[hackerspaces] Differences between hackerspaces and fablabs

[Sparr]

On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 3:22 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
>
> Please tell me your opinions.
>

I would say that a fablab or techshop, I am paying for tool uptime and
virtually nothing else.

At a hackerspace, if a tool breaks and no one fixes it, it just stays
broken.
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