Our Hackspace teams dream, desire and build

From helping to reduce our reliance on single-use plastic, to giving amputees relief from painful prosthetics. Hackspace members take their prototypes and go on to big things thanks to the tools and support we provide.

VUI Diagnostics

VUI offers a novel, plug-and-play device that aims to make retinal imaging simple, affordable and accurate.

The Shellworks

The Shellworks is a series of machines that turn seafood waste into a versatile, biodegradable bioplastic.

Round the World Balloon Project

The Round the World Balloon Project team are planning to send a helium foil balloon around the world and track it using tiny electronic trackers that hang below the balloon.

BIOMOD nanoDIPs

The nanoDIPs project is a targeted drug delivery system which was entered into the annual BIOMOD competition.

Multus Media are creating a low-cost, serum-free growth medium suitable for the Clean Meat industry with the aim of reducing the negative impact of the livestock industry on land use, GHG emissions, antibiotic use and freshwater use.

Mitt Wearables

Mitt Wearables have developed a revolutionary upper limb prosthesis that aims to address the limitations of artificial prosthetics.

FreshCheck

FreshCheck provides food businesses and consumers with a cheap, rapid and simple method to identify and prevent bacterial and chemical contamination.

Evo Robotics

Evo Robotics are making lifelike robot arms and hands that can perform tasks that have previously challenged robotic solutions.

ComfortBreak

ComfortBreak's innovative wearable will catalyse millions of women into health tech entrepreneurship to uphold human rights and spur economic growth.

CanSat

CanSat is a small can-size module which can be dropped from a drone and can complete several tasks including maintaining communications, measuring velocity and orientation, and determining atmospheric temperature and pressure.