The keyword when it comes to makerspaces is collaboration. When you get right down to it, these spaces are workspaces in schools, libraries, public or private buildings… any facility meant for making, learning, exploring and sharing information and knowledge, that can be utilized by numerous companies or even individuals that need a place to work from on a temporary basis. A lot of the people visiting such places are also friends of Open Source Hardware, so they can learn and share their knowledge freely.
What do you do at a makerspace?
A sub-group of these spaces are hackerspaces – despite the name, there is nothing nefarious going on there. In fact, they are just another kind of makerspace. This type, however, is devoted to a more specialized type of activity: Things related to digital art, electronic art, computer sciences, machinery or technology in general. It’s STEAM and…
