This month we have something quite different.

The Balloon is an free/open-source hardware platform intended for use in embedded devices.

Wookey is a software engineer, working on Free Software. He's been deeply involved in the Balloon project.

When he decided that a hot-water solar panel would make a good addition for his house, and that he wanted to build the system, naturally he used the Balloon as the controller.

He will be talking about the project, his experience and what was involved, from the plumbing, through to the electronics and the software he used.

Meet downstairs, at the Hotel du Vin bar, Trumpington St, to talk about technology and the problems of running a business.

8pm. Everyone welcome. No entry charge. No need to pre-register.

Hotel du Vin has a sophisticated, relaxed atmosphere, good cocktails and a huge range of whiskies.

Jenny will talk about her plans to create a Science Fashion Lab in Cambridge and her Scentsory Design research which exists at the cross-over of three main disciplines; the developing knowledge and utilisation of nanotechnology and miniaturisation, the science of smell and how it affects the human brain, and wearable technologies/sensor networks for therapeutic applications in 'emotional clothing'.

She is a Senior Research Fellow in Fashion at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design and Creative Director of Sensory Design & Technology Ltd which she founded with Professor Andreas Manz (a pioneer of lab-on-a-chip). She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Visiting Scholar in the Institute of Biotechnology, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of

Meetup at the Snug to talk about business & technology.

They do good food and have a wide range of cocktails.

67 Lensfield Road
Cambridge
CB2 1EN

8pm.

The e-Go is a novel light aircraft aimed at world markets. Innovation is key in product design, production processes and the business model. The team is developing technology that should provide a step change in performance, costs and environmental impacts.

The e-Go is the brainchild of Giotto Castelli and Tony Bishop, and is being brought to life by them and Roy Twigg, and a small army of volunteers.

Tony will be talking about the e-Go and the project to bring it to market.

Venue: Mills & Reeve - 112 Hills Rd, Cambridge. Doors open 7.30pm. Everyone welcome.

We're going to reorganise the November pubmeet, December talk, and January pubmeet & talk.

We won't have the traditional 3rd-Monday pubmeet in November, instead, we'll put that off until the beginning of December, replacing our normal 1st-Monday-of-the-month talk with a meetup at the Arts Picturehouse (this location is provisional until I've had confirmation that they have space.). We will also move the January talk from the 1st Monday of January to the 3rd Monday of January 2010, discarding our January meetup.

So - the next meeting will be on 7th Dec, with the location provisionally the Arts Picturehouse.

If you have a website, or want a website, you'll probably have heard of Content Management Systems (CMS) - software for managing websites. The aim of most CMSs is to make it easy for anyone to make web pages and put them onto a web server. We'll be looking at several popular CMSs - what makes each unique and why you'd want to use it. We plan to have examples of Drupal, ExpressionEngine, inCharge, Joomla and Wordpress to test drive.

Join us to chat about technology & the problems of running a small business at the Flying Pig - Hills Rd, Cambridge. Everybody welcome.

Imsense have developed algorithms for camera and video images to automatically correct exposure so as to best reproduce the appearance of the original scene, without affecting colour balance or applying artificial correction.

Phillipe Dewost, CEO of imsense will be discussing the technology and the company.

Philippe has experience in telecommunication and internet services as a co-founder of Orange France Telecom's Wanadoo internet operations and in startup environments as VP Business Development with Ukibi, Inc., and in larger business operations in the consumer market for Orange France Telecom Devices Business Unit.