 Hackerspace.gr logo | |
| Formation | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-profit |
| Purpose | Hacking |
| Location | |
Origin | Athens |
Founders | Evangelos Balaskas,Pierros Papadeas,Nikos Roussos |
| Website | Hackerspace.gr homepage |
Hackerspace.gr ('hsgr') is ahackerspace inAthens,Greece, established in 2011. It operates as a cultural center, computer laboratory and meeting place (with free wireless access).[1] Hackerspace.gr promotescreative coding[2] and hardware hacking[3] through its variety of activities.[4][5] According to its website: "Hackerspace.gr is a physical space dedicated to creative code and hardware hacking, in Athens".
Hackerspace.gr vision is inspired by theopen-source philosophy. The main values, according to its vision page, are Excellence, Sharing, Consensus, andDo-ocracy.[6] It is a self-funded community, through a membership fee,[7] individual donations and supporters.[8] Every year Hackerspace.gr publishes its annual financial balance titled "The cost of Hacking".[9]
It organizes workshops, lectures,[10] entertainment[11] and informational[12] events. The events calendar lists several events weekly.[13] Furthermore, hackerspace.gr is open for visitors as long as any of the administrators are in the premises.
Hackerspace.gr is an incubator place for many projects. Currently there is anOpenROV Taskforce on Hackerspace.gr.[14] Verese community, a project participating onMozilla WebFWD,[15] is hosting its regular meetings at Hackerspace.gr.Ardupad was also incubated at Hackerspace.gr.[16] AUSB drop is located in the central area of the hackerspace.[17] A custom open hardware delta 3D printer design, Anadelta[18] is developed to cover its members need for a large 3D printer.
Hackerspace provides several online services to its members, visitors, and the general public. In particular some of its members are running an instance of theetherpad lite collaborative editor,[19] adiaspora pod[20] and aJabber/XMPP service.[21]
Hackerspace.gr usually deploys its geodesic dome in order to establish a mobile hackerspace when a large number of its members participate in events and venues that are away from its physical location providing tools, equipment and free of charge services for attendees.
hackerspace.gr is utilized as the headquarters ofLibre Space Foundation, an open space technologies non-profit, as its laboratory and main working space. Libre Space Foundation shares its testing and manufacturing equipment with hackerspace.gr's users and visitors.[22]
Libre Space Foundation has deployed[23] its firstSatNOGS ground station on the rooftop of hackerspace.gr and has used its machine, and electronics facilities for the manufacture, integration and initial testing ofUPSat the first open source satellite, and also the first satellite made in Greece.
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