Published 28 August 2019 by Cherise Fong

Following its first three weeks of creative activities and jungle adventures, this year’s Dinacon camp exhibited a cross-section of experimental projects in progress.

Published 5 August 2019 by Cherise Fong

A new exhibition in Tokyo spotlights the woolly mammoth—its genealogy, its fossils, its genome, its de-extinction. Panorama of the issues surrounding this extinct species of the Pleistocene.

Published 30 June 2019 by Cherise Fong

Ahead of the 2nd Digital Naturalism Conference in Gamboa, Panama in August 2019, Makery spoke with instigator Andy Quitmeyer about the origins of Dinacon, Dinalab and the whole DiNa movement.

Published 18 June 2019 by Cherise Fong

Gathered for a day at Tama Art University in Tokyo, seven professors and researchers in arts and sciences shared their perspectives on life, from biosemiotics to extraterrestrial agents.

Published 19 May 2019 by Cherise Fong

This year, the radically self-reliant Black Rock City in the Nevada desert will face a new challenge: top-down, tone-deaf intervention. Yet, inner passion still prevails in the voices of Burning Man past and present.

Published 23 April 2019 by Cherise Fong

The Ecuadorian Mashpi bioreserve reconciles luxury ecotourism, natural conservation and local ecology. An exemplary project in an extraordinary location. Makery went on site.

Published 12 February 2019 by Cherise Fong

How has life been in the prehistoric paradise since the arrival of the human species?

Published 24 December 2018 by Cherise Fong

In Tokyo, a small startup is preparing a dazzling spectacle of shooting stars to launch above western Japan in spring 2020. Makery visited ALE a few weeks before it launches its first satellite into orbit.

Published 18 December 2018 by Cherise Fong

The 1st Japanese-German-French symposium on research, applications and issues surrounding artificial intelligence was held in Tokyo on November 21-22, 2018.

Published 13 November 2018 by Cherise Fong

Over the past ten years, a number of startups have been busy in the lab developing new materials for the textile industry. But when will we all be wearing high-tech ecofabrics?

Published 16 October 2018 by Cherise Fong

In California, community biology laboratory BioCurious is a catalyst for innovation in biotechnology, where biohacking is accessible to anyone. Makery stopped in for a visit.

Published 24 July 2018 by Cherise Fong

Care to ride an elephant? Give it a second thought. In Thailand, several dedicated sanctuaries are rescuing elephants from the tourism industry and offering them retirement. Makery visited one.

Published 17 July 2018 by Cherise Fong

Inspired by the Slovenian PIF Camp, the first Digital Naturalism Conference hosted more than 80 scientists, artists, hackers and makers on an island in Thailand from May 26 to July 8.

Published 19 June 2018 by Cherise Fong

After lab-grown burgers and plant-based sausage, what about a meat alternative made from insects? Insect farming is gaining traction, all the way to DIY home kits.

Published 5 June 2018 by Cherise Fong

Not a week goes by without a new announcement by the tech giants regarding our robotic future. OpenCat was born from the imagination of a single maker, who is working hard on its open source debut.

Published 7 May 2018 by Cherise Fong

Chomping down on alt-meat in the form of the iconic hamburger: What is this new trend of alternative meat, produced without killing animals?

Published 24 April 2018 by Cherise Fong

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.

Published 17 April 2018 by Cherise Fong

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?

Published 10 April 2018 by Cherise Fong

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.

Published 20 March 2018 by Cherise Fong

Since 2012, Counter Culture Labs, the grassroots biohacklab in the East Bay of San Francisco, has been promoting open citizen science. A couple years ago, it also began cultivating mushroooms…