TinkerSpace by TinkerHub.
TinkerSpace would be the first Hub of its kind where anyone could walk in and learn exponential technologies and coding for free. The space is set up and run by startup entrepreneurs and technologists from the state who have created a great future through learning and building technology.
Here, we aim to provide access to the latest technologies & futuristic skills through a community-owned network. We aspire to break the existing barriers to learning and seek to reach out to different strata of the society. We will create abundant opportunities for professional networking and mentoring to foster innovation and maker culture among learners. The core idea is to build the irreplaceable skill of seeking life-long among the younger generation.
👉 Whom is this space for?
👥 Public Community
👩🏽💻 Early Stage Developers
👩🏾🎓 College Students
👩🏻🍼 Women joining after career break
👨💻 CTO/ Tech Leadership
🏛️ Technology Companies
🚸 School Students
🧑🏫 Individuals looking for Career Switch
Weekends Activities
Focus: Community Events & Meetups
Community Meetups
There are 40+ active communities in Kerala around technology. These communities share knowledge around technology learning, making and design.
There is a huge need for a space/ place to do meet ups and collaborative efforts.
Find a list of tech communities curated by Makers of Kerala here
Hackathons & Hack Nights
Hackathons are a great avenue to showcase the tech skills someone gained along with learning something new with your peer group in a limited time frame. Over years TinkerHub have been part of 100+ hackathons. We are looking forward to work with our Tech Companies to create even more engaging ones in the coming days.
HackNights are single night building events focusing on a specific technology / API. TinkerHub is hosting a HackNight once in every two weeks. Check out the amazing project build by our community at hacknight.tinkerhub.org
Collaborative Projects
The space and community is build around the themes of open source and collaboration for social good. There would be structured as well as ad hoc programs and activities to encourage community members to co create digital social goods. We are promoting small side projects and micro Saas within the learner community which will enable them to have a hands-on, end to end experience of finding problems to creating tech solutions and getting users for the same.
WeekDay Activities
Activities that are focusing on regular visitors who want to upskill themself using the space as well as the mentorship supports given.
Community aided Technology Self Learning
Community memebrs who are activly looking to learn technology skills, up skill to a new tech domain would be coming to the space every week day.
- No of participants 50-60
- Mentor Mentor in residence for the day.
- Activity Self paced technology learning.
- Content TinkerHub Learning paths https://paths.tinkerhub.org/
- Duration Two to three months, 2-4 days a week.
- Learners People trying to learn technology, college pass outs, career break.
MakerSpace + Technology Experience Space
A Technology Exposure Zone would be a learning space having all the latest happenings in CS & Technology, where public can come and experience future technologies first hand.
- Electronics area: Components tools equipments ( Multimeter ) NAP Circuit
- Coding Robots: Arduino Raspberry Motors Mechanical Tools
- Prototyping 3D Printer CNC Laser Cutter
- VR and AR
Offline Bootcamps
TinkerHub Bootcamps are mentor driven, up-skilling programs to level up developers by working on hands on projects in the most demanding technologies. The bootcamps will be taken by industry experts who are having 5+years of experience in building, leading product companies.
Up on completion of the Bootcamp, TinkerHub will be able to connect them with our parter startups who are hiring.
Check out the online BootCamp - ComputerVision with PyTorch Learning Program we did with Facebook Developer circles
Frequently Asked Questions
No, Its not a co-working space. This space for people to learn new technologies
Its free and open for anyone wish to learn coding / new technologies.
TinkerHub is a non profit organisation running on grants. We have organisational donors like FOSS United helping to set up this space and community memebrs are contributing monthly to cover expenses.
We encorage you to check out our membership plans and be part of the movement.
Feel free to walk in any time, check out our social pages for updates on events and activities.