Hackerspaces in Boston

09.04    

from left, instructor Adam Bercu watches as Andy Haycox of Cambridge welds brackets onto a frame which will form a robot's chassis during a robotics design course at Artisan's Asylum in Somerville. The object of the course is to design and build an enormous six-legged robot to be powered by a six-cylinder forklift engine. JOSH REYNOLDS FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE (Business, Kirsner)Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe


By Christina Reinwald / Boston.com Correspondent


Don’t be scared off by the word “hacker.” A hacker space is usually a nonprofit or open source studio or lab where people with common interests can meet to work together on a digital or physical project. Here are some examples, including Artisan's Asylum in Somerville.







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