London Hackspace

London Hackspace

London Hackspace logo
Origin London
Country United Kingdom
Years active 2009–present
Category Hacking, DIY
Founder(s) Russ Garrett, Jonty Wareing
Website(s) Homepage, Wiki

London Hackspace (abbreviated LHS) is a non-profit hackerspace in London, UK, established in 2009[1]. Originally located in Islington, it moved to Hoxton in July 2010[2][3]. It is the largest hackerspace in the UK, with over 300 paying members.[4]

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Founding

The group held its first meeting at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese on 10 February 2009.[5]

Organisational status

London Hackspace became the world's first virtualised non-profit corporation on the 27th July 2011 when the members at the AGM voted to use the OneClickOrgs platform to carry out all the procedures of the board of directors[6].

Facilities

London Hackspace facilities include a laser cutter, 2 lathes, a lathe/mill combo, several pillar drills, an extensive woodworking tool collection, a solder station and a MakerBot for 3D printing [7].

A complete list of equipment can be found here.

Projects

Workshops & events

London Hackspace hosts regular workshops for Biohacking, Lockpicking, and Hacking on OneClickOrgs. Additional irregular workshops cover Arduino programming[13], Python programming and OpenStreetMap mapping[14].

References

  1. ^ "History - London Hackspace". London Hackspace. http://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/History. Retrieved August 25, 2011. 
  2. ^ "London Hackspace Spacewarming Party". http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/07/london-hackspace-spacewarming-party.html. Retrieved August 25, 2011. 
  3. ^ "BBC News - Hackspaces get closer to home". BBC News (BBC). August 19, 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10993421. Retrieved August 25, 2011. 
  4. ^ "About - London Hackspace". London Hackspace. 2011-07-21. http://wiki.hackspace.org.uk/wiki/About. Retrieved 2011-07-21. 
  5. ^ Garrett, Russ (2009-02-06). "First Meetup: Tuesday 10th February". Google Groups. https://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/msg/a1e883230dcfe0a4. Retrieved 2011-02-11. 
  6. ^ "London Hackspace becomes first virtualised non-profit corporation". http://www.oneclickorgs.com/2011/08/06/london-hackspace-becomes-worlds-first-virtualised-non-profit-corporation/. Retrieved August 25, 2011. 
  7. ^ Simonite, Tom (2010-06-02). "Rise of the replicators". New Scientist. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627621.200-rise-of-the-replicators.html?full=true. Retrieved 2011-03-21. 
  8. ^ Scott, Tom. "The Evil Genius Similator". Tom Scott. http://www.tomscott.com/evilgenius/. Retrieved August 25, 2011. 
  9. ^ Popova, Milena (16 March 2011). "Maker Faire 2011". ORG Zine. Open Rights Group. http://zine.openrightsgroup.org/reviews/2011/maker-faire-2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011. 
  10. ^ "Project:Nanode - London Hackspace". London Hackspace. http://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Project:Nanode. Retrieved August 25, 2011. 
  11. ^ "Nanode: networked Arduino node Dangerous Prototypes". Dangerous Prototypes. http://dangerousprototypes.com/2011/05/01/nanode-networked-arduino-node/. Retrieved August 25, 2011. 
  12. ^ "nanode kit". Earthshine Electronics. http://www.earthshineelectronics.com/arduino-products/111-nanode-kit.html. Retrieved August 25, 2011. 
  13. ^ Smith, Andy. "London hackspaces 'Arduino for beginners' Workshop". http://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2010/08/30/london-hackspaces-arduino-for-beginners-workshop/. Retrieved August 25, 2011. 
  14. ^ "Workshops - London Hackspace". London Hackspace. http://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Workshops. Retrieved August 25, 2011. 

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