HackerspacesFTW!

FSCONS 2009

kyrah

Karin Kosinakyrah@kyrah.net

10EA 9B79 1DDB 7535 1AAB 4E8D C2B8 C0AC BE32 63FE

Hackerspaces everywhere!

Hackers?

Spaces?

Start being a creator !Stop being a consumer !

http://hackerspaces.org

Metalaba place to do stuff

Downtown Vienna

physical infrastructure for projects

What happens here?

rooms and equipment

200m2

Whateverlab

Media Lab

Chemistry Lab

Food Hacking

[ show space invaders video ]

Communication infrastructure

wiki>300 Users

wiki>130 User

mailinglists >350 Users

wiki>130 User

jabber>240 Users

mailinglists >350 Users

wiki>130 User

jabber>240 Users

metalab.operating.system

mailinglists >350 Users

What happens at a hackerspace?

Talks

Workshops

MicrocontrollerArduino

Electronics

Subversion

vimFilm workshop

Workshops

FPGA/verilog

GIT

OpenGL

Free Beer

Podcasting

Subversive cross-stitching

Soap

Lisp

Game development

Beware of the signs

Events

Metaday

Hacking biometric systems

Bluetooth hacking

E-voting

Video surveillance

Nanotechnology

Groups using the Metalab for their meetings, workshops and social get-togethers

FSFELinux User Group AustriaDemoscenekino5fanboy.atGrafitti Research Labs...

Hackerspaces

Hacker camps

Hackerspaces

Led Throwies

City-Beautification

[ show LED matrix video ]

Self-made EEG

flying things

RepRap

Theoretical Memetics

Practical Memetics

Geek Art

Redecorating the lab

buttons!

startups

200 party OK

So how does this work?

110

110

20€

110 *20€=

110

20€=*

+ as little bureaucracyas possible

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self-financed and independent

+ sponsors for one-time costs(renovation, equipment, events)

(current list 2007)

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“actocracy”

Projects (and Life) comes from the individuals and groups who use it...

The place is just infrastructure...

We love to have visitors and guests![ *hint* *hint* ]

perspective

kthxbai