WEBVTT

00:00:27.076 --> 00:00:32.008
Hackerspace is an open creative space

00:00:32.008 --> 00:00:38.010
open in the sense than anyone who deals mostly but not exclusevily with technology,

00:00:38.010 --> 00:00:41.043
with anything that has to do either with constructions or software and hardware

00:00:41.043 --> 00:00:49.084
can come here to exchange ideas, to cooperate, to work together on a project

00:00:50.092 --> 00:00:54.015
Considering that many times we exchange ideas about projects

00:00:54.015 --> 00:00:57.088
or some times even working together on a project

00:00:57.088 --> 00:01:03.047
we thought why not having a physical place where we can meet instead of communitating through internet

00:01:19.049 --> 00:01:30.068
This is Makerbot, a 3d printer, that mostly prints plastic

00:01:30.068 --> 00:01:34.059
It's a kit that costs around $700

00:01:34.059 --> 00:01:37.000
It's manual assembled

00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:39.092
It was assembeld by a Greek team

00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:51.090
Hacker is one who likes to experiment, likes to share knowledge and cooperating with other people

00:01:52.024 --> 00:01:57.068
For instance there several Open-Source projects developed in here

00:01:57.068 --> 00:02:03.088
Another example is the Linux lessons that taking place for free in a monthly basis

00:02:03.088 --> 00:02:06.049
and have gathered a lot of interest from people

00:02:06.049 --> 00:02:13.027
Hackerspace is open and doesn't require any fee to participate

00:02:13.027 --> 00:02:18.024
At this point there are 22 people, working as operators

00:02:18.024 --> 00:02:22.008
who are responsible for administrating this place in a daily basis

00:02:22.008 --> 00:02:27.019
and they're also responnsible for the financial obligations

00:02:27.019 --> 00:02:30.096
in order to keep track with the operational costs

00:02:30.096 --> 00:02:36.087
Here we have an OLPC, meaning One Laptop per Child

00:02:36.087 --> 00:02:38.088
also known as $100 laptop

00:02:38.088 --> 00:02:42.012
It's a project that started some years ago from MIT

00:02:42.012 --> 00:02:45.003
but it's independent from the first time

00:02:45.003 --> 00:02:48.080
It's a project with the goal to create a very cheap laptop

00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:52.059
in large scale production for developing countries

00:02:52.059 --> 00:03:00.007
Today we have these kind of laptop on schools in Africa and South America

00:03:00.007 --> 00:03:05.031
It runs on Open-Source software, a variant of Linux

00:03:05.031 --> 00:03:09.092
and it's significant to mention that there is an OLPC Greece initiative

00:03:09.092 --> 00:03:15.080
where you can find about 600 such laptops on Greek schools

00:03:31.060 --> 00:03:37.016
If we visit hackerspaces.org which is the central website for all the hackerspaces around the world

00:03:37.016 --> 00:03:41.015
we'll see many of them at USA, where this movement started,

00:03:41.015 --> 00:03:45.000
but also in Europe we'll see countries like Germany or France

00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:48.084
where is hard to find a city without a hackerspace

00:03:48.084 --> 00:03:52.019
In Greece at the moment we know that besides Athens Hackerspace

00:03:52.019 --> 00:03:54.020
there is another one in Patras

00:03:54.020 --> 00:03:58.097
Each Hackerspace has its own character that makes it unique

00:03:58.097 --> 00:04:03.080
At Hackerspace.gr we have decided from the very beginning

00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:07.028
to act in the spirit of Open-Source culture

00:04:07.028 --> 00:04:11.044
meaning that anything that is being developed or even discussed in here

00:04:11.044 --> 00:04:18.043
is open to everyone, nothing is closed

00:04:18.043 --> 00:04:29.024
Furthermore many discussions are taking place on subjects that are less technical

00:04:29.024 --> 00:04:34.000
for instance about digital rights issues

00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:41.054
In the last few days we had discussions about the famous SOPA and ACTA plans

00:04:41.054 --> 00:04:49.071
or about P2P economy and alternative economy models