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The Metalab is a hackerspace in Vienna's central first district.〔(), Make Online: Metalab: Vienna Hacker Space〕 Founded in 2006, it is a meeting place of the Viennese tech community, hosting events from culture festivals to user groups.〔("Netzkultur-Festival 'paraflows' in Wien" ), ''Der Standard'', Vienna, 8 September 2006.〕〔(Listing of past events ) on Metalab's home page.〕 It has played a catalyst role in the global hackerspace movement〔(Metalab talk ) at Chaos Communication Congress 2006, Berlin, Germany〕〔(Metalab cited as inspiration ) by Noisebridge, a popular hacker space in San Francisco, USA〕〔(Metalab cited as inspiration ) by NYC Resistor, a hacker space in New York City, USA〕 and was the birthplace of several internet startup companies.〔"(Startups aus dem Hackerkeller )", Radio Ö1, Vienna, 7 December 2008: Article on web startups Mjam and Soup.io〕 == Description == Metalab offers space for free exchange of information, and collaboration between technical-creative enthusiasts, hackers, founders and digital artists. Metalab provides infrastructure for projects and offers a physical space for interested people from the fields of IT, new media, digital art, net art and hacker culture.〔(), FM4: 3 Jahre Metalab〕 Besides a main room suited for working on laptops or having workshops and presentations, the space incorporates a library room, a lounge featuring a variety of game consoles as well as inbuilt Dance Dance Revolution pads, a workshop/hardware hacking area called 'Whateverlab', a room for heavy machinery, a photography lab or dark room (which also hosts a professional setup for etching PCBs), a kitchen, bathrooms, and a locker room. The whole hackerspace is a non-smoking area. Until 2015 the lounge acted as designated smokers' room but this was changed. Next to self-built machines, furniture and decorations (mostly featuring the use of LEDs), the infrastructure provided to all members as well as externs includes a lathe, a CNC machine, a CAD station, a laser cutter, a RepRap, two Makerbots, electronic measurement tools like oscilloscopes and pattern generators, soldering irons, and other tools needed for electronics development.〔(), Wiener: Urban Hacking im Metalab〕 The main room, library and lounge are all equipped with a projector; several uplinks provide access to the Internet via Gigabit ethernet or Wireless LAN. The core/organization team (composed of volunteers) meets monthly to discuss matters relevant to the hackerspace, like current and future renovation projects and equipment purchases. There are multiple special interest groups, which meet more regularly and often spontaneously. The lab itself is open every day, usually for 24 hours. Every regular member can get a key. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Metalab」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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