Brighton’s Hackspace

Build Brighton is Brighton’s hackspace – a communal workshop and collective of makers, designers, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, artists and hackers who love to build stuff. Learn more →

Photo by Natalia Buckley, used with permission.

Our 1300sqft workshop has a wide range of tools and equipment for wood and metalworking, electronics and crafts, including two 40W laser cutters, a Myford lathe and a RepRap 3D printer. Our equipment →

Photo by tubmcfun, used with permission.

We don’t make a profit – we’re run entirely by volunteers, and our membership fees go towards paying our rent, covering expenses and buying new equipment. Join us →

Photo by Toby Cole, used with permission.

We have open evenings every Thursday – come along and find out more about us! We also run workshops on a variety of subjects including soldering, electronics, Arduinos and Raspberry Pis. Events →

Photo by Colleen Slater/Brighton Science Festival, used with permission.

Get in touch! We’re a friendly bunch, and you can contact us via Twitter, Facebook, IRC, email, our Google Group and even a “tel-e-phone”. Contact us →

Photo by Seb Lee-Delisle, used with permission.

About

Build Brighton is a communal workshop and collective of makers, designers, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, artists and hackers.

Our main purpose is to provide tools and a space in which our members can gather, collaborate and learn from each other. We also run workshops on subjects ranging from soldering to sewing machines.

Learn more →

Join

Membership of Build Brighton is on a “pay-what-you-can” basis, with the average monthly subscription being £20 per month.

Our members have 24 hour access to a 1300 square foot workshop and full use of its equipment – including laser cutters, a Myford lathe, a 3D printer and tools for electronics, crafts, wood and metalworking.

Join now →

Blog

  • How We See Ourselves May 22, 2013

    When I was kid we drew pictures of ourselves and our school put them on a tea towel to sell to parents. Strange that even as a ten year old I knew I wanted to be a programmer (3, 10).

  • Call for project write-ups May 20, 2013

    For this year’s event, we’ll be producing a small zine to help people get started on some simple maker projects. It will feature a few easily-accessible projects across a range of tech and craft types, from fabric crafts to simple … Continue reading

  • Messing about with 7 segment displays and a PIC 16F628a May 17, 2013

    I scored a load of cheap 4-way 7-segment displays off eBay the other day. They worked out at about 30p each so I got 20 and stuffed them in a drawer. Then I thought that perhaps it'd be nice to get one working, just so that we know what to do with them...

  • LittleLGP - Linear Genetic Programming in Clojure May 16, 2013

    LittleLGP is a little genetic programming (GP) project written in Clojure. It evolves populations of two distinct classes of programs that have a typical predator prey relationship. One class of program seeks to destabilize the environment whilst the other seeks to bring order.

    This project was my first attempt at writing a GP program and my first program written in Clojure. Overall, I really enjoyed working on it, even if the final product isn't great! The code is available to peruse on Github.

  • LittleLGP - Linear Genetic Programming in Clojure May 16, 2013

    LittleLGP is a little genetic programming (GP) project written in Clojure. It evolves populations of two distinct classes of programs that have a typical predator prey relationship. One class of program seeks to destabilize the environment whilst the other seeks to bring order.

    This project was my first attempt at writing a GP program and my first program written in Clojure. Overall, I really enjoyed working on it, even if the final product isn't great! The code is available to peruse on Github.

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