A brief overview of the HCIL Hackerspace at the University of Maryland started by Computer Science Assistant Professor Jon Froehlich in 2012. The Hackerspace is within the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL), which is one of the oldest HCI research labs in the world having been founded by Professor Shneiderman in 1983. This slide deck also includes a few pictures of other HCIL spaces including the main lab, hallways, office space, and the usability lab. The design of the main lab and hallway space (e.g., tangible timeline on wall) was led by Professor Allison Druin.

1. Human
Computer
Interaction
Laboratory
makeability lab
The HCIL Hackerspace
By @jonfroehlich, Assistant Professor, UMD CS

2. Human-Computer Interaction Lab

4. computer
science
hcil
BenShneiderman BenBederson JonFroehlichJenGolbeckLeahFindlater
MarshiniChetty
JennyPreece
AllisonDruin MonaLeighGuha TammyClegg JuneAhn EvanGolub TimClausner KentNorman
IraChinoy
KariKraus
AnneRose CatherinePlaisant
VanessaFrias
JessicaVitak

5. AV Williams
Computer Science Building
Hornbake Library, South
iSchool Building
is on the 2nd floor

7. HCIL
Offices

8. Main Lab
From Back

9. HCIL Usability Lab
With One-Way Transparent Mirror

10. When I arrived in 2012, I observed a lack of space
for combining materiality & computation

17. I want(ed) to make the HCIL
Hackerspace a place to…
…inspire creativity & excitement
…encourage and allow for serendipitous interaction
…attract a diverse set of students
…allow students to experiment, play, learn, make
…build community and imbue a spirit of collaboration
…rapidly prototype physical computing designs
…promote working with low-tech and high-tech materials together
…

18. Building the Hackerspace
Making the Whiteboard Wall

19. Building the Hackerspace
Making the Workbench

20. Building the Hackerspace
Making the Workbench

21. Building the Hackerspace
Making the Workbench

22. Building the Hackerspace
Making the Workbench

23. Workspace
HCIL Hackerspace

24. Workspace
HCIL Hackerspace

25. Physical Making
HCIL Student Leyla Norooz

26. Craft/Fabric Making
HCIL student Matt sewing

27. Electronics Making
HCIL student Tansy McBurnie

28. Rapid Prototyping
HCIL Hackerspace mannequin: Manny

29. Collaborative Working
HCIL students Matt and Michael

30. Fun!
HCIL students Sean, Michael, Alexa, and me

31. This sort of activity is enabled not just by space
but ready access to material and tools

32. Three Soldering Stations
HCIL Hackerspace

33. One Oscilloscope
HCIL Hackerspace

34. Craft/Textile Station
HCIL Hackerspace

35. Two Mannequins
HCIL Hackerspace

36. Basic Electronic Supplies
HCIL Hackerspace

37. Wall of Electronic Components
HCIL Hackerspace

38. Microcontroller
Inventory*
3 Beaglebones
http://beagleboard.org/
3 Raspberry Pis
http://www.raspberrypi.org/
2 .NET Gadgeteers
http://www.netmf.com/gadgeteer/
3 ARM Cortex-Ms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_Cortex-M
*We have other boards as well but these are the main ones
And lots of Arduino…

39. Arduino
Inventory
15 Leondardos
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardLeonardo
2 Dues
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardDue
2 Yúns
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardYun
2 Megas
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardMega2560
2 Esploras
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardUno
15 Unos
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardUno
2 Pro Micros
http://sprkfn.com/12640
5 Pro Minis
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardProMini
1 Fio
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardFio
9 Boarduinos
http://adafru.it/91
2 LilyPads
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardLilyPad
2 LilyPad Simples
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardLilyPadSimple

40. Quadcopters
HCIL Hackerspace

41. Two 3D-Printers
HCIL Hackerspace

42. One CNC Machine
HCIL Hackerspace