This document summarizes a hackerspace called Metalab located in Vienna, Austria. It is a 200 square meter physical space that provides infrastructure like rooms, equipment, communication tools, and events for projects related to electronics, microcontrollers, FPGA/Verilog, Arduino, podcasting, OpenGL, and more. Over 300 users utilize the space, mailing lists, and wiki. The hackerspace is self-financed through small member fees and sponsorships, using an open, collaborative model focused on empowering individuals and groups to pursue technical and creative projects.

1. Hackerspaces
FTW!
FSCONS 2009

2. kyrah
Karin Kosina
kyrah@kyrah.net
10EA 9B79 1DDB 7535 1AAB 4E8D C2B8 C0AC BE32 63FE

3. Hackerspaces
everywhere!

4. Hackers?

5. Spaces?

6. Stop being a consumer ! Start being a creator !

7. http://hackerspaces.org

8. Metalab
a place to do stuff

10. Downtown Vienna

12. physical infrastructure
What happens here?
for projects

13. rooms and equipment
200m2

14. Whateverlab

18. Med ia Lab

19. Chemistry Lab

21. Food Hacking

28. [ show space invaders video ]

29. Communication infrastructure

30. wiki
>300 Users

31. mailinglists
wiki
>350 Users
>130 User

32. mailinglists
wiki
>350 Users
>130 User
jabber
>240 Users

33. mailinglists
wiki
>350 Users
>130 User
jabber
>240 Users
metalab.operating.system

34. What happens at
a hackerspace?

35. Talks

36. Workshops

37. Subversive cross-
Electronics
stitching
Microcontroller Soap
Arduino
FPGA/verilog Free Beer
Workshops GIT
Podcasting Subversion
Lisp
Game OpenGL
Film workshop development
vim

38. Events
Beware of the signs

39. Bluetooth hacking
Hacking biometric
systems
Metaday
E-voting
Nanotechnology
Video surveillance

40. FSFE
Linux User Group Austria
Groups using the Metalab
Demoscene
for their meetings,
kino5
workshops and social
get-togethers fanboy.at
Grafitti Research Labs
...

43. Hackerspaces
Hacker camps

44. Hackerspaces

48. Led Throwies

49. City-Beautification

53. [ show LED matrix video ]

54. Self-made EEG

56. flying things

57. RepRap

58. Theoretical Memetics

59. Practical Memetics

60. Geek Art

64. Redecorating the lab

70. buttons!

71. startups

72. 200 party OK

78. So how does this
work?

79. 110

80. 20€
110

81. =
20€
110
*

82. =
20€
110
*

83. + as little bureaucracy
as possible

84. =

85. self-financed and independent

86. + sponsors for one-time costs
(renovation, equipment, events)
(current list 2007)

87. =

89. +

93. =

95. “actocracy”

96. Projects (and Life)
The place is just comes from the
infrastructure... individuals and groups
who use it...

97. We love to have visitors and guests!
[ *hint* *hint* ]

98. perspective

99. kthxbai