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Weekend Open House – Sun. July 16th
by Scott Sullivan on Jul.11, 2023, under Uncategorized
Weekend Open House – Sunday July 16, 2-6PM
In addition to our well know Tuesday_Pattern. Join us the also this coming Sunday!
Please join us!
Weekend Open House – Sun. June 11th
by Scott Sullivan on May.29, 2023, under Events
Weekend Open House – Sunday June 11, 2-6PM
Hacklab’s Open Houses follow what is know as the The_Tuesday_Pattern. That means there are folks that Tuesday never works out for them. To help close that gap, Hacklab members are coming together and reviving our occasional open house events on weekends.
Please join us!
Doors Open Toronto
by Scott Sullivan on May.16, 2023, under Announcements, Events
HackLab.TO is happy to be among the 150 sites for this years Doors Open Toronto!
Come visit our uniquely adorned space filled with members’ projects ranging from art to electronic exhibits and design projects.
Saturday May 27th, 10am – 5pm
Sunday May 28th, 10am – 5pm
Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator
by Scott Sullivan on Feb.01, 2023, under Uncategorized
Hacklab.to presents Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator
Artemis is a local co-op multiplayer game where you crew bridge of a Starship. Work together to explore local space, upgrade your ship, and defend local space stations from attacking ships.
Equipment and Instruction on how to play will be provided.
Learn more about the game at artemisspaceshipbridge.com.
Junk Independence Day!
by Scott Sullivan on Nov.15, 2022, under Uncategorized
- November 27th
- 2PM – 7PM
Got some old electronics hiding away at home? Looking for a source of spare parts for a project? Junk Independence Days where people bring in and swap old electronics and e-waste.
Items likes:
- iPods / Mp3 Players / camcorders
- Computers, laptops and parts
- Printers / Scanners
- Stereo amps, speakers
- Traffic walk/don’t walk streetlights!
- Hobby Electronics parts + kits
Not to be forgotten, there are always lots of little chips and bytes for random hacking too. Anything left at the end will be picked up on the following Monday and responsibly recycled!
House Rules: Items brought in for the Junk Day are not to be disassembled on site. If you want only part of an item, take it home, and bring the rest back next junk day.
Return of the Open Houses
by Scott Sullivan on Aug.03, 2021, under Uncategorized
With Ontario re-opening efforts well into Step 3, Hacklab is also making steps towards re-opening to the public. As of Tuesday Aug 3rd, we running a limited form of our usual weekly open houses.
To maintain a safe space, masks and social distancing will still be required while inside the Hacklab Toronto space. But we look forward seeing folks out and being social once more.
Ontario Makerspace Muxer
by Scott Sullivan on Feb.02, 2020, under Uncategorized
This is expected to rotate through various spaces over the year, with Hacklab taking the first opportunity to host.
Open Houses continue through the Holidays!
by Scott Sullivan on Dec.24, 2019, under Uncategorized
We’re Open! With our Tuesday Open Houses falling on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve, it’s a time to be with Friends and Family. And the community at hacklab certainly feels like the best of friends and family. So we’re open, and will be hanging out and celebrating. Your welcome to join us!
Open Houses Resume! Tuesday July 2nd
by Scott Sullivan on Jun.18, 2019, under Announcements, Unpatched Tuesdays
Oh wow, you folks really want to be back in the space! With the good weather we had a dozen members and 5 unprompted guests at the lab today, making this evening a soft-open! So while we’re still rough around the edges, we happily welcome folks back to our public open houses!
- Members working to remove the old store front signage.
- The couches arranged for a new lounge space.
- A Hacklab member excited for our new space!
- The evening meal, a cold cucumber and tomato soup.
- Activity in our new Kitchen
- Small wood working project to build a new electronics bench.
The Road to Hacklab 3.0
by Scott Sullivan on May.03, 2019, under Uncategorized
Hacklab has been a rather regular cadence of activity. Our members have been focusing on shaping the upper floor which will serve as our hub, class room, kitchen and lounge area. The workshop and DIY BIO will be in the downstairs. We’d like to thank our member Norm for putting together the following two progress update videos.