Pimp up your hair drier into an Atari Punk Console
A hair drier, what for? In less than three hours, we turned our old Babyliss into an Atari Punk Console with sinusoidal sounds.
by Elsa Ferreira
Destroy it Yourself: explode your passport’s RFID chip
After a German man exploded the RFID chip of his ID card in the microwave oven, Makery researched the the most efficient techniques. At your own risk and peril
Why a Paris suburb is replacing an urban farm with a parking lot
The city of Colombes, near Paris, is tearing down the local farm R-Urban… in order to make way for a parking lot. Report at Agrocité.
Wikibuilding: What if architecture were collaborative?
Promoting collaborative urban planning for the past 15 years, Alain Renk hits the mark with Wikibuilding, preselected for the Reinventing Paris competition.
Do it Yourself special heatwave: 15-minute A/C
39 degrees... so what? Makery shows you how to keep cool despite the heatwave with DIY air-conditioners that can be built in less than 15 minutes. A little sweat for lots of comfort.
Hiatus between French PM and his “dear geeks” at Pas Sage en Seine
While French Prime Minister Manuel Valls presented his government's digital strategy at La Gaîté lyrique in Paris, the open software community met not far for Pas Sage en Seine.
Make Works, the Scottish platform uniting makers and manufacturers
Fi Scott, a designer/maker, lists Scotland’s makers and manufacturers on the Scottish platform Make Works. A sort of Airbnb of makers.
The hackathon where Wikimedia France speeds up knowledge
Wikimedia France held a hackathon near Lyon from May 23rd to 25th, where 250 members of a community with millions of volunteer contributors got together to improve the sharing of knowledge.
Bricole it Yourself: the modular synthesizer
It’s possible to recreate the pleasant analogue fuzz of Moog era synthesizers without breaking the bank. At Shoogle studios in Glasgow, Makery built a synth for ten pounds.
Bring Your Own Beamer, the talent show for image hackers
Last Saturday night Jardin d’Alice hosted the event: ‘BYOB’, or Bring Your Own Beamer, an open stage for artists working within the audio-visual medium. Makery was there.