London Hackspace

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London Hackspace

London Hackspace logo
Formation 2009
Purpose/focus Hacking, DIY
Location United Kingdom
Origin London
Founders Russ Garrett, Jonty Wareing
Website 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 moved to 2610sq feet of space at 447 Hackney Road, E2 9DY in April 2013. It is the largest hackerspace in the UK, with over 750 paying members.[4]

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 27 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

  • At Maker Faire 2011, members combined an Xbox Kinect and a pair of Tesla Coils to make an Evil Genius Simulator.[8][9]
  • The Nanode,[10] a networked Arduino clone[11] was developed at the space.[12]

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]

There is also a regular Tuesday night social event.

References

  1. ↑ "History – London Hackspace". London Hackspace. Retrieved 25 August 2011. 
  2. ↑ "London Hackspace Spacewarming Party". Retrieved 25 August 2011. 
  3. ↑ "BBC News – Hackspaces get closer to home". BBC News (BBC). 19 August 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2011. 
  4. ↑ "About – London Hackspace". London Hackspace. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-01. 
  5. ↑ Garrett, Russ (6 February 2009). "First Meetup: Tuesday 10th February". Google Groups. Retrieved 2011-02-11. 
  6. ↑ "London Hackspace becomes first virtualised non-profit corporation". Retrieved 25 August 2011. 
  7. ↑ Simonite, Tom (2 June 2010). "Rise of the replicators". New Scientist. Retrieved 2011-03-21. 
  8. ↑ Scott, Tom. "The Evil Genius Similator". Tom Scott. Retrieved 25 August 2011. 
  9. ↑ Popova, Milena (16 March 2011). "Maker Faire 2011". ORG Zine. Open Rights Group. Retrieved 2 May 2011. 
  10. ↑ "Project:Nanode – London Hackspace". London Hackspace. Retrieved 25 August 2011. 
  11. ↑ "Nanode: networked Arduino node Dangerous Prototypes". Dangerous Prototypes. Retrieved 25 August 2011. 
  12. ↑ "nanode kit". Earthshine Electronics. Retrieved 25 August 2011. 
  13. ↑ Smith, Andy. "London hackspaces 'Arduino for beginners' Workshop". Retrieved 25 August 2011. 
  14. ↑ "Workshops – London Hackspace". London Hackspace. Retrieved 25 August 2011. 

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