London Hackspace Explained

London Hackspace
Formation:	2009
Purpose:	Hacking, DIY
Location:	United Kingdom
Leader Title:	Origin
Leader Name:	London
Leader Title2:	Platforms
Leader Title3:	Founders
Leader Name3:	Russ Garrett, Jonty Wareing
Leader Title4:	Products
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]} 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

• At Maker Faire 2011, members combined an Xbox Kinect and a pair of Tesla Coils to make an Evil Genius Simulator.^{[9] [10]}
• The Nanode,^[11] a networked Arduino clone^[12] was developed at the space.^[13]

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.

External links

• Homepage
• Wiki
• Event Calendar

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Notes and References

1. Web site: History – London Hackspace. 25 August 2011. London Hackspace.
2. Web site: London Hackspace Spacewarming Party. 25 August 2011.
3. News: BBC News – Hackspaces get closer to home. 25 August 2011. BBC News. BBC. 19 August 2010.
4. News: Open World: Touring London's Biggest Workshops Make. Grace-Flood. Liam. 2017-08-09. Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers. 2018-02-02. en-US.
5. Web site: About – London Hackspace . 2012-10-01 . 1 October 2012 . London Hackspace . https://web.archive.org/web/20100918123947/http://wiki.hackspace.org.uk/wiki/About . 18 September 2010 . dead .
6. Web site: First Meetup: Tuesday 10th February . 6 February 2009 . 2011-02-11 . Garrett . Russ . Google Groups.
7. Web site: London Hackspace becomes first virtualised non-profit corporation. 25 August 2011.
8. News: Tom . Simonite . Rise of the replicators . 2 June 2010 . . 2011-03-21.
9. Web site: YouTube. The Evil Genius Similator. Tom Scott. 25 August 2011.
10. Web site: Popova. Milena. Maker Faire 2011. ORG Zine. Open Rights Group. 2 May 2011. 16 March 2011.
11. Web site: Project:Nanode – London Hackspace. 25 August 2011. London Hackspace.
12. Web site: Nanode: networked Arduino node Dangerous Prototypes. May 2011 . 25 August 2011. Dangerous Prototypes.
13. Web site: nanode kit. 25 August 2011. Earthshine Electronics.
14. Web site: London hackspaces 'Arduino for beginners' Workshop. Andy. Smith. 30 August 2010 . 25 August 2011.
15. Web site: Workshops. 25 August 2011. London Hackspace.