Spanish makers’ ongoing fight against COVID-19
Co-founder of Makerspace Madrid, Cesar Garcia Saez comes back to the mobilization of the makers in support of health care workers and exposed professionnals.
by Ewen Chardronnet
Ewen Chardronnet is an artist, journalist, writer and curator. Since 2000, he has been broadening his activities as an author and organizer of numerous intermedia productions, exhibitions and events planning.
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She can see land! Cross the Atlantic Like Greta
While Greta Thunberg just arrived in New York on a sailing boat to attend UN Climate Action Summit 2019, Makery has investigated options how to "Do It Like Greta".
Turner Prize turns to collaborative DIY architecture
The Turner Prize, Britain's prestigious art prize, is known for championing experimental art. Among the 2015 finalists is an architects collective nominated for a social project, in Liverpool.
Understanding climate change with Roscoff worms
The Roscoff Biological Station in France's Finistère region has developed a kit to help people understand the consequences of ocean acidification on marine symbioses such as coral.
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.
La Cool Co: “France still doesn’t understand open innovation”
The designers of La Cool Co were at Maker Faire Rome 2015, where they talked about the difficulties of developing an open innovation project in France, their smart greenhouse proto.
The reason why MIT is co-organizing a hackathon in Brazil
What to think of hackathonmania? Makery deciphers the method on the occasion of a makethon co-organized in Brazil by Natura, leader in natural cosmetics, and the MIT.
In tune with possible futures at Werkleitz festival
The MoveOn-Werkleitz festival, Germany, was celebrating 20 years of Emare artist residency program in medialabs. And disrupts entrenched habits by inviting migrants.
(Français) La Maker Faire Rome allie bidouille et salon de l’innovation
Du 16 au 18 octobre, la Maker Faire Rome, berceau des éditions européennes, a engrangé 100 000 visiteurs. Sans résoudre le hiatus entre DiY désintéressé et ambitions économiques.
BrutBox, music in the hands of the disabled
The BrutPop collective and the LFO fablab created BrutBox, a creative music tool that is tailor-made for disabled people.
Column of a material maker (9)
From maker to researcher, is there only one step? Caroline Grellier discussed the subject with the National institute for agronomical research (Inra) and Sup’Agro Montpellier.
The mushroom DIY
It’s the high season for mushrooms, but not all aspiring makers live in the country. Makery tells you everything about growing oyster mushrooms at home.
(Français) Alors, cette fédération des labs français, ça vient?
En mai a été lancée l'idée d'un réseau national des fablabs. Olivier Gendrin, coordinateur du chantier de la future association et Emmanuelle Roux, du FacLab, échangent sur la difficulté à construire cette fédération.
Collisions of TodaysArt at The Hague
How DIY and hacking are infusing current art practices at this year's TodaysArt festival, which took over The Pier, overlooking the seaside of the Dutch capital.
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
Fashion Tech: LEDs under the frills
At the closing show of the Fashion Tech Showroom in Paris on the 26th of September, the illuminated Ocean Dress caused a sensation. An ethical and chic hi-tech prototype.
When Scopitone burns the keyboard with Makey Makey
Time for fun video DIY! The Makey Makey workshop of the Scopitone festival aligns itself with the game frenzy prevailing in Nantes with fun and easy to reproduce projects.
POC! End clap and prototype review
“We've been here since August 15, it won't be easy going back to normal life.” A few hours before the closing of POC21, we went to see the eco-hackers' solutions for the green transition.
Nicolas Huchet sees the future of open prosthesis
With his Bionicohand DIY prosthesis, Nicolas Huchet is one of the best ambassadors of the maker movement. He is defending labs open to disabilities, competing in the Google Impact Challenge.
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.