Hackerspace Gent


we love retro games|we love binary|we love 01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001|we love teaching by example|we love circuit bending|we love biohacking|we love linux|we love biology|we love electronics|we love machine learning|we love seamless polymer flooring|we love bytes|we love RGB|we love tools|we love science|we love happy little trees|we love geeks|we love nerds|we love fixing things|we love datums|we love metasploit|we love NFC|we love tinkering|we love reducing data exhaust|we love knowledge|we love r00t|we love RFID|we love recursion|we love recursion|welove precision|we love space|we love blockchain|we love machining|we love flow|we love geeks|we love learning by doing|we love monads|we love good opsec|we love voiding warranties|we love beer|we love unicorns|we love distributed computing|we love responsible disclosure|we love history|we love cats|we love bug bounties|we love engineering|we love cryptography|we love microcontrollers|we love cad|we love chip implants|we love bbq|we love CTFs|we love the whole RF spectrum|we love painting|we love bit banging|we love a*|we love 中文|we love exploring|we love science|we love dogs|we love lasers|we love nerds|we love doing things wrong|we love sharing|we love the whole EM spectrum|we love tech|we love power tools|we love mesh networks|we love neural networks|we love optics|we love silent disco|we love  kerning|we love curiosity|we love experimenting|we love retrocomputing|we love vim|we love internet|we love snowden|we love comedy|we love geeks|we love git|we love raspberry pi|we love DIY|we love virtual private networks|we love ritalin :p|we love data structures|we love books|we love python|we love smoke|we love synthesizers beep boop|we love independence|we love analog|we love 3D printing|we love meeting new hackers|we love radio|we love digital|we love to hack|we love music|we love club mate|we love board games|we love snowden|we love philosophy|we love to hear about your project|we love math|we love anarchy|we love pretty lights|we love learning|we love open source|we love rockets|we love blinking leds|we love variable rewards|we love to play|we love fuzzing|we love ASCII|we love 01100001 01110011 01100011 01101001 01101001|we love ISO 8601|we love food hacking|we love bits|we love DIY books|we love blinkenlights|we love fellow humanoids|we love soldering|we love RFID implants|we love privacy|we love to hack the gibson|we love mechanical keyboards|we love **itcoins|we love recruiting hackers|we love arduino|we love creative chaos|we love technology|we love graphs|we love NFC implants|we love minecraft|we love physics|we love ham radio|we love access|we love action over words|we love breaking things|

A Place To Call Home

Hackerspace Gent (0x20) is a hackerspace in the wonderful city of Ghent, Belgium. It is a physical space run by a group of people dedicated to various aspects of constructive & creative tinkering. This page is an ever growing resource of information about who we are, what we do, and how you can become a part of all the awesomeness.

Hackers?

Don't worry, we won't break into your computer. The hacker culture is a subculture of individuals who enjoy the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming the limitations of current technologies to achieve novel and clever outcomes. The culture consists of, but is not limited to: computing, networking, programming, music, gaming, electronics, lock picking, woodworking, robotics, science fiction... However, the defining characteristic of a hacker is not the activities performed themselves, but the manner in which it is done. A hacker is someone who invents, constructs, learns, shares, trains basic skills and is willing to think outside the box to find a creative solution to a problem.

Note: While we hackers are always aiming to be constructive, there is a group of people who loudly call themselves hackers, but have a different motivation. These are people who get a kick out of breaking into computers for unethical purposes. Unfortunately, some media have been using the word ‘hacker’ to describe people we do not necessarily agree with.

Need help?

Do you want to learn about science, technology and art? Do you have an awesome idea that you need help with? Or do you simply want a place to share your passion? Hackerspace Ghent gives you the space, knowledge and community you need!

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Thursday evening is our social evening. Pop in to see what we're all about, have a chat, work on your projects and make nerdy friends!

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Hackerspace Ghent is built by people just like you. Read the hackerspace blueprint to understand how we work and how you can become part of it..

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Much of hacking is about understanding systems better than those who built them, and using that knowledge to do what is supposed to be 'impossible'.