Why hackspaces are awesome

Presented at SWAMP Fest 2014 (http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/Meetings/SWAMP2014) as well as Make & Market event at Galerie Simpson in Swansea

Transcript

1. § Why hackspaces are awesome Gerrit Niezen @gendor
2. “a community-operated physical space where people with common interests, often in computers, technology, science, digital art or electronic art, can meet, socialise and/or collaborate.”
3. TechShop
6. Noisebridge
7. OpenROV
9. RoboHand
13. Raspberry Pi peristaltic pump
14. Swansea Hackspace http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk @SwanseaHack
15. 3D printing
16. Electronics
17. Chain maille, crochet, …
18. Tool library
19. • Soldering irons • Oscilloscopes • Bench Power Supply • Laser Printer • Range of screwdrivers and spanners • Keyboards, Mice and Monitors • Dremel & Drill Stand • Glue Gun • Component Shop • Raspberry Pi • Electronics development kits and programmers Equipment (non-exhaustive list)
20. Build nights
21. The view
22. People
23. Images used under the Creative Commons license: Digital Caliper by Adam Kuban from Flickr Dragon’s Back Bracelet by the ChainMaille Lady on Flickr Snap-together Robohand by MakerBot on Thingiverse Some photos of Swansea Hackspace belong to Tim Clark, one of our members. C b n a Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
24. Swansea Hackspace http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk @SwanseaHack