[hackerspaces] Differences between hackerspaces and fablabs

[Joshua Pritt]

Technically they are all the same.  Hack and Make are interchangeable since
you can hack some new firmware onto an old wifi router to make something
new, for example.  Also a fablab is usually describing a place with the
tools and materials necessary to build something from scratch such as PCBs
and parts for a new thing.  Of the two hackerspaces I've been a member of
they both had the means to create PCBs and build new parts, frames,
housings, mounts, etc. in a section of the building usually referred to as
the Fab Lab.  3D printers and CNC mills are usually present in these
spaces.  If you had a hackerspace that was 100% fab lab then you could just
call it a fablab but I bet there would still be other tools and things
around to still call it a hacker/makerspace.


On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Florencia Edwards <floev22 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Please send more, i need to write an article about this, and want
> different opinions and experiences from people who've visited both
>
>
> 2014-05-12 15:24 GMT-04:00 Florencia Edwards <floev22 at gmail.com>:
>
> Nice answer, keep them coming
>>
>>
>> 2014-05-12 15:23 GMT-04:00 Al Billings <albill at openbuddha.com>:
>>
>>>
>>> On May 12, 2014, at 12:22 PM, Florencia Edwards <floev22 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I read this article:
>>> http://makezine.com/2013/05/22/the-difference-between-hackerspaces-makerspaces-techshops-and-fablabs/
>>>
>>> But I still don't understand the difference between a hackerspace and a
>>> fablab, and why is there the need for both. What does the fablab cover that
>>> a hackerspace doesn't? I want to understand
>>>
>>>
>>> The difference is bullshit branding. That’s it.
>>>
>>>
>>> Al Billings
>>> albill at openbuddha.com
>>> http://makehacklearn.org
>>>
>>>
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