/ creation-2
Having written for Makery the soundtrack of lab machines, Jean-Philippe Renoult composed “Make Sound, binaural Fablab Opera” for a prestigious art radio program.
/ DIY
At Green Lab in London, we attended a workshop to create an aquaponic system. In order to be an aquaponist, you need to know a bit of everything: chemistry, design, plumbing, maths...
/ Interview
In 2015, two fans of the maker movement conceived MakerTour, a journey through France and Europe. Following their lead, MakerTour Asia was launched two years later. We look back on their journeys.
/ Tidbits
January 12 marks the release of “Hello World”, fruit of the collaboration between composer Benoit Carré, the AI Flow Machines and guest artists.
/ DIY
Build this LEDs mirror in five steps and admire yourself endlessly thanks to the tunnel effect. This ultra simple tutorial also works for a futuristic coffee table.
/ Events
Makery is organizing its first big event around Open Science Hardware and open hardware for healthcare. Hitherto unseen in France.
/ Investigation
As the TechShop saga rages on in the U.S., a new TechShop opens inside Station F in Paris, while TechShop Tokyo forges ahead with impassive optimism.
/ Lab Life
In 2011, the Music Hackspace was a group of noisy hackers getting together in a café. Six years later, the collective moved into a prestigious cultural institution in London.
/ News
How can we prepare the cohabitation of robots and humans on the Moon? Artists and space experts discussed the issues at the first workshop of the Moon Village Association in Strasbourg, France.
/ Tidbits
The UN rewards a young British engineer for having designed a hydroponic system that uses ten times less water and cultivated area than conventional horticulture.
/ News
For the love of art, science and Afrofuturism, we boarded a spacecraft full of DNA catchers.
/ News
Live on the Internet, on December 5, Paris Hospitals carried out shoulder surgery via a collaborative mixed-reality platform, raising the question of the Cloud in hospitals.
/ Tidbits
The next Fab Academy will begin in January, an intensive five-month course created at the MIT by Neil Gershenfeld and hosted by more than 80 labs in 36 different countries.
/ Lab Life
In London, the Green Lab has been exploring agritech and urban agriculture for six months. We took part in an aquaponics workshop to meet them.
/ News
Not all conversational robots are sinister or subservient. With minimalist means, some manage to explore new styles of human-machine interaction. Our top 10 chatbots.
/ News
Tension is rising in the maker community. La Casemate, a fablab in Grenoble, France, was destroyed by arson on November 21. A political act against the “nuisance” of fablabs, claimed anonymously. Reactions and solidarity follow.
/ News
On November 24-26, 2017, the student technology club at Goldsmiths University in London held the second edition of Sex Tech Hack, just as fiercely inclusive and indie as the first.
/ Tidbits
A Chinese rammed earth house designed to withstand earthquakes received the title of World Building of the Year 2017. An international recognition for a sustainable architecture.
/ Investigation
For more than a decade, the algorave scene has made ravers dance to computer code. Makery went to investigate where it all began, in Sheffield, which hosted the Algomech festival in early November.
/ Voices
Resuming her studies, changing her plans facing African political hazards… Our bio-sourced material agency project leader is learning to juggle.
