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DIY: a drone-keyboard, cerebral LEDs, a muscular puppet…

Drone-keyboard made in DIY. © Quentin Chevrier

Published 24 March 2015 by

18 participants met at the 2nd DIY organised by Makery on Saturday the 21st of March, to come up with most varied creations. Photo highlights.

Text and photos Quentin Chevrier

On the ground floor of Les EKLUZ, cultural and digital factory in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, the room is slowly filling up as of 2pm on Saturday the 21st of March. A few regulars, lots of new faces; the participants of the 2nd DIY organised by Makery engage in an afternoon of prototyping, under a poster specifying “this is not a hackathon”.

Some, like Pablo and Christine from the Lorem Fablab, or Paul from the Rueil-Malmaison Radio-Club, came with a lot of personal equipment. Others come with their hands in their pockets, counting on an encounter and a sudden inspiration when they see the pile of salvage. A hazardous choice for only a few hours of prototyping! So much the better! There is nothing to gain and nothing to lose, just enjoyment.

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About a third of the salvage material, source of inspiration to take to pieces without restraint.
Romain and Romain from the Coglab (with the help of Aurélien from Makery) experiment the link between an EEG helmet and a strip of LEDs.
Clément is testing conductive ink by turning his hand into a capacitive sensor.
Paul from the Rueil-Malmaison Radio-Club, is activating his puppet with the contractions of his arm.
Alya got to grips with a complex assembly of LEDs to copy Harry Potter’s magic clock, revealing the geolocation of family members.
Julien breathes new life into his Nabaztag by connecting it to the Web thanks to an Arduino.
The welding corner. On the right, Christophe, came to repair 3 pairs of speakers, a Hoover…
Super Liberty, printed in 3D by Jonathan, swings hanging from a neon light.
Jonathan detects colours and shapes and translates them into animated light.
Simon, Nicolas and Carla engaged in a photo booth nest box, taking photos of birds as they enter the shelter.
Pablo and Christophe’s drone-keyboard flew!

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View the photo album of the event on Makery’s Flickr

Next edition of the DIY end of April beginning of May. To get the info, send “date DiY” by email to quentin@makery.info