Hackspace Dim Sum Labs in Hong Kong
So Hong Kong. City of high houses and expensive hotels. We are here to visit the Dim Sum Labs hackspace and work there for a couple of days.
14th floor, elevator not working, narrow stairways, very steep climb of the stairs. Well, when it's all over ...
')
Finally we are in place. You just have to catch your breath.
If you are a member, then simply attach the local metro card and the door will open.
If you were in Hong Kong, then you are aware of local traditions regarding the size of housing and any premises. Yes, there is no place in the city, so the rooms are hellishly expensive, and often the size is a little more than a toilet in a modern apartment.
At the same time the space of the hackspace is used to the maximum. One wonders how they stuffed so much equipment into such a room.
In cramped, but not mad, as they say.
And this is just an access control system based on the Raspberry Pi
The sources are on githaba.
A little about money:
For translation in rubles, multiply by 5. By reference, you can find detailed conditions for membership in the hackspace.
Membership fees are simply put to the envelopes, signed ...
... and fall into the box.
Look around further ... Shared phone:
Clock. It says: "TWENTY PAST TEN".
Game of Life on 8x8 LED matrix .
A cat with an IP address of 203.198.157.121:8888, laser-burning in the eye all that is alive around (still in development).
In this small room there is a dedicated place for soldering.
Common desktop.
A rack with personal items of members and a wall with tools.
Finally, there is even equipment, and there is quite a lot of it for such a small room.
This is a milling machine.
Now we are shown how to make a fee. First glue double-sided tape.
Glue to the working area of the machine.
We fix:
The process has begun.
Almost done.
Is done.
Aluminum can also be machined on this machine.
True, he is very noisy.
Dim Sum Labs is a great place, and the guys are just champions on how to put so much useful equipment in a limited space. Will be in Hong Kong - be sure to visit.
14th floor, elevator not working, narrow stairways, very steep climb of the stairs. Well, when it's all over ...
')
Finally we are in place. You just have to catch your breath.
If you are a member, then simply attach the local metro card and the door will open.
If you were in Hong Kong, then you are aware of local traditions regarding the size of housing and any premises. Yes, there is no place in the city, so the rooms are hellishly expensive, and often the size is a little more than a toilet in a modern apartment.
At the same time the space of the hackspace is used to the maximum. One wonders how they stuffed so much equipment into such a room.
In cramped, but not mad, as they say.
And this is just an access control system based on the Raspberry Pi
The sources are on githaba.
A little about money:
- Month costs HK $ 500, access 24/7
- Or you can pay immediately for the year HK $ 5000
- If you come and you need to work one day, then HK $ 50
For translation in rubles, multiply by 5. By reference, you can find detailed conditions for membership in the hackspace.
Membership fees are simply put to the envelopes, signed ...
... and fall into the box.
Look around further ... Shared phone:
Clock. It says: "TWENTY PAST TEN".
Game of Life on 8x8 LED matrix .
A cat with an IP address of 203.198.157.121:8888, laser-burning in the eye all that is alive around (still in development).
In this small room there is a dedicated place for soldering.
Common desktop.
A rack with personal items of members and a wall with tools.
Finally, there is even equipment, and there is quite a lot of it for such a small room.
This is a milling machine.
Now we are shown how to make a fee. First glue double-sided tape.
Glue to the working area of the machine.
We fix:
The process has begun.
Almost done.
Is done.
Aluminum can also be machined on this machine.
True, he is very noisy.
Dim Sum Labs is a great place, and the guys are just champions on how to put so much useful equipment in a limited space. Will be in Hong Kong - be sure to visit.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/231303/
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