Hackerspaces are places where hackers can meet and collaborate
on projects.
Recently (and partly inspired by the CCC), spaces
like NYCResistor in
New York or HacDC in Washington, DC,
have opened and started something like a movement of self-organized
hacker lairs in the USA where people come together to solder,
build things, code, and share ideas and tools.
All this seems to be part of a larger movement of do-it-yourself
culture and making things, with events
like Maker Faire
attracting approximately 65,000 people in attendance.
Rose White, whose geeky interests include crafting, blinking LEDs, and sociology, will talk about hackerspaces and the maker culture in America. Expect pretty pictures and witty comments.
This OpenChaos will be on May, 29th 2008 at the Chaos Computer Club Cologne. It will start at 8pm (20:00) CET.