Published 15 May 2018 by Laurent Catala

We attended the counter-surveillance boot-camp led by the hacktivist coder artist Julian Oliver at the Geneva Mapping Festival.

Published 15 May 2018 by Caroline Grellier

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.

Published 9 May 2018 by Rob La Frenais

A worm breeder, a woodsman, a seaweed maker or performative micro-naps… Welcome to the strange conference Radical Relevances, in Helsinki.

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 30 April 2018 by Raphaël Besson

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.

Published 30 April 2018 by Alexis Rowell

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...

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 24 April 2018 by Rob La Frenais

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.

Published 24 April 2018 by Caroline Grellier

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…

Published 17 April 2018 by Rob La Frenais

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.

Published 17 April 2018 by Elsa Ferreira

Less sugar and preservatives, more transparency and a militant approach… Makery attended a workshop to make your own soda.

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 Elsa Ferreira

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?

Published 10 April 2018 by Ewen Chardronnet

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.

Published 10 April 2018 by la rédaction

During his European tour of social and solidarity initiatives, Thomas Tichadou (We Can Be Heroes) met Dávid Pap, founder of Fablab Budapest.

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 3 April 2018

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.

Published 3 April 2018 by Carine Claude

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.

Published 3 April 2018 by Elsa Ferreira

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.

Published 3 April 2018 by Nicolas Barrial

Part one of our investigation on bike-sharing. How the “free-floating” trend of dockless public bikes challenges the model of sustainable mobility.