Planning to Join Hackerspace Brussels - Helping Them Crowdfund a New Building
A friend of mine recently posted a public message on Facebook, stating that they were still looking for people to help fund rent for a new building for the Brussels Hackerspace. I had been there before, but I've never actually been a member there.
I thought it would be a great idea to help them with the funding and become a member. I regularly see them post cool projects, so I think it's a great idea for me to join them. I might learn a bit about programming and 3D printing, which is something I've been meaning to learn about for a very long time.
For now, I'm supporting them around €40 per month, paid with some of my Steemit and Bitcointalk earnings. Ideally I'd like to set up an additional Steemit account for the hackerspace, but I haven't gone over that yet.
I know from past visits that they're working on many different hardware projects as well. For example, their bar is almost fully automated. You can basically order drinks and scan a barcode to pay automatically.
Other than that, I'm pretty sure that I once saw them post about an open-source cocktail-mixing project, called GNÜWhine. I'm very interested in that project ;-)
Here's a video where you can see the previous building, while they're testing out a programmable light setup.
I'm planning on spending some more time there, so I have some more interesting content to share. If it's possible, I might introduce some of the members to Steemit or perhaps give a talk about Steemit, whenever they're hosting an event.
Stay tuned for more updates!
That is really cool! So is it kind of like a maker space? I am guessing it is really similar just different terms because of the different languages. It would be cool if we had something like this around where I live. There are some pretty bright and intelligent people because of the businesses in our area that would probably be really into a community group like this. I wish them luck with their initiative.
Yeah it's pretty much the same as a maker space. I think the term hacker space is more used here in Europe. We have at least 3 of these spaces in our country that I know of. Yeah it's really fun I think, though I'm not completely sure yet what kind of project I'll be getting myself involved with :)
Very cool. We have some 3D printers here at the school, but I haven't really ever messed with them too much. I pretty much just let the teacher and students handle everything with it. I just ordered some raspberry pi's today, so I am kind of excited about playing around with those and seeing what they have to offer.
Sounds like they have some real cool initiatives going on
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