp.org/wiki/Villages. live.
  13. emfcamp . 642046720965255168 . 10 September 2015 . We're very excited to announce the date and location for EMF 2016 .
  14. Web site: Electromagnetic Field - Network configuration. 16 June 2022. GitHub. 11 April 2023. 11 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230411190706/https://github.com/emfcamp/emfnoc/blob/45f09d2e5baf6fd89723a1ee029cb0356ee9f00a/archives/2016/documents/EMF_2016_Infrastructure_Review.pdf. live.
  15. emfcamp. 894883262983802880. 8 August 2017. If you enjoyed #SHA2017, why not come to EMF 2018, Aug 31 - Sep 2, 2018 in the lovely west of England. More info soon..
  16. emfcamp. 942711641900187648. 18 December 2017. It's time to finally announce the location for EMF 2018: the lovely Eastnor Castle Deer Park in Herefordshire!.
  17. emfcamp. 1131201120376905728. 22 May 2019. We can now announce that Electromagnetic Field will return to Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire next year: July 24th-26th, 2020..
  18. Web site: Electromagnetic Field 2020 is cancelled. 2020-03-25. 2020-03-25. 26 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200326150240/https://blog.emfcamp.org/2020/03/25/emf-2020-cancelled/. live.
  19. Web site: Electromagnetic Field Returns: 2nd-5th June 2022. 2021-06-03. 2023-04-10. 18 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230518081528/https://blog.emfcamp.org/2021/06/03/electromagnetic-field-returns/. live.
  20. Web site: EMF Camp 2012 - Nottinghack Wiki. 7 January 2019. 8 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190108050236/https://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/EMF_Camp_2012. live.
  21. Web site: EMF Camp 2014 - Nottinghack Wiki. 7 January 2019. 8 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190108050157/https://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/EMF_Camp_2014. live.
  22. Web site: Electromagnetic Field - Network configuration. 16 June 2022. GitHub. 11 April 2023. 11 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230411190706/https://github.com/emfcamp/emfnoc/blob/45f09d2e5baf6fd89723a1ee029cb0356ee9f00a/archives/2018/documents/EMF_2018_Infrastructure_Review.pdf. live.
  23. News: Hacker Camps Post-Pandemic, Electromagnetic Field 2022 . List . Jenny . 5 July 2022 . 14 July 2022 . Hackaday . 14 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220714121642/https://hackaday.com/2022/07/05/hacker-camps-post-pandemic-electromagnetic-field-2022/ . live .
  24. Web site: Event Management Plan. 14 May 2024.
  25. Web site: TiLDA MKe - EMF Badge . badge.emfcamp.org.
  26. Web site: TiLDA Mkπ: The Hackable Conference Badge That... . web.archive.org . 23 June 2016.
  27. Web site: TiLDA MK3 - EMF Badge . badge.emfcamp.org.
  28. Web site: TiLDA MK4 - EMF Badge . badge.emfcamp.org.
  29. Web site: TiDAL - EMF Badge . badge.emfcamp.org.
  30. Web site: TiDAL badge flyer .
  31. Web site: Tildagon . tildagon.badge.emfcamp.org . en.

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