DIY and prototype thingies and whatsits.
To all makers, hackers, coders, DIYers, engineers, artists…Makery is opening its doors for you on Saturday, October 17th for the 5th edition of the Makery DIY. A day full of hazardous experimentations and technological second degree.
Doing is good, doing together is even better! Come and play with code, DIY and prototype thingies and whatsits for fun at les Ekluz, cultural and digital community workshop (Paris 10th arrondissement).
Although the spirit remains exactly the same as the previous editions, the 17th of October will be the opportunity for a partnership with Adaweek, a forum from the Ile de France region dedicated to “the opportunity for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics”. For the occasion, the afternoon of Makery (still free of charge) will strive to welcome as many women as men.
Practical information
– From 2pm to 7.30pm: we do.
– From 7.30pm: drinks and snacks open to all. We talk about everything and nothing, we meet over a drink.
– It’s free, providing you bring something for drinks
– Registration: send name, surname and potential project to quentin@makery.info, 25 places, first come first served
– Venue: 13 rue des Écluses Saint-Martin, Paris 10th arrondissement (map). Metro Colonel Fabien (line 2) or Château-Landon (line 7)
Who can participate?
Everyone! There are almost no limitations other than being autonomous during the DIY part. Young or less young, employee, unemployed, retired, students… You can of course come alone or in a duo, threesome or a foursome.
Projects
No theme or technique is imposed. It is possible to determine your project in advance or to let yourself be inspired by the equipment available on-site. The over all objective is to have fun and definitely not abstain from making bizarre things.
Beware, however, 5 hours is in fact rather a short prototyping time span. It is therefore possible to leave a project incomplete and finish it during the following edition.
All questions are welcome, by email (quentin@makery.info), Twitter (@makery_) or Facebook (Makery).
See the photos of the projects of the DIY #4
The event is not…
A hackathon. There is no theme, no technical constraint, no loser, no prize, no fixed team, no restitution. Makery provides a room, time, and equipment. Participants are in charge of drinks and snacks, and we DIY things all together.
A workshop. The event is not intended for beginners. You must be able to work independently with the techniques chosen for your project.
Unlimited in the number of places. There are 25 places. First come, first served, then waiting list. However, the places are unlimited for the drinks and snacks at 7.30pm!
Expensive. The afternoon as well as drinks and snacks are free. Participants only bring their desire, their project, their equipment if necessary, and something to eat/drink. The Carrefour Express shop is 50m away.
Proprietary. Neither Makery nor les Ekluz keep any right on the prototypes created. At the end of the day, each person leaves with the equipment and the components they brought along. Makery keeps its equipment. If a participant wishes to leave with Makery equipment, we discuss it on a case by case basis on-site. We encourage participants to share their creations in open source. Photos of the event are put online under Creative Commons license.
We have a hodgepodge of diverse equipment that fills our cupboard (and overflows a bit). Each participant is allowed to bring his/her personal equipment if he/she wishes or needs it for his/her project.
Equipment made available:
– lots of reusable objects (old Macintoshes, printers, electric razors, toys, Xbox and Playstation game controllers, webcams, speakers, pallets, synthesizer…)
– soldering equipment (iron, pump, lead and silver tin, braid, flux…)
– DIY equipment (drill, saws, nails, hammer, scrap wood…)
– LED RGB to sew
– Conductor wire
– Shape memory wire
– Arduino: Uno, Yun, Nano…
– Raspberry Pi: A+, B+, dedicated camera, microSD card
– Spark Core
– Blend Micro BLE
– FX Sound board
– Bluefruit EZ-Key – 12 Input Bluetooth HID Keyboard Controller
– drone (Parrot ARdrone Elite)
– sensors (CO2, ultrasonic, liquid flow rate, colour, skin conductivity, muscular activity, accelerometer, magnetometer, alcohol in the air, air quality, IR distance, altitude…)
– motors (stepper, servo…)
– relays
– solar panels
– mini joystick
– conductive ink pen
– copper conductive sticky tape
– multimeter
– lab power supply system (0-12V, 0-3A)
– 8 x 8 LED matrix
– kits of resistors, condensers, amplifiers, transistors…
– 12-Key Capacitive Touch Sensor
– cables, wires, jumpers, breadboards…
– LED (neopixel LEDs– stick 8 LEDs RGB, 12 LEDs RGB ring, 16 LEDs RGB ring, 5 big LEDs RGB, 7 LEDs RGB in circle, 3 strip 60 LEDs RGB 1metre, 6 strip 30 LEDs per metre, 1 strip 144 LEDs on 1 metre, monochrome LED blue red green yellow…)
– littleBits (many components)
– Oculus Rift DK2
– Google Cardboard
See you soon!
To know everything about Adaweek, partner of this DIY n°5, go to the official website