UN: The Young Champion of the Earth award for a hydroponic project
The UN rewards a young British engineer for having designed a hydroponic system that uses ten times less water and cultivated area than conventional horticulture.
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Applications are now open for Fab Academy 2018
The next Fab Academy will begin in January, an intensive five-month course created at the MIT by Neil Gershenfeld and hosted by more than 80 labs in 36 different countries.
(Edit) The boss of Make apologies again to Sexy Cyborg
Two weeks after the tweet in which he accused the Chinese maker Naomi Wu of not being what she said she was, the boss of Make Media made his second mea culpa.
The first robot citizen is a citizen of… Saudi Arabia
On October 25, Saudi Arabia granted citizenship to the humanoid robot Sophia. Will this AI have more rights than the Saudi women?
The SeaBubbles won’t hover… in Paris
The mini electric taxi boats SeaBubbles won't fly over the river Seine. The designer and seaman Alain Thébault has chosen Geneva instead of Paris for his prototype test.
First 3D-printed bridge for cyclists in the Netherlands
The first civil infrastructure for bicycles to be 3D-printed in reinforced pre-stressed concrete opened to cyclists in the village of Gemert, Netherlands.
World first in robotic surgery in Amiens
Before operating on a child suffering from severe scoliosis with help from a robotized arm, the surgeons from the Amiens CHU trained on a 3D printed spine.
The Rosetta Stone in 3D… and in VR
Among more than 200 masterpieces from its collections, the British Museum published the 3D model of the famous Rosetta Stone.
The Science Bus hits the road for European citizen science
On July 13, in Amsterdam, 10 scientist makers set off on their European tour on board the Do-it-Together Science Bus, in association with the Waag Society fablab.
A giant MRI to explore the hidden side of the brain
The most powerful MRI medical scanner in the world, equipped with a magnet weighing more than 130 tons, was presented on July 6 by the NeuroSpin institute, a research center dedicated to human brain imaging.
The European Parliament commits to fighting programmed obsolescence
The European Parliament voted this July 4 in favor of a report destined to make goods longer-lasting and easier to repair.
Architecture: mushrooms are rock solid!
The architecture made from mycelium proposed by Aleksi Vesaluoma with Grown Structures could enable to design solid structures, durable and respectful of the environment.
The great Chinese leap towards an impregnable internet
Chinese scientists have just established a record distance for quantum teleportation, 1,200km apart. A step further for data protection.
Koons, Abramović, Eliasson: 3 superstars of the art world take on VR
The cream of the contemporary art world has finally caught up to the virtual reality frenzy. Never too late...
NASA wants to put into orbit the 1st space fablab
Early May, NASA launched a call for projects to create the future fablab of the International Space Station and develop digital fabrication in orbit.
The Fab Academy spins off new variations
After launching the Bio Academy and the Textile Academy, the Fab Academy is considering expanding its programs to design and storytelling.
Start running, the cyborg tortoises lie in waiting
Tortoises ridden by robots that guide them is the experience of a team of Korean researchers. A first step towards biobots?
HIV eradicated on mice thanks to the CRISPR-Cas9 technique
Researchers in the United States demonstrated that the replication of the HIV could be stopped thanks to the CRISPR-Cas9 technique, kind of genetic scissors.
Meet Solarcast, Safecast’s newest DIY environmental monitoring device
Safecast, best known for its DIY Geiger counter, the bGeigie, just announced on April 29 its newest device: Solarcast has sensors to measure temperature, humidity, radiation and air quality.