Garoa Hacker Clube
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| Country | Brazil |
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| City | São Paulo |
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Date of founding |
2010/08/28 |
| Last Updated | 2012-03-02 |
| Website | http://garoa.net.br |
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Number of members |
19 |
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Membership fee |
80 or 40 BRL/month (about 50/25 USD) |
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Size of rooms |
12m² |
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| Location | 23° 31' 59" S, 46° 39' 5" W |
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| Status | active |
Garoa Hacker Clube is the first and only active hackerspace in Brazil. Being discussed since mid-2009 and built since August 2010, we are currently up and running. Since Nov 18 2010 there is be a weekly Arduino night. We run other regular activities and our members and visitors run many projects. We have been in a permanent space since September 2010, and it is constantly being improved.
We have a Cupcake CNC, Arduinos and other embedded platforms, basic electronics, analog oscilloscopes, a function generator, packet sniffers, soldering and PCB manufacturing tools, old hardware, supplies as ICs, motors and buttons, books, old school video games - and the list goes on.
Since February 20th 2011 there is a non-profit association to support our finances and organization.
[edit] Location
Garoa HC is located in the basement of Casa da Cultura Digital (House of Digital Culture), in Santa Cecilia district, downtown Sao Paulo. The hackerspace is currently active. Members have the key to the space (which is open to non-members if a member is present), and we usually hang out there on weekends and at night almost every weekday. Everyone is welcome to join us.
Address: Rua Vitorino Carmilo, 459 - Santa Cecília - São Paulo, SP, Brazil - CEP 01153-000
[edit] Events
Check our website or mailing list before heading to an event. Some events might be canceled on last minute.
We are currently running these (almost) regular events:
3rd Tuesday, 7:30pm BRT - Council Meeting members discuss finances, projects and events. Anybody can participate, but only members can vote.
Tuesdays, 7:30pm BRT - 3D Modeling Dojo learn how to make 3D models with OpenSCAD.
Wednesdays, 7:30pm BRT - Turing Clube talks and workshops about information security, programming and computer theory.
Thursdays, 7:30pm BRT - Arduino Night learn, teach, build and hack Arduinos.
Saturdays, from 10am BRT - Open Hack Day Saturday seems to be the day with more people hanging out at the space, but this is not a regular activity. Ask on the mailing list. We usually run courses, workshops or just hack at random. It is common that people spend the whole weekend, from Friday to Sunday. You can crash on the hammocks and there is a shower.
Garoa always welcomes visitors. If you can, please let us know that you are coming in advance.
