Space Seed takes root in the labs
Chinese artist and designer Li Yu was at La Paillasse (biohackerspace, Paris) for a new stage of her poetic and crazy “Space Seed” project. Interview.
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The future of 3D printing in coffee grounds
The Italian Francesco Pacelli’s Hoop project recycles food waste, especially coffee, to make material close to ceramic for 3D printing.
Publishers play nicely at publishing hackathon in Paris
From December 12-14, Le Labo de l’édition in Paris hosted its second hackathon on the theme of book applications, as a new way to imagine reading in digital media.
Transformeurs: upcycling showdown in Nantes
66 artists took part on December 12-14 in the 6th Transformeurs upcycling challenge in Nantes, which attracted some 4,500 visitors.
Do it Yourself: this year, we are making presents ourselves!
The Christmas spirit, DiY version: Makery is helping you concoct 100% DiY presents, for more or less conversant makers.
Oliver Kreylos, the mad scientist of virtual reality
Specialized in 3D environments, Oliver Kreylos imagined a system that would take his body on an adventure.
Do it Yourself: pallet it be
All about pallets, a cheap, easily accessible, rather ecological material. The LEGO brick of reclaimed furniture design.
Maurin Donneaud invents “robot skin”
Meet Maurin Donneaud, a couturier of connected fabrics at Data Paulette, the new hackerspace for textiles in Paris.
Top 10 kits for hardware prototyping
Our Top 10 of prototyping kits. They are offering makers a broader choice of circuit boards to create their projects faster and faster.
Video game prototypes unlike any other
Zoo Machine Festival in Lille shows 12 prototype games resulting from a gamejam that brought together 150 artists, students, game developers and designers.
“Digital craftsmen”, extract “to read whilst keeping a watch on generalised hacking”
Makery offers you an extract from “Digital Craftsmen” e-book. Johan Söderberg, researcher in information technology, questions intellectual property in the fablab era.
Loungeshare #3, from dustbin to daring design
27 designers, craftsmen and curious onlookers got together for a design salvage workshop at ICI Montreuil this week-end.
DIY Halloween special: Make your own eco-coffin with DIYing free
Halloween is here, along with customary graveyard processions. Makery shows you how to make your own cheap eco-coffin with the DIYing free project.
Ouagalab: slowly but surely
Makers from Togo, Ghana, Benin and Ivory Coast met in June 2014 in Ouagalab, the first fablab of West Africa.
Do It Yourself: Anti tight-ass butt plug
In support of Paul McCarthy, the aggressed artist who made the vandalized sculpture in Paris, Makery presents its first explicitly adult tutorial: the DIY butt plug.
We tested the 3D-printed recipes of a Michelin-starred chef
Introducing 3D-printed gastronomy! 3D Printshow in Paris set up a kitchen at Le Carrousel du Louvre on October 17 and 18.
Ekovore, the composter from Nantes that recycles left, right and centre
“The first shared composter in the world” was introduced on the 11th of October in Nantes. This fine piece of urban furniture is technologically advanced and could well multiply in Europe.
Electrolab, soon-to-be the biggest European hackerspace in Nanterre
In the parisian suburb, Electrolab’s 120 members are working relentlessly to expand their hackerspace from 150 to 1500 m2.
In Tokyo, fablabs are more fab than lab
Digital fabrication spaces in Tokyo are adapted to local culture, mostly based on consumption.
Journey to the heart of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA’s oldest lab applies maker culture to build the future Curiosity and Voyager.