Tech4Dev

Post-HLab14 Dissemination Session at Tech4Dev International Conference, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 4-6 June 2014
The UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development hosted by the Cooperation and Development Center (CoDEV) will hold the third International Conference on Technologies for Development and asks "What is Essential?" How to alleviate poverty in this world? Innovative technologies? What is appropriate technology?
 * See here for Official TECH4DEV homepage.



= Publications =

Promises and Perils of Open Source Technologies for Development: Can the “Subaltern” Research and Innovate?

Sachiko Hirosue, Denisa Kera, Hermes Huang

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-16247-8_7

Download: File:2015_HirosueKeraHuang_OpenSource_forDev.pdf

Article by Jenny on OKFN: https://science.okfn.org/2014/06/10/open-science-at-tech4dev-2014/

= Panel Discussion (Part of the official Conference; 4 June) = TH2-SE02-11 The Openness Paradigm: How Synergies Between Open Access, Open Data, Open Science, Open Source Hardware, Open Drug Discovery Approaches Support Development?


 * Panel Chairs:


 * Sachiko Hirosue, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne


 * Denisa Kera, National University of Singapore

= Water Hackathon (Parallel Event; 6, 7 June) = Water Hackathon 6-7 June 2014Open Source Technologies for Rivers, Oceans and Lakes - Explore the Possibilities of Open Hardware for Open Science Projects co-produced by BIO-DESIGN for the REAL WORLD and hackteria.org


 * With


 * Gabriella Levine Tisch School of the Arts New York University, and Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design


 * Nur Akbar Arofatullah Lifepatch, UGM



Enrollment
External registration for Friday during the day is officially closed - if you would like to join us on Friday night or Saturday, come by univercité

For those who registered for the hackathon, online prior to the event will have a Friday day pass to the Conference at the Convention Center.
 * People are required to pick up their badge on Friday morning (open starting 8:30am) at the Conference Registration at the Swiss Tech Convention Center on EPFL campus.

If you are already attending the Conference, and you would like to sign up, please look for us in the main hall, where we will have a sign-up sheet at the exhibition space during the conference.

Venues
1) Exhibition table at entrance hall of the Swiss Tech Convention Center conference venue
 * 4-6 June, During the whole conference, place to show some prototypes, discuss, welcome people, last minute on-site enrollment etc. / setup the day of
 * At the ground floor of the conference center there will be "poster sessions"

2) Hackathon Lab Space within the Swiss Tech Convention Center conference venue ROOM 3A
 * 6 June 10 am to 5pm / setup the day of

3) hackuarium @ UniverCité 5 Ch. du Closel, 1020 Renens
 * 6 June after 5pm, and full day Saturday 7 June. (24/7 access)
 * New biohacker space, launched by Luc Henry, Yann Heurtaux

4) Fablab Chene20 Chemin du Chêne 20, 1020 Renens
 * as needed

how to get there
You can find a google map with the venues pinned here. EPFL campus can be easily accessed by public transport. The new Swiss Tech Convention Centre is on EPFL campus. UniverCité is at 5 Ch. du Closel, 1020 Renens.
 * From the CFF station Renens, take bus no. 17 at the north of the tracks, stop: Renens VD, village.
 * From Lausanne (Bel-Air, St Francois), take bus no. 17, stop: Renens VD, village.
 * Last public transport out of univercite on Friday night:
 * * to Renens, bus no. 17 at 00:07
 * * to EPFL, bus no. 17 at 11:59, get off at av. du 14 Avril; walk to Renens station, CFF; get on metro m1 at 00:17 to EPFL
 * * to Lausanne
 * * bus no. 17 to Lausanne (Bel-Air, St Francois) 00:06
 * * bus no. 17 to Renens 00:07, get off at av. du 14 Avril; walk to Renens station, CFF; get onto train platform 4 at 00:21 to Lausanne

Friday 6 June DAY PROGRAM
During the day, we are part of the tech4dev Conference. The full conference program can be found here.


 * 08:30 onwards, Walk-in Registration


 * 10:30 - 12:30 Hackathon - short introduction and get-to-know-eachother make a float / water sampler / sensor
 * 12:30 - 13:30 dumpster diving @ EPFL for materials for floats/boats
 * 13:30 - 15:00 Hackathon -


 * 15:30 - 17:00 Closing Session - (our report of the day's activities will be part of the Return of Day 3 conversations)

Friday 6 June NIGHT PROGRAM
After the Conference, we will move the hackathon to univercité in Renens We will first make a trip to the river or the lake, after the conference to float boats and collect water. Eat: we will skip the BBQ for more hacking. Food will be picked up on the way... @ univercité - show and tell - minipresentations

late night hacking. Music by Stähl

Saturday 7 June
We will spend the day at univercité for the hackathon.


 * INDEPENDENT ACTIVITY early in Lausanne, flea market at Pl. de la Riponne.


 * 11:00 - Hackathon @ univercité
 * until...

