Published 27 April 2015 by Nicolas Barrial

Immersive headsets are ubiquitous in the media, but very few are available on the market. Makery sifted through the marketing, often as virtual as the reality it purports to create.

Published 21 April 2015 by Nicolas Barrial

Whilst waiting for December and the new Star Wars saga, BB-8, the droid replacing R2-D2, has become a favourite with the fans. Making of its DIY version by an American designer.

Published 21 April 2015 by Elsa Ferreira

Last Saturday night Jardin d’Alice hosted the event: ‘BYOB’, or Bring Your Own Beamer, an open stage for artists working within the audio-visual medium. Makery was there.

Published 20 April 2015 by Quentin Chevrier

Fablab Festival, organized by Artilect, will be held in Toulouse on May 6-10. More than 40 labs and 4,000 visitors are expected.

Published 17 April 2015 by Laurent Catala

Presented at the Breton Bouillants festival, the Machine To Be Another from the collective BeAnotherLab invites the user to a curious reflexive experience on the other person... and on oneself.

Published 16 April 2015 by Ewen Chardronnet

Why do open source architecture initiatives, which seek to modify the conditions and forms of construction itself, claim a likeness to Ikea?

Published 14 April 2015 by Quentin Chevrier

For want of being able to hold your breath, can you DIY an effective protection?

Published 10 April 2015 by Cherise Fong

Folded cranes dancing in sync—paper animation, puppet gadgetry, or Japanese traditional art revisited? Discover the Ugoita collective.

Published 9 April 2015 by Fabien Eychenne

One of the best Brazilian universities is opening an engineering course with an integrated fablab that favours learning by doing. Makery went to see what it was all about.

Published 8 April 2015 by Ewen Chardronnet

AKER proposes open source kits for urban agriculture and hopes to contribute to the growth of Open farming movement.

Published 7 April 2015 by Quentin Chevrier

Had enough of TVs everywhere? There is a tutorial for this: TV-B-Gone, the universal remote control created by Mitch Altman.

Published 7 April 2015 by Nicolas Barrial

Resounding success for the “Fête de la récup” (Reuse party) this weekend in Paris. Some 15,000 curious people, solidarity-based players and makers participated in the recycling centre workshops.

Published 6 April 2015 by Caroline Grellier

La Termatière, Caroline Grellier’s project of viticulture by-products development, must define its investments needs in order to progress from DIY to mass production.

Published 6 April 2015 by James Becht

(Français) Un hacker suisse, Oscar Vermeulen, vient de mettre au point un émulateur du PDP-8, mini-ordinateur pionnier fabriqué dans les années 1960 par Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).

Published 3 April 2015 by Camille Bosqué

In “Saving the World”, theorist Michel Bauwens defends his optimistic vision of the P2P, on the brink of revolutionizing production and society.

Published 31 March 2015 by Felipe Fonseca

Felipe Fonseca co-founded the MetaReciclagem network in 2002. This “historical” maker denounces the entrepreneurial drift of the movement in “Repair culture” and here, for Makery.

Published 30 March 2015 by Annick Rivoire

What is the trip of electronic waste in the era of programed obsolescence? Artist Shu Lea Cheang posts a video from her week in the biggest electronics recycling market in Nigeria.

Published 30 March 2015 by Cherise Fong

Japanese maker Toshitatsu Munakata has designed a kit inspired by pteranodon to build a machine that flaps its wings.

Published 27 March 2015 by Laurent Catala

As an interactive and sensory film booth for solo viewer, Guillaume Faure's “Soma”, showing at Exit festival from March 25 to April 5, explores the unconscious relationship between body and image.

Published 24 March 2015 by Carine Claude

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.