The October meeting is approaching fast, and we have a great presentation lined up for it. Agent5 will be talking about some work he's been doing with hackerspaces in his presentation "Reality Hacking: The Hackerspace". Here's an outline of what it'll be about:
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Intro = The Five Principles of the Hacker Mindset (re:suntzu23.blogspot.com)
A Brief History of The Brain Tank
* Talking about goals (the good and the bad about goal discussion)
* The Reality of Possibility
* A series of interesting and unfortunate events which lead to the space we now inhabit.
Hackerspaces in History
* "It all began with Ben Franklin."
* late 19th century early 20th century (Kelvin, Curie, Edison, Clemens {Twain}, Feynman, Bell, Tesla)
* Inventors, scientists, creators, makers, breakers, and hackers during this time and how they interacted with each other.
* How the media celebrated Scientists.
Hackerspace Evolution
1. How they have evolved.
2. Why they evolved.
* Franklins Workshop
* Menlo Park
* Kelvins lab at Glasgow University
* The Manhattan project
Current Hackerspaces
1. Types
* Brick and mortar
* Events as Hackerspaces
* Pre-Made Hackerspace
* Brief mention - Corporate entities with similar frameworks (Google, Micro$oft, Texas Instruments)
Hackerspaces We've Visited (Audience Participation)
1. Where did you go?
2. What did you see there?
3. What did you like about it?
4. What would you change?
The Brain Tank Labs Project
1. The Space (2,000 sq/ft of awesome!)
* Office area - Cubes, Chillroom, ELE Bench area, Huge Conference Table, Winch area, Server Racks, Workstations)
* Workshop area - (4x) Drill presses, 8" Table Saw, 96" Band Saw, Welding Station with MIG and Stick Welders (*plus access to TIG Welder), Worktables, Many Many Hand Tools.
The Mission (expanding on these subjects to finish the presentation)
* Create jobs in areas where people can do the creative things they enjoy. ---(do so by making standalone products and services, and by offering consulting services)
* Gain an education while doing that job. ---(working closely with the members of your team will allow for quite a lot fo knowledge transfer in many different areas.)
* Think Locally ---(improve the tribal culture in Providence whenever and wherever possible. make some projects philanthropy specific.)
* Generation Green ---(efficiency and environmental impact are keystones in every project)
* You are your Resume ---(our skills, interests, abilities, accomplishments, and dreams make us who we are, not what we are on paper. We are people, not products.)
* Implement the Hacker Mindset ---(improve projects by supporting energy for innovation, experimentation,creative strategies, defining the leading edge.)
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Hope to see you all there!
Date/Time: 1730 - October 6, 2010
Location: AS220 Performance Space - 115 Empire St, Providence