COP21 as seen from the ground, reported live by Makery
As world giants and busybody lobbyists bustle on the sidelines of official venues at COP21, Makery decided to meet those whom the lockdown has failed to silence.
by Carine Claude
Gamerz, a lab for players and good sports
From November 6-15, Gamerz lab in Aix-en-Provence is holding the 11th edition of its festival for artistic tinkering around video games. Visit of a gamelab.
BrutBox, music in the hands of the disabled
The BrutPop collective and the LFO fablab created BrutBox, a creative music tool that is tailor-made for disabled people.
Fashion Tech: LEDs under the frills
At the closing show of the Fashion Tech Showroom in Paris on the 26th of September, the illuminated Ocean Dress caused a sensation. An ethical and chic hi-tech prototype.
When Scopitone burns the keyboard with Makey Makey
Time for fun video DIY! The Makey Makey workshop of the Scopitone festival aligns itself with the game frenzy prevailing in Nantes with fun and easy to reproduce projects.
Make your own DiY pallet pool for under 100 euros
Had enough of the heat? To cool off without shelling out more than 100 euros, Makery found this DiY pool made from recycled pallets.
Special girls: stand and pee with dignity
Festivals are filling up, and so are urinals. Ladies, this one is for you. In order to avoid peeing on your shoes or mooning the public gaze, Makery gives you this DiY to freely urinate standing up.
Plug in the banana with Makey Makey GO
Following its second successful Kickstarter campaign, Makey Makey will commercialize its new prototyping kit on USB stick. For when you want to hack your banana in a jiffy.
Barcelona awards World Cup of Newsroom Innovation to France 24-RFI
On June 18th-19th in Barcelona, Editors Lab Final 2015, a competitive hackathon for the world's biggest newsrooms, crowned France24-RFI's Earth Alert app, which crowdsources alerts related to sustainable development.
Louis Eveillard’s critical design
Just as much at ease in the tangible world as in virtual reality, designer Louis Eveillard juggles data visualization and inserts code where we least expect it. Interview.
Do Doc and Opendoc, design to help documentation
From the 11th until the 14th of June, l’Atelier des chercheurs is presenting at Futur en Seine Do Doc, an educational documentation station that inspired Opendoc, a new tool for fablabs.
Top 10 hardware prototyping kits (continued)
As the Internet of Things takes off, prototyping kits are all the rage. Makery shows you what's new in 2015.
Hackers meet the mainstream at THSF in Toulouse
A huge mix of geekeries and experiences for the general public made up the programme for the THSF, a festival organized by art collective Mix’art Myrys and Tetalab hackerspace, May 14-17, in Toulouse.
Beware of DIY longship approaching
The crew of Compagnie du Bátar presented in Toulouse Fablab Festival its very own longship, 100% homemade in extreme DIY.
Toulouse FabFest: the union of French labs in front of 5,000 visitors
A network of French fablabs in the works, 50 fablabs and 5,000 visitors were present: The Toulouse Fablab Festival passes the test of its first edition with flying colours.
Drone hackathon judged by the military?
On April 24-26, 200 people competed in the very first Hack the Drone, organized by GDF Suez in Paris. On the jury, the Centre of Excellence on Drones of the French air force.
Hacking hard in Strasbourg to take health care into our own hands
From March 19-22, 600 hackers, startuppers and health professionals participated in Europe's greatest gathering in its sector, the Hacking Health Camp in Strasbourg.
Tomás Diez: “A whole ecosystem emerges around the Fab City in Barcelona”
The Fab City concept developed in Barcelona has its herald. Tomás Diez, founder of the Barcelona Fablab and organiser of FAB10 in July 2014 is adamant: fablabs are part of the solution.
DiY for reconciliation with smartwatches
You don't have a smartwatch, so what? For you, Makery uncovers projects of makers to equip oneself without breaking the bank. Or just for fun.
Do it Yourself: a smart house for chickadees
With a little help from SoFAB in Sophia Antipolis and Pobot for the prototyping, four high school girls built a connected birdhouse—finalist in the Science Factor competition.