[hackerspaces] Differences between hackerspaces and fablabs

[matt]

A hackerspace is community oriented, not physical space oriented.

A fablab or makerspace is basically just another form of co-working space.


On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 3:37 PM, Joshua Pritt <ramgarden at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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