some reflections on coconuts... and why we should maybe not go for that branding but use existing infrastructure, local knowledge and find the right local actors.
Coconuts for FabLabs or How to start (almost) any lab
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Center forCenter for
AlternativeAlternative
CoconutCoconut
ResearchResearch
2.
Smart CoconutsSmart Coconuts
for (almost) anyfor (almost) any
LabLab
● Center for Alternative Coconut Research
● Pak Marcjono: or How I Learned to Stop Start Worrying and Love
the Bomb Coconut
● From the Swiss Mechatronic Art Society to the Hackteria Network
● Some reflections on labs... together
3.
How IHow I StoppedStopped Started to WorryStarted to Worry
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And even if one day we could put
an open source file in a 3D printer
like we put a pod into a Nespresso
and get a ready-to-drink coffee,
that effort wouldn't make us
'creators' as we don't feel 'coffee
creators' when drinking our
Nespresso.
43.
““..we need to figure our shit out.”..we need to figure our shit out.”
44.
““You can’t entrepreneur around badYou can’t entrepreneur around bad
leadership, we can’t entrepreneurleadership, we can’t entrepreneur
around bad policy,” Okolloh said,around bad policy,” Okolloh said,
criticizing what she called thecriticizing what she called the
“fetishization” of entrepreneurship and“fetishization” of entrepreneurship and
neglect of fundamental problemsneglect of fundamental problems
hampering African countries. “There ishampering African countries. “There is
growth in Africa but Africans are notgrowth in Africa but Africans are not
growing,”growing,”
45.
Center forCenter for
AlternativeAlternative
CoconutCoconut
ResearchResearch
69.
Water Sampling Coconut - YogyakartaWater Sampling Coconut - Yogyakarta
●Arduino Mini, GPS module, SD card module, RGB led
●Datalogging: GPS data, temperatur
●Challenge: Get it waterproof, finding it again
HackteriaLab 2014 – Yogyakarta | Urs Gaudenz, Brian Degger
http://hackteria.org/wiki/Water_Sampling_Coconut
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Water Sampling Coconut - YogyakartaWater Sampling Coconut - Yogyakarta
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Water Sampling Coconut - YogyakartaWater Sampling Coconut - Yogyakarta
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Water Sampling Coconut - YogyakartaWater Sampling Coconut - Yogyakarta