Electromagnetic Field (festival)

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Electromagnetic Field
Electromagnetic Field 2018 Aerial Photo.jpg
Overhead view of Electromagnetic Field 2018
Statusactive
FrequencyBiennially
CountryEngland
InauguratedAugust 2012 (2012-08)
FounderJonty Wareing, Russ Garrett
Most recent30 May - 2 June 2024
Next eventTBA
Participants3000
Filing statusNot for profit
Website emfcamp.org

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]

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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

Electromagnetic Field 2014 at Night Electromagnetic Field 2014 at night.jpg
Electromagnetic Field 2014 at Night

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.DateLocationAttendanceInternet connection
1st31 August – 2 September 2012 [20] Pineham Park, Milton Keynes 499370 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 2016 Loseley Park, Guildford > 1,6001 Gbit/s (fibre)
4th31 August – 2 September 2018Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire 2,5001 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, Herefordshire 300040 Gbit/s (fibre)

Badges

Badges from the 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2022 events EMFCamp badges.jpg
Badges from the 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2022 events
Tildagon badge from the 2024 event, with a hexpansion plugged in on top right EMFCamp 2024 Tildagon badge.jpg
Tildagon badge from the 2024 event, with a hexpansion plugged in on top right

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.

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References

  1. ↑ Steadman, Ian (20 August 2012). "Inquisitive minds gather to camp out in the Electromagnetic Field". Wired. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
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  3. ↑ "Company Details - Electromagnetic Field". Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Announcing TiLDA MKe, the incredible EMF 2014 camp badge". Electromagnetic Field Blog. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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  8. ↑ "Electromagnetic Wave". 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013.
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  10. ↑ "Megabits to a farm: Getting Internet to a hacker camp". Electromagnetic Field Blog. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  11. ↑ "Electromagnetic Field 2014 - Electromagnetic Field". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Villages - Electromagnetic Field 2022". wiki.emfcamp.org. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  13. ↑ @emfcamp (10 September 2015). "We're very excited to announce the date and location for EMF 2016" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ↑ "Electromagnetic Field - Network configuration" (PDF). 16 June 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023– via GitHub.
  15. ↑ @emfcamp (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" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ↑ @emfcamp (18 December 2017). "It's time to finally announce the location for EMF 2018: the lovely Eastnor Castle Deer Park in Herefordshire!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ↑ @emfcamp (22 May 2019). "We can now announce that Electromagnetic Field will return to Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire next year: July 24th-26th, 2020" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. ↑ "Electromagnetic Field 2020 is cancelled". 25 March 2020. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  19. ↑ "Electromagnetic Field Returns: 2nd-5th June 2022". 3 June 2021. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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  23. ↑ List, Jenny (5 July 2022). "Hacker Camps Post-Pandemic, Electromagnetic Field 2022". Hackaday. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  24. ↑ "Event Management Plan" (PDF). 14 May 2024.
  25. ↑ "TiLDA MKe - EMF Badge". badge.emfcamp.org.
  26. ↑ "TiLDA Mkπ: The Hackable Conference Badge That..." web.archive.org. 23 June 2016.
  27. ↑ "TiLDA MK3 - EMF Badge". badge.emfcamp.org.
  28. ↑ "TiLDA MK4 - EMF Badge". badge.emfcamp.org.
  29. ↑ "TiDAL - EMF Badge". badge.emfcamp.org.
  30. ↑ "TiDAL badge flyer" (PDF).
  31. ↑ "Tildagon". tildagon.badge.emfcamp.org.

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