London Hackspace (abbreviated LHS) is a non-profit

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in London, UK, established in 2009. Originally located in

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, it moved to

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in July 2010, and later to Wembley. In 2012, it was the largest hackerspace in the United Kingdom by membership, with over 1000 paying members.

Founding

The group held its first meeting at

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on 10 February 2009.

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.

Facilities

London hackspace has a wide variety of facilities split across two floors and a large car park, including equipment for

electronics The field of electronics is a branch of physics and electrical engineering that deals with the emission, behaviour and effects of electrons using electronic devices. Electronics uses active devices to control electron flow by amplification ...

, 3D printing, craft, laser cutting, woodwork, metalwork, biology,

amateur radio Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communic ...

, robotics, and many other things. An incomplete list of equipment can be foun
on their wiki

Projects

London Hackspace - 2014 - solder workshop 01

* At

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2011, members combined an Xbox

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and a pair of

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s to make an Evil Genius Simulator. * The Nanode, a networked Arduino clone was developed at the space.

Workshops & events

London Hackspace hosts regular workshops for Biohacking,

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and Hacking on OneClickOrgs. Additional irregular workshops cover

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programming,

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programming and

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mapping. There is also a regular Tuesday night social event.

References

External links

Homepage

Wiki

Event Calendar
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