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DIY microscopy stage kit – Indonesian clone

A while ago, Urs Gaudenz made Hackteria’s Laser-cuts Microscopy Stages and sent 2 of these kits to Indonesia. One of the kit ended up in UGM Microbiology Lab – Faculty of Agriculture and the other one ended up in lifepatch. Titarubi, a fellow friend of us in Indonesia noticed our activities geek-ing around with DIY [...]

juxtapose through media – DIY microscope webcam for Hemocytometer collaborative research

In December 2009, we did an intense discussion session with Gadjah Mada University (UGM) Microbiology lab students. The session is involving both sides on a discussion about developing the DIY microscope from a webcam that has been developed by Hackteria, a platform on open-source biological art, DIY biology and generic lab equipment. Hackteria have given [...]

BioExperiments for Kids and other interesting old books

If you are looking for some inspirations on simple workshop ideas to do with kids, we found this great resource of experiments by Arvind Gupta, “The best thing a child can do with a toy is break it !”. They also host a highly inspiring and large list of great books, articles and hard to [...]

Hackteria @ Videotage, Hong Kong, 14-15 nov 09

Talks
Session 1:
hackteria | open source biological art
Time: 2:00-2:30pm
Session 2:
Transdisciplinary Approaches on Education at the Art & Science Interface
Time: 2:40-3:10pm
Location: Videotage, Unit 13, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kln, HK
Workshop
bioelectronix for artists
Date: 14-15 November 2009
Time: Sat, 3:30 -7:30pm (4 hrs), Sun, 2:00-6:00pm (4 hrs)
Location: Videotage, Unit 13, Cattle Depot [...]

bioelectronix

Integrating electronics into biological culture devices needs different approaches. the use of silicone-rubbers for sealing off the wet/humid bio-part from the silicon circuits and sensors allows the making of hybrid bioelectronic devices.

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Marc R. Dusseiller is a transdisciplinary scholar, lecturer for micro- and nanotechnology (FHNW, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland), cultural facilitator, and artist. In his work he combines science, art, and education in DIY (do-it-yourself) workshops with lo-fi electronics, hardware hacking, microscopy, music, and robotics. He was the coorganizer of Dock18, Room for [...]