London Hackspace

London Hackspace
Formation2009
PurposeHacking, DIY
Location
  • United Kingdom
Origin
London
Founders
Russ Garrett, Jonty Wareing
WebsiteHomepage, 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] and later to Wembley. In 2012, it was the largest hackerspace in the United Kingdom by membership, with over 1000 paying members.[4][5]

Founding

The group held its first meeting at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese on 10 February 2009.[6]

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.[7]

Facilities

London hackspace has a wide variety of facilities split across two floors and a large car park, including equipment for electronics, 3D printing,[8] craft, laser cutting, woodwork, metalwork, biology, amateur radio, robotics, and many other things. An incomplete list of equipment can be found on their wiki.

Projects

A soldering workshop at the Hackspace

Workshops & events

London Hackspace hosts regular workshops for Biohacking, Lockpicking, Amateur radio and Hacking on OneClickOrgs. Additional irregular workshops cover Arduino programming,[14] Python programming and OpenStreetMap mapping.[15]

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. ^ Grace-Flood, Liam (9 August 2017). "Open World: Touring London's Biggest Workshops | Make". Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  5. ^ "About – London Hackspace". London Hackspace. 1 October 2012. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  6. ^ Garrett, Russ (6 February 2009). "First Meetup: Tuesday 10th February". Google Groups. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  7. ^ "London Hackspace becomes first virtualised non-profit corporation". Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  8. ^ Simonite, Tom (2 June 2010). "Rise of the replicators". New Scientist. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  9. ^ "The Evil Genius Similator". YouTube. Tom Scott. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  10. ^ Popova, Milena (16 March 2011). "Maker Faire 2011". ORG Zine. Open Rights Group. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  11. ^ "Project:Nanode – London Hackspace". London Hackspace. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  12. ^ "Nanode: networked Arduino node Dangerous Prototypes". Dangerous Prototypes. May 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  13. ^ "nanode kit". Earthshine Electronics. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  14. ^ Smith, Andy (30 August 2010). "London hackspaces 'Arduino for beginners' Workshop". Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  15. ^ "Workshops". London Hackspace. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
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