It’s summer, cook solar!
DiY of the week: a parabolic solar oven to cook in summer without breaking the bank.
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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Workshopping with the man who codes the earth
La Gaîté Lyrique in Paris welcomed « Earth Coding », a workshop with the artist Martin Howse.
Affordable metal 3D printing?
A cheap metal 3D printer is the promise of Matterfab, a young American start-up.
Will we have to wait ten years for the makers’ Wikipedia?
Why ten-year forecasts presiding over a Wikipedia for makers are not in the least far-fetched.
DiY: The bottle cutter
BottleCutter 2.0 is a manual bottle cutter. It is basic but efficient and recycles in a single motion one’s used bottles into plastic string.
FAB10 bigger better stronger?
The annual meeting of fablabbers came to an end on July 8 in Barcelona, after an intense week of workshops, talks and beach parties.
Bilbao’s DEUSTO fablab ready for take-off
Spanish Basque Country will have its second MIT-approved fablab at the University of Bilbao.
Loopa, placing your eggs in loads of baskets
A curious ovoid memory-based sculpture developed with the Parisian fablab Maker/Seine.
Cardboard, the poor man’s Oculus Rift
Cardboard and a smartphone. These are the essential ingredients to assemble your Cardboard virtual reality headset.
FAB10: Barcelona, fablab capital
What to expect from FAB10, the 10th International Fab Lab Conference in Barcelona gathering makers from 250 fablabs, 40 countries, on 2-8 July
Hack festival Le Vent en Poop: forward ho!
What does a hack festival look like? Mid June, Loop organised its Vent en Poop in Paris at an official squat.
