We’re really excited to welcome our newest members, the Houston Technology Collective. They’re a community of DIY tech enthusiasts setting up shop in the big office in the back of the north building.

We have a lot in common. Like us, they’re a community project to create a shared collaborative workspace, where their members can meet, work, share equipment and knowledge. Also like us, they’re part of a loose network of similar spaces — hacker spaces, they call them — popping up all over the world. A recent Wired magazine article reports that “there are now 96 known active hacker spaces worldwide, with 29 in the United States.”

From their website, the purpose of the Houston Tech Collective is to:

• Build and maintain physical spaces suitable for technical and social collaboration.
• Collaborate on all forms of technology, culture and craft in new and interesting ways.
• Apply the results of its work to specific cultural, charitable and scientific causes.
• Freely share its research and discoveries, using what is learned to teach others.
• Recruit and develop talented members dedicated to these purposes.

Welcome! We’re glad you’re here.