Thursday 5 June
Drinks at...bourg plage. Pont Bessières (Rue Pierre-Viret), 1005 Lausanne weather permitting

Sunday 8 June
for those still in town...some ideas
 * wine festival in Lavaux

Planned Side Events
- Thursday@9pm, drinks at Bourg Plage in Lausanne. map (Hint: the bar is under the bridge)

- Discussion on UNESCO Bioethics declaration "unique capacity of human beings to reflect upon their own existence, to perceive injustice, to avoid danger and to assume responsibility, to seek cooperation"

- Dumpster diving @ EPFL - Flea market trip @ Pl. de la Riponne in Lausanne (Saturday morning)

Tags

 * 1) waterhackathon
 * 2) T4D2014
 * 3) Hackuarium
 * 4) univercite

poster
FULL SIZE POSTER (A3, 300dpi)

Core Team
making sure we have a nice program and sufficient materials available for the waterhackathon: - Gabriella Levine (June 3rd to June 7th (or longer)) - Nur Akbar Arofatullah (June 3rd to 15th) - Urs Gaudenz (June 4th to 8th)

In collaboration with:
UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development hackteria Lifepatch biodesign for the real world hackuarium univercité Swiss Mechatronic Art Society SGMK FABLAB Chene20

With support from:
Migros Kultur Prozent seeed studio Swiss National Science Foundation

Affiliations:
Open Source Hardware Association Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 Open Hardware

Participants
- Marc Dusseiller - Denisa Kera - PECHBLENDA bIOpUNKhACKs - ... - about 30 hackaton participants

Accommodations
Guest: For those of you coming from out of town, and requested housing in the sign-up form, we will try to pair you up with a local host. Host: For those of you who signed up for hosting, we will contact you shortly

Suggested Topics
- building and testing boats and floats - water snail robot - water sampling methods and containers - water filtration - build and test water sensors - DIY nanodrop - experimenting with daphnia-sensor - test for antibiotic resistant microorganisms in water samples by PCR Samra et al. Biomed Environ Sci 2009

Recommended to Bring
- laptops (not everyone has to bring one, but useful) - change of shoes/ clothes you don't mind getting wet in the river/lake - or boots, or waders - depending on the weather, bring your swimming clothes + beach towel! - something special that floats - sensors - tools - blank T-shirt Anything you will bring and you want to make sure to take back with you, it is your responsibility to LABEL YOUR MATERIALS and TOOLS. See below for what kind of things we will be working with - anything you feel you want to add to the list, please bring along.

Provided by Organizers
Provided by SGMK Electronics lab equipement - soldering irons - ok (min 6) - solder - ok - order more - helping hands - ok - tweezers - ok (min 6) - side cutters - ok - order more - cutters - ok - lamps - ok (min 6) - aligator clips - ok - electric plugs - ok (min 4) - screwdrivers - ok (min 2 sets) - scisors - ok (order more) - multi meeter - ok (many) - drilling machine - ok - drills and bits - ok - saw - ok

Electronic Parts - wires - ok - breadboards - ok (min 6) - arduinos - ok (min 6) - batteries 9V / 1.5V - ok - batterie holders 2x, 4x - ok - switches - ok (many) - set with transistors, various chips - ok - hot glue - ok - order more - hot glue sticks - ok - board material - ok - get some more - solar cells small - ok - set with resistors - ok - DC motors - ok (many) - wencams - ok (min 4) - motor driver - order

Provided by EPFL (Biodesign) - Wetlab materials - pipettes - sample tubes - microscopy slides, coverslips - tubing, connectors - fabric for sails - freeze dried PCR mix - agarose and buffer for gel electrophoresis - dessicator - ...

Provided by Hirokouri - silicone for sealing Provided by GaudiLabs - Silkprinting materials - ok - OpenPCR - ok - WebCam Mircoscope -ok - DIY Nanodrop -ok - DIY GelBox -ok - Silicon - vaccuum pump - .. Provided by LifePatch - micam v.2 kits - From seeed studio: - 3 lipo rider - some xadow board - DC-DC converter - GSR - temp-humidity sensor - webcams Provided by Gabriella - sneel - toy boat components - propellers Provided by UniverCité - 6 tables with corresponding 6 chairs each - electrical outlets, and extension cables - running water/faucet optionally - good sound system - projector - fridge NEW to be requested - wet lab tables (apart from dry lab tables) - wifi - white board or some other forms of brain storming surface

Current Shopping List as of 18 May 2014, revisiting on 21 May 2014
- DC motors (small) - DC pumps - servos - r/c controllers from Adafruit - universal motor board - 1 way radio - PVC pipes (likely in dumpster, will check) - balloons - kiddy inflatable pool -OK Sachiko - real boat on the lake

Items to be sold at the conference

 * micam3.0 kit by Akbar
 * T-Shirts by Marc

Links
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001461/146180E.pdf

Press


RTS-Info: VD: un laboratoire de biologie ouvert à tous prend ses quartiers dans la région lausannoise SciDevNet: Are robotic snakes ‘essential’ for development? by Joshua Howgego SciDevNet: Hackers aim to reboot development with DIY mentality by Joshua Howgego

Reflections
OKFN: Open Science at Tech4Dev 2014, by Jenny Molloy from the Open Knowledge Foundation by Jenny Molloy DIYbio Singapore goes to Switzerland Water Hackathon in EPFL hackteria reviews waterhackathon UNESCO Tech4Dev OpenQRS in the Openness Paradigm Panel by Kate Ettinger

Documentation
Instructables: Augmented Water by tamberg Flickr EPFL waterhackathon set by Gabriella Video on univercité site Video by GaudiLabs