Hackspaces have become a cultural and community space where ‘Do-It-Yourself’ enthusiasts come together to pool resources, share ideas, and work on individual projects.
The worldwide Hackspace movement has been labelled anti-capitalist by some critics, but that didn’t stop Imperial College’s Mechanical Engineering department creating their own.
Keeren Flora investigates the new hackspace and asks what all this creative free rein might achieve.
You know UCL opened one last week, right? http://www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/makespace
They let students *and* staff in. And even mix together.