DIY 4: LED masks, bicycle piano-wheel and hydroponics
Review of projects realised during the 4th DIY on Saturday June 20th.
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Rural.Scapes, a rural lab for artists, cows and chicken in Brazil
The Rural.Scapes farm is a lab that defends “Rural Intermedia”, confronts artists with local territory and know-how.
Hiatus between French PM and his “dear geeks” at Pas Sage en Seine
While French Prime Minister Manuel Valls presented his government's digital strategy at La Gaîté lyrique in Paris, the open software community met not far for Pas Sage en Seine.
Futur en Seine: “demo or die” in Paris
Prototypes paraded across Innovation Village at Futur en Seine 2015, Paris' all-digital festival, at Gaîté Lyrique from June 11 to 14.
DIY: how do you set up your fablab?
In a 7 day sprint race, 10 commandments or 3 fundamental questions. Selection of fablab battle plans by Makery.
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.
How about some liquid democracy?
On June 9, the French chapter of Democracy OS came together under the premise of open democracy. How? By using open platforms and open code to boost citizen participation.
Oculus looks for the wave of the E3 trade fair and reaps a small breeze
Prior to E3, the largest video game trade show in the world, in LA from 16th - 19th of June, Oculus pulls out all the stops to seduce gamers…and announces a partnership with Microsoft.
Do it Yourself: Install TailsOS, the anonymous Linux on USB key
TailsOS is a free, anonymizing and amnesic operating system thats fits on a USB key. This (advanced) DiY guides you through the steps to install it.
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.
SenseCube prototypes for solidary start-ups
Makery visited SenseCube in Paris, one of the rare incubators specialized in start-up projects for solidarity.
Column of a material maker #6
Peanut shells, rice bran, cow pat and homemade moulds… Our material maker continues her inspiring immersion in Togo, at the bio-sourced local material lab.
Do it Yourself: brew your own beer
How to make your own beer? The Makery recipe to brew 7 liters of pure lager.
Make Works, the Scottish platform uniting makers and manufacturers
Fi Scott, a designer/maker, lists Scotland’s makers and manufacturers on the Scottish platform Make Works. A sort of Airbnb of makers.
No Chanel at the textile hackerspace
Where does DIY dressmaking stand? On May 27th, the intelligent and connected textile day that took place at Stereolux in Nantes provided an update. Makery was there.
1000 Galantes (fool’s) game
"1000 Galantes" from the experimental collective One Life Remains is similar to a life-size collaborative game. Up to 25 people can interact with laser pointers on a "black box" area
3D printing against Daech
Iranian artist Morehshin Allahyari is committed to 3D printing thousands-year-old sculptures that were destroyed in Mosul in February by Daech jihadists.
Do it Yourself: Automatic Tinder Finger
In a minimalist DIY approach to save their over-eager fingers from carpal tunnel syndrome, a few makers tried their hands at hacking the mobile matchmaking app Tinder.
The hackathon where Wikimedia France speeds up knowledge
Wikimedia France held a hackathon near Lyon from May 23rd to 25th, where 250 members of a community with millions of volunteer contributors got together to improve the sharing of knowledge.