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Imperial engineers work with local youth club to design and build e-scooters
Imperial has been working with North Paddington Youth Club to build electric scooters alongside the College's engineers. Read more
When Science and Art collide: White City Sculpture Challenge
The 2022 Sculpture Challenge will provide students the opportunity to collaborate and bring their vision to reality, resulting in the winning sculpture having a permanent presence at the White City Campus. Read more
Hackstarter programme launches to support Imperial’s student makers and creators
Imperial College Advanced Hackspace launches Hackstarter to provide £500 prototype development grants. Read more
BSc Remote Medicine at Hackspace: Prototyping a low cost, continuous oxygen saturation probe
Vicky Earl and Ellie Morgan completed a 15 week project with BSc Remote Medicine at Hackspace, and both worked on developing a device to monitor oxygen saturation to predict Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) in the wearer. Read more
BSc Remote Medicine at Hackspace: Building a device to measure Acute Mountain Sickness
Callum Sowden completed a 15 week project with his course BSc Remote Medicine at Hackspace, where he designed and built a device to measure respiratory rate and facilitate earlier prediction and detection of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). Read more
Imperial startup developing hygiene-verification technology raises £625,000
FreshCheck, a startup developing colour-change tools for hygiene verification, has raised £625,000 seed investment from investors including the ICIF. Read more
The DigiFAB Hackathon 2021: our challenge and how we hacked it
Undergraduate students, Jiayue Feng and Sandeepa Tuladhar (both Chemistry with Molecular Physics) and Shannan Huang (Chemical Engineering) teamed up in the DigiFAB Hackathon to build a low-cost automated liquid handling platform. Read more
Hack it! Reflecting on the 2021 DigiFAB Hackathon
Undergraduate students Kin Weng Chao and Yuchen Lou (both Chemistry) and Way Gene Hoo (Chemical Engineering) took part in this year’s DigiFAB Hackathon Challenge. Here they tell us more about the challenge, how they hacked it and what they learnt along the way. Read more
Science Minister visits thriving innovation ecosystem at White City
The Minister for Science, Research and Innovation Amanda Solloway MP visits Imperial’s White City Campus. Read more
Who it's for?
Startups in any sector developing physical prototypes. You don't need to be based in the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham or have a pre-existing connection with Imperial to apply.
To join, your company must:
- Be incorporated in England
- Hold employer's liability insurance (where applicable) and public liability insurance of at least £10 million per claim
Why join?
Hackspace Startup Members benefit from access to a purpose-designed environment for prototyping and fabrication, along with dedicated technical support and guidance. Bringing together academic and scientific expertise with commercial know-how, our membership scheme helps founders and their teams to accelerate the development of their ideas and bring new innovations closer to market.
Equipment access
Access specialist equipment without the upfront cost of buying and maintaining your own.
Hands-on expertise
Our Hackfellows have built medical devices, microfluidic chips and even film props. They’ll help you choose the right process.
Your IP
Keep full ownership of everything you create. Your work stays confidential.
Founder-proven
Startups of all have kinds have prototyped here, from pre-seed to Series A.