In training with scientist-astronaut candidates
The artist-researcher Benjamin Pothier attended recently a training for scientist-astronaut candidates in Connecticut. Here is the story.
Invisibility on the networks. Lesson by Julian Oliver
We attended the counter-surveillance boot-camp led by the hacktivist coder artist Julian Oliver at the Geneva Mapping Festival.
Au Bénin, l’architecture en commun à l’Atelier des Griots
A Cotonou depuis un an et demi, des architectes urbanistes réunis dans l'Atelier des Griots proposent des chantiers d'un nouveau genre, où les communautés se réapproprient leurs espaces publics.
And the first speaker is… a horse
A worm breeder, a woodsman, a seaweed maker or performative micro-naps… Welcome to the strange conference Radical Relevances, in Helsinki.
I taste-tested the lab-grown Impossible Burger
Chomping down on alt-meat in the form of the iconic hamburger: What is this new trend of alternative meat, produced without killing animals?
Thecamp under the watchful eye of a territorial science researcher (3/3)
The researcher Raphaël Besson investigates the Hive, a creative residence of thecamp in Aix-en-Provence (France), since September 2017. The time has come to present the prototypes of the first session.
The making of the maker-farmers (7)
Spring has finally arrived at The Big Raise, the (future) permaculture farm. Our trainee maker-farmers have loads to do: Windbreaks to plant, cuttings to nurture, fruit bushes to plant...
Open Insulin, battle of the DIY diabetic
Well before biohacking junkies were injecting themselves with homemade concoctions, diabetics were hacking their own doses of insulin. Meet Anthony Di Franco, instigator of the Open Insulin project.
“Think of Yourself as a Planet”
Last days to see the exhibition “After the End of the World” at the Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona, which speculates on climate change, the end of humans… and becoming jellyfish.
Column of a material maker (28)
In order to upcycle by-products of the cotton industry in Benin, our maker is visiting factories, cotton farmers, getting familiar with the machines, experimenting in the lab…
Where are the Bees?
Long banned in Spanish cities, bees are reappearing in Barcelona with the exhibition “Beehave” at the Joan Miró Foundation and in various spots around the Catalan capital.
Long live free cola!
Less sugar and preservatives, more transparency and a militant approach… Makery attended a workshop to make your own soda.
Bike-sharing (3/3): The great electric leap forward
The final part of our investigation into bike-sharing focuses on the emergence of a newer model for urban mobility: electric bicycles. But why has it taken so long?
Bike-sharing (2/3): Bike share is good, bike community is better
Part 2 of our investigation on the state of bicycle society. While the free-floating Chinese bikes have shed a light on the dark side of the sharing economy, what about the not-for-profit aspect?
Africa OSH: “Africanize the maker movement”
The first Africa Open Science Hardware Summit will take place from April 13-15 in Kumasi, Ghana. Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou, co-organizer of the event, answered our questions.
Fablab Budapest must “grow to avoid being a victim of its own success”
During his European tour of social and solidarity initiatives, Thomas Tichadou (We Can Be Heroes) met Dávid Pap, founder of Fablab Budapest.
BAAM: “Better living through mycology” in California
The Californians of the BAAM collective, not content to simply cultivate mushrooms, believe in their power of remediation. Between DIY oyster mushroom workshops, we followed them into the wood.
CRISPR agriculture will not be regulated in the US
The US has decided: there will be no regulation on agricultural products from genome editing techniques. Thus making way for all kinds of genetic manipulations.
Navi Radjou: “Doing more with less is the essence of frugal innovation”
Navi Radjou, co-author of the best-seller “Jugaad innovation”, returns to the roots of frugal ingenuity. Or how makerspaces in India will “activate the chakras” of future entrepreneurs.
Thingful, a map to navigate the ocean of the Internet of Things
Environment, transportation, energy… Thingful cross-references and searches through data from millions of geolocated sensors in the Internet of Things. We met Usman Haque, its designer.