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"Fab Labs", mouvement des "Makers", "économie collaborative" ou "BoP": ces tendances, signes d'une vision de l'innovation plus ouverte et inclusive, impactent en profondeur nos modèles économiques, analyse Olivia Lisicki.
Hi, I’m Eric Michaud. From the first time I visited a Hackerspace, I knew that I had to do everything I could to get Hackerspaces everywhere.
The Free Universal Construction Kit is a set of adapters for complete interoperability between 10 popular children's construction toys.
Depuis 2009, Maker Faire, ce concept de grande foire aux bidouilleurs né aux États-Unis, s'est installée en Afrique. En 2011, sa troisième édition a eu lieu au Caire en Égypte. Nous avons interview...
Reverting to traditional handicrafts is one way to sabotage the throwaway society. In this article, we discuss another possibility: the design of modular consumer products, whose parts and components could be re-used for the design of other products.
As the longtime editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine, the author of The Long Tail, the coiner of the term...
William Shakespeare is credited with coining the term 'luggage' in Henry IV in 1597. It took over 400 years before someone figured out it would be easier if the cases had wheels.
A First Outline of Our New Chapter for 2012-2013 | Presented to Dr. Adrian Thomason, July 16, 2012 | Buffy J.
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Technology and society: The “maker” movement could change how science is taught and boost innovation. It may even herald a new industrial revolution
Jerry hébergé le wiki de l'évènement et un Etherpad sur Ubuntu server. Le forum Innovafrica s'est tenu du 12 au 16 décembre à Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso. C'était la troisième édition de cette fête de l'innovation panafricaine.
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Last month I've made a vibrant call to “Close the Incubators and Accelerators, and Open FabLabs and MakerSpaces instead”, simply because Africa needs more people with the skills to fabricate something than additional people with oratory prowess.
There is too much coverage in the press about the wonders of 3D printing and it's a distraction from the real revolution, argues Neil Gershenfeld, the head of MIT's Centre for Bits and Atoms
Yochai Benkler explains how collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of human organization.
If you’ve ever wanted your own place to work on projects, learn a new skill, build a new company, or to co-hack with others for camaraderie or info sharing, then it’s time to start a Hackerspace.
I’ve long refused reading the books of the top minds of the Valley, probably from fear I could be convinced and would have to change my “fixed mindset” as I … Continue read...
Energy production may be one of the largest challenges of future societies. The Open Source Energy project has developed a promising system for energy production that is adaptable yet scaleable, and may be the solution to this complex problem.
Doing It Ourselves aims to broaden understanding of the debt crisis and peak resources and encourage action for the sake of personal preparedness, happiness ...
Repair your electronics yourself. iFixit is the repair manual you can edit. We sell tools, parts and upgrades for Apple Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, and MacBook as well as game consoles.
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Mid March it was my turn to provide the session in the Escuela de los Commons (School of Commons) in Barcelona. I had promised to present (see slides) the perspectives of commons and free knowledge...
Here's an example of the how a RepRap 3D printer can be used as a regular household utility, with the ability to fix many consumer products.
THE scene in the park surrounding New York’s Hall of Science, on a sunny weekend in mid-September, resembles a futuristic craft fair.
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