CNES and Open Space Makers launch their Tour de France
The French space agency (CNES) backs an organization in order to facilitate the development of open source space projects in fablabs, hackerspaces and other spaces for collaborative making.
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Ewen Chardronnet is chief editor of Makery since April 2019. A graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme in Paris, Ewen Chardronnet now shares his activities between journalism and cultural production.
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Conflict of method among biohackers
Clash in the DIYbio community around a biotech company that claims to offer DIY vaccine injection kits and other treatments for diseases such as aids or herpes.
The “Letatlin” resumes its flight
Forgotten, found again, restored, Tatlin’s flying machine takes back its place in art in Moscow. Miha Turšič, who identified it in a Russian military museum, tells us about its revival.
Open Source Body: Makery has its festival
Makery is organizing its first big event around Open Science Hardware and open hardware for healthcare. Hitherto unseen in France.
Artisan’s Asylum, the cradle of giant robots in Boston
Visit of Artisan’s Asylum, one of the largest makerspace in the US, that saw the birth of MegaBots. On October 17, 2017, the mega-robot EaglePrime fought its Japanese rival Kuratas.
The MIT Media Lab takes leadership of the DIYbio community
On September 21-24, the MIT Media Lab hosted the Bio Summit, the largest assembly of biohackers to date. A milestone in the movement of community biology labs.
François-Joseph Lapointe dances with his microbiome
The genome revolution has changed our perception of our bodies. Canadian biologist and choreographer François-Joseph Lapointe is exploring this revolution, with an immodest taste for bacterial exchanges.
Peter Frase: “We can’t solve everything by techno-tinkering”
Peter Frase is the author of “Four Futures: Life After Capitalism” and contributes to the American leftist magazine “Jacobin”. We caught up with him at the Border Sessions festival.
Border Sessions, the festival that imagines our future lives
The second edition of Border Sessions, the festival at the frontiers of technology, was held in The Hague on June 28-30. In its own friendly way, it pushes us to think “out of the box”.
Imprimer le monde, matérialiser la pensée, au Centre Pompidou
L’exposition «Imprimer le monde» est visible jusqu'au 19 juin au Centre Pompidou à Paris. Un panorama de l’impression 3D dans l’art et le design contemporains.
Who wants to eat fluorescent pink chicken?
The “Pink Chicken Project” wants to turn all the chickens on the planet fluorescent pink using CRISPR genetic engineering. Yes, it’s a provocation.
Krzysztof Nawratek: “Urban re-industrialization is a political project”
#Fablab Festival. Interview with Krzysztof Nawratek, architect and urbanist from the University of Sheffield, about the essay he directed, “Urban Re-industrialization”.
Germany launches a legal battle against the DIYbio CRISPR-Cas9 kit
The incredible story of The Odin’s CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing kit, which travels across the Atlantic and sets off the first legal-sanitary counter-attacks.
How Constructlab is building “spaces that consider the commons”
Informal and “homeless”, the international collective Constructlab leads temporary architectural projects around the world. Interview with founding member Alexander Römer in Berlin.
The “3D Additivist Cookbook” guide to subversive making
The “3D Additivist Cookbook” was launched at Transmediale in Berlin on January 31. About a hundred artists, makers and activists contributed to this book of 3D printing recipes and imaginative and provocative methods.
A wireless ultrasound-stethoscope authorized on the American market
Clarius Mobile Health is authorized to commercialize its wireless ultrasound-stethoscope in the United States.
Time’s Up: from piracy to fair trade (2/2)
Part 2 of our interview with the Time’s Up collective from Linz on their floating investigation of fair trade sail cargo practices.
Time’s Up: geek piracy, UFOs and sail cargo fair trade (1/2)
The artist collective based in the harbor of Linz for the past 20 years has become increasingly engaged in DIY nautical culture. Part 1 of a flowing interview.
Open Gov Summit: France pinned down by its nonprofits
Open Gov Summit: French organizations promoting civil and digital liberties criticize France's flawed expression of open democracy.
Platform cooperativism: an alternative to uberisation
The good papers from “Ours to Hack and to Own” by Trebor Scholz and Nathan Schneider. This book supports the launch of an international consortium for platform cooperativism.