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mission:start [2015/05/20 20:39] – [Motivation] chronomission:start [2015/05/22 07:57] – [Hackerspace] chrono
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 ===== Hackerspace ===== ===== Hackerspace =====
  
-A Hackerspace or Hackspace (also referred to as a hacklab, fablab, makerspace or creative space) is a location where people with common interests, usually in computers, technology and/or digital/electronic art can meet, socialize and collaborate. A Hackerspace can be viewed as an open-community lab, incorporating elements of machine shops, workshops and/or studios where hackers can share resources and interdisciplinary knowledge, to learn, teach, build and make innovative things together.+A Hackerspace or Hackspace (also referred to as a hacklab, fablab, makerspace or creative space) is a location where people with common/intersecting interests, usually in computers, technology and/or digital/electronic art can meet, socialize, exchange experience and collaborate. A Hackerspace can be viewed as an open-community lab, incorporating elements of machine shops, workshops and/or studios where hackers can share resources and interdisciplinary knowledge, to learn, teach, build and make innovative thingstogether.
  
 **Growing number of Hackerspaces all over the world** **Growing number of Hackerspaces all over the world**
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 Although the number of [[http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/|Hackerspaces]] grows constantly all over the globe, there are still many white spots on the map. The Apollo-NG Project aims to fill this gap, by deploying a semi-temporary Hackbase/Hacker-Camp in areas, where no resident  Hackerspace is established yet, giving local hackers & nerds the opportunity to socialize, collaborate and tools to work on projects.  Although the number of [[http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/|Hackerspaces]] grows constantly all over the globe, there are still many white spots on the map. The Apollo-NG Project aims to fill this gap, by deploying a semi-temporary Hackbase/Hacker-Camp in areas, where no resident  Hackerspace is established yet, giving local hackers & nerds the opportunity to socialize, collaborate and tools to work on projects. 
  
-Since Apollo-NG itself can only offer a limited amount of space and basic requirements of a Hacklab (tools/machines), its primary purpose is to offer inspiration, encouragement and guidance on how to establish and operate a new resident local Hackerspace. +Since Apollo-NG itself can only offer a limited amount of space and basic requirements of a Hacklab (tools/machines), its primary purpose is to offer inspiration, encouragement and guidance on how to establish and operate a new resident local Hackerspace, by making it easily accessible, through a real live, small scale experience and lots of fun, using tools people may never even have heard of before.
  
 ===== To boldly go where no Hackerspace has gone before ===== ===== To boldly go where no Hackerspace has gone before =====