<style> .reveal section code {color: #FFFF00 !important} .reveal section img {border: none !important; background: white !important; box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 !important} .reveal section li {font-size: 0.8em !important} .reveal section td {font-size: 0.8em !important} .reveal .present h3 {line-height: 0.95em !important} .reveal .present h4 {font-size: 0.5em; text-align: right; !important} </style> # Repair Cafés & Maker Scene: Utilize Synergies <fraxinas@schaffenburg.org> Fixfest, Berlin, 2019-09-21 --- ## Bio | | | | ------| -----------:| | <ul><li>Andreas Frisch alias Fraxinas alias Repairfox</li><li>Graduate Electrical and IT Engineer</li><li>Software Developer at make.tv (Cloud-Video)</li><li>2014 Co-Founder of Repair-Café Aschaffenburg</li><li>since March 2016 Repairs on live TV show</li><li>since Feb. 2016 Member of Schaffenburg e.V.</li></ul> | ![](https://git.schaffenburg.org/fraxinas/repaircafe-talk/raw/master/repairfox.jpg =300x) --- ## Intro > "In a way, everybody is a hacker... > Everyone has their tricks to deal with technology in everyday life" ---- Quelle: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xPkYRho9VGc?controls=0&amp;start=69" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> -- Wau Holland, Founder of the Chaos Computer Club --- # History of German Hacker Scene * 1981 West-Berlin, Foundation of the Chaos Computer Club * CCC grew to be Europe's biggest Hacker association * center of IT expertise, pretty much acts as an NGO * decentralized structures: * CCC-ERFAs (28 in bigger german cities + 2 Austria + 1 Switzerland) * plus 51 Chaostreffs (like my Schaffenburg e.V.) --- ## Hacker ethics * Der Zugang zu Computern und allem, was einem zeigen kann, wie diese Welt funktioniert, sollte unbegrenzt und vollständig sein. * Alle Informationen müssen frei sein. * Misstraue Autoritäten – fördere Dezentralisierung * Beurteile einen Hacker nach dem, was er tut, und nicht nach üblichen Kriterien wie Aussehen, Alter, Rasse, Geschlecht oder gesellschaftlicher Stellung. * Man kann mit einem Computer Kunst und Schönheit schaffen. * Computer können dein Leben zum Besseren verändern. * Mülle nicht in den Daten anderer Leute. * Öffentliche Daten nützen, private Daten schützen. --- ## Applicability * "Access to computers and everything that could show you how this world works should be unlimited and complete." * "All information must be free." * Exactly what rights to repair movement wants --- ## Mile stones of the maker scene * Roots lie in early ages of electrical engineering, ham radio, primal personal computers * Arduino microcontroller board and suite ~2007 * first cheap 3D printers (Reprap) * Raspberry Pi from 2012 * ESP8266 Wifi Boards --- ## important forums * in the WWW, e.g. Hackaday * CCC Events (Congress, Camp, regional events) * Maker Faires -- * German maker spaces have no umbrella organization --- ## Different concepts * Open workshops ("Offene Werkstätten"), rather traditional crafts * Hacker spaces, usually local CCC offshoots (possbily mainly software centric) * Maker spaces, rather focused on creating (electronic) devices * Fablabs, usually commercial / university, fabrication of items https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/ 162 listed in Germany (+8 since Oct. 2018) --- ## Typical Day at a Repair Event ![](https://git.schaffenburg.org/fraxinas/repaircafe-talk/raw/master/Repair-Café-AB-Logo.png ) New Website: https://rcab.de #### Photo Gallery CC BY-NC 3.0 #### Fraxinas [1], Svenja Klassert [2-5] #### Moni Blum [6-7], Yohko [8] ---- ![](https://git.schaffenburg.org/fraxinas/repaircafe-talk/raw/master/27629222_722976671240820_3069573877815717549_o.jpg =x500) Reception with forms, house rules, sequencially taken care ---- ![](https://git.schaffenburg.org/fraxinas/repaircafe-talk/raw/master/11083832_356090581262766_8349941076644167156_n.jpg =x500) Repair helpers usually bring their own tools / meters ---- ![](https://git.schaffenburg.org/fraxinas/repaircafe-talk/raw/master/11056089_353472118191279_7545059762004859324_n.jpg =x500) Usually there is coffee & cake, sometimes hot meals Note: sometimes a fixed price, sometimes for a donation, depends on location ---- ![](https://git.schaffenburg.org/fraxinas/repaircafe-talk/raw/master/1499577_356089957929495_3407401679866947607_n.jpg =x500) Bicycle repairs Note: aim not to be competing with professional repair shops, in contrary we send people to buy spare parts there ---- ![](https://git.schaffenburg.org/fraxinas/repaircafe-talk/raw/master/12017550_418593905012433_4833851518858057142_o.jpg =x500) Mending clothes ---- ![](https://git.schaffenburg.org/fraxinas/repaircafe-talk/raw/master/saal.jpg =x500) Different repair work stations in a youth center in Aschaffenburg Note: we have piggy banks for donations, spare parts are paid for ---- ![](https://git.schaffenburg.org/fraxinas/repaircafe-talk/raw/master/bürgermeister.jpg =x500) $Important_People are showing up ---- ![](https://git.schaffenburg.org/fraxinas/repaircafe-talk/raw/master/42864382_863801600491659_3373798116401610752_n.jpg =x500) Sometimes delicate fault diagnostics go beyond the scope of a Repair Café --- # Synergies ## Benefits for Repair-Cafés * New blood! Usually they're "pensioners' clubs" * Experts, usually very well educated * Access to lab equipment & expert knowledge * 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC mills, parts * potentially venue space ---- ## Benefits for Maker spaces & Hacker spaces * social commitment * environmental protection & sustainability * acquiring members * public relations * learning repair exercise --- # Who's already working together? I compared the database of reparatur-initiativen.de (~777) and the CCC spaces list (~70) ---- | Initiative | Space | City | | ---------- | ----- | ----| --- | | Reparier-Café Jena | Krautspace e.V. | Jena | Wissenschaftsladen Potsdam | Chaostreff Potsdam | Potsdam | Reparatur Café Wuppertal | Chaostal | Wuppertal | Repair Café Dortmund-Nordstadt | Chaostreff Dortmund e.V. | Dortmund | Repair Café Stuttgart | shackspace | Stuttgart ---- Not in the list, because the address didn't match + feedback from my 35C3 talk | Initiative | Space | City | | ---------- | ----- | ----| --- | | Repair Café Aschaffenburg | Schaffenburg e.V. | Aschaffenburg | Techniksprechstunde | Dezentrale | Leipzig | Miteinander in Konstanz e.V. | hacKNology | Konstanz ---- ## Positive Example: Hackspace Jena (Thuringia) * Started through a facebook group in march 2014 * Couple of founders were from Hackspace Jena * Coworking environment of the space for meetings * Monthly Repair-Cafés at shifting locations * Conversion of a city bus into a mobile workshop: https://www.facebook.com/pg/repariercafe/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2015163418602689 ---- ## Possible Problems ### Negative Example: Backspace Bamberg (Bavaria) * impudent pretentious guests * went there at random times expecting to get their $stuff fixed for free * Repair-Café was cancelled after the second event ---- ### Approach of Resolution * clear communication in advance * refer to a professional PC/radio repair shop with regular business hours --- # Tuwat! * try to recruit Hackers & Makers as repair helpers * plan joint venture repair cafes * usually spaces have a weekly public evening * go there in person rather than contact electronically * twitter is usually better than e-mail * hackers can be a little shy, may need persistent persuading ---- ## Sustainability work by hackers * Keep using legacy hardware or strip & exploit for parts * Development and use of efficient technologies * Kid's soldering / making classes * Hardware hacking and upcycling ---- <video data-autoplay src="https://dreambox.guru/otter-bobbycars.mp4"></video> CC BY-NC 3.0 Niklas Fauth Note: Upcycling, workplace illumination from broken flat TVs Teaching soldering is teaching an important repair technique --- # Bits & Bäume * literally "Bits & Trees" * Conference for digitalization and sustainability * for the first time november 17-18th 2018 in Berlin ---- ## CCC's Initiatives * R5 (Reuse Repair Recycle Rethink Redesign) * C3SUS(tainability) Activities on CCCamp19: * 35+ Talks, Lightening Talks & Sessions * Dishwashing as a service * Bicycle repairs * Air mattress repairs * DIY electronics recycling into jewelry * Electronic Waste Recycling Station ---- # More initiatives * [Alternative Power Network](https://altpwr.net/) (outdoor event solar infrastructure) * [Hackers against climate change](https://hacc.uber.space) * [Hackers for future](https://hackersforfuture.de/) * [Developers for future](https://developersforfuture.org/) ---- # Time for questions fraxinas@schaffenburg.org https://twitter.com/Repairfox ![](https://wiki.schaffenburg.org/images/thumb/d/dc/Schaffenburg_banner400.png/1596px-Schaffenburg_banner400.png) --- <!-- .slide: data-background="https://dreambox.guru/JF1_1526.jpg" --> ## Thanks for your attention! <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> #### CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Justin Frisch
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