Pandemic and techno-politics: “We must design for natural resistance to be within”
New correspondance on proximity-tracing with Denis Roio aka Jaromil from Dyne.org.
Covid-19: Parisian textile makers sew protective gowns for the frontline
In early April, Makerscovid.paris received an outsize order for 8,400 protective gowns. Two labs and a library rose to the challenge.
New mobilities after the lockdown: How about retooling the airline industry?
Independent curator and critic Rob La Frenais runs the "Future of Transportation" group on Facebook. He writes in Makery his thoughts about mobility after the lockdown.
Makers x Covid Paris: “We literally heard hospitals calling for help”
Makery relays voices from fabrication spaces federated around the collective Makers x Covid Paris to support the city's frontline workers.
Covid-19, mobilized in photos: Delivering protective gear with Makerscovid.Paris
Capturing the moment for distributed production of PPE, photographer Quentin Chevrier followed deliveries around a city on lockdown by the collective Makers x Covid Paris.
Covid-19: In Taiwan, a workshop to make infrared thermometers
On April 12, the Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB) in Taipei launched a series of DIY anti-virus workshops for all ages, the first of which focused on transforming a Micro:bit micro-computer into an infrared thermometer.
Covid-19: New forms of rationality and liberation
Denis Roio aka Jaromil shares here his further thinkings about the development of an ethical contact-tracing solution.
Covid-19: Why proximity-tracing is important and its integrity should be contextual
Feeding the debate on proximity-tracing during Covid-19 pandemia, Denis Roio, aka Jaromil from Dyne.org, challenges some polarizing beliefs forming around the concepts of privacy and urgency.
Covid-Initiatives: Mapping makers worldwide mobilized against Covid-19
In partnership with Makery, Covid-Initiatives is launching a call for contributions in order to extend and improve the map and accurately and comprehensively document maker initiatives in Europe and worldwide.
Covid-19: Japanese biohackers develop Ninja qPCR for real-time testing
In Tokyo, biohacker Shingo Hisakawa is converting his NinjaPCR open source thermal cycler into a real-time DNA amplifier, which could test for the coronavirus Covid-19.
Covid-19: French makers’ unprecedented mobilization
In France, the mobilization of makers and fablabs against Covid-19 is unprecedented, but they are left to liaise directly with health care workers and civil society.
Tracing Covid-19 patients while preserving privacy?
A team of European researchers offers a decentralized protocol that could store relevant information on people without mass collecting personal data.
Covid-19: MIT launches 2D cut, one-piece face shield
MIT’s Project Magnus has designed a model for a complete face shield that can be cut out in one (foldable) piece from a single flat sheet.
Adriana Knouf: “I launched fragments of my hormone replacement medications to the ISS”
On March 6, 2020, five research payloads from the MIT Media Lab’s Space Exploration Initiative were sent to the International Space Station. Among them, the Sojourner 2020 project, a payload of artworks selected by SEI’s arts curator Xin Liu. Adriana Knouf’s TX-1 is one of the curated projects.
Oki Wonder FoodLabs tantalize the senses
As Oki Wonder Lab gleefully camps out in Okinawa, most Hackterians are stuck indoors. An online KitchenLab hosted live from Helsinki offered an entertaining glimpse of localized baking, while other experiments are fermenting and distilling across the global network.
Covid-19: Electrolab designs an open source syringe pump
Hospitals that are mobilized against Covid-19 are in short supply of electric syringe pumps. Electrolab is developing an open source prototype.
Covid-19: Sterilizing masks with UV rays, by Hackerfarm in Japan
Akiba and his Hackerfarm team have developed an open source system for sterilizing and decontaminating masks or other objects using ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI).
Donation campaign: support Makery
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Système K, chaos and survival in Kinshasa
Documentary filmmaker Renaud Barret followed several young artists in Kinshasa. His film “System K” was released in January.
HackteriaLab ferments isolation in Okinawa
Oki Wonder Lab just may be the most remote un-disciplinary DIYbio camp going on in the world right now. Hackteria’s latest event is currently taking place in Okinawa.