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We are committed to the teaching and spreading our knowledge to the next generation of hackers, our space is formally a not-for-profit company with the objective "to promote and support science, engineering, and art". We have recently started a Young Hackspace for school children[1]. One of the activities had them drawing pictures for the hackspace zoo, which we then scanned and laser cut for them to take home. As well as the Young Hackspace we have connections to colleges for testing and feed back purposes. | We are committed to the teaching and spreading our knowledge to the next generation of hackers, our space is formally a not-for-profit company with the objective "to promote and support science, engineering, and art". We have recently started a Young Hackspace for school children[1]. One of the activities had them drawing pictures for the hackspace zoo, which we then scanned and laser cut for them to take home. As well as the Young Hackspace we have connections to colleges for testing and feed back purposes. | ||
As a space we have tended to solve practical problems within our space using the knowledge and skills of the members. Things such as our notification board controlled via IRC[2], a power-usage monitor[3], and an RFID access system[4] based on the London Oyster cards | As a space we have tended to solve practical problems within our space using the knowledge and skills of the members. Things such as our notification board controlled via IRC[2], a power-usage monitor[3], and an RFID access system[4] based on the London Oyster cards. So we have experience making projects that just work and don't need too much maintenance. | ||
Current on-going projects include an Arduino powered vending machine[5], for the selling of Arduinos. We are also trying to reverse engineer how our laser cutter is controlled so we can write new software[6], and stop relying on the virus-riddled software that was included. | Current on-going projects include an Arduino powered vending machine[5], for the selling of Arduinos. We are also trying to reverse engineer how our laser cutter is controlled so we can write new software[6], and stop relying on the virus-riddled software that was included. | ||
