You might by now have seen some of the fashion and artistic applications of the “fabric from a vat” technology I mentioned yesterday. Now I’d like to show you some of the medical applications, because although a bit less DIY-friendly, it’s where some pretty magnificent research is happening. And at least one of the pictures [...]
Catalyst Cameron Wilson is looking for co-conspirators for a sciency fashion project. Join him to grow your own clothes from a concoction of kombucha, bacteria and yeasts.
I thought it time for a WindowFarm update. The lettuce we planted a couple of months ago have grown to towers with flowers at their tips. I do note that going to seed is generally a sign that (a) the lettuce isn’t being picked (true) and/or (b) is under stress. The latter would likely be [...]
Life survives by being adaptable. When you blow up a balloon, it’ll stretch to a certain point, then give out with a bang. Thankfully, our tissues have a rather less devastating way to respond as we grow up and/or out. In a previous post, I asked how my skin would keep up with my increasing [...]
I’m pleased to report that we’ve now gone a week without any green slimy stuff showing up in our nutrient reservoir, so I think I can safely declare that keeping the reservoir in the dark is the solution. I am less convinced about my alternative pumping system, using the venturi effect instead of lifting water [...]
I sat down (belatedly) with our bioscience brainiac and Catalyst Dr Cameron Wilson to find out a little more about this scientist of the rad variety.
So for the first two months of my DIY Catalyst stay at The Edge, I have been devouring everything related to 3D printing. Anyone curious enough to stop and chat has been bombarded by me waxing lyrically about how consumer 3D printing is going to radically change the manufacturing landscape.
Last weekend, we ran a joint DIY / Bioscience workshop on building a “window farm”. For attendees looking for more information and a place to discuss your ideas, and for interested folk who didn’t get to the workshop, here is where we started. The Windowfarms™ design is open source, meaning the more people who share [...]
I used to be an engineer. If, at that time, I had managed to invent a robot that could assemble itself into an environment-adapted design, made from self-repairing multi-function materials, I’d have been right pleased with myself. In design, life gives us something of a “gold standard” to aim for. Swiping design / engineering / [...]
American comedian, Steven Wright, said that when someone asked him, “how’s your life?” he answered, “I’m not sure; I don’t really have anything to compare it with.” Maybe that’s one of the reasons we don’t often think about how amazing life is: it’s all we know. Here I’m not talking about the amazingness of any [...]
Starting at The Edge as a Catalyst has definitely been one of the better first weeks you could imagine. An awesome bunch of people, a relaxed work environment. Oh, and 3D printers.
To follow on from the DIY tech theme currently happening at The Edge, we are excited to welcome a new Catalyst to the crew.
For the last two days I have been tinkering around with a RepRap 3D printer powered by Generation 6 electronics. The following is a bunch of breadcrumbs for anyone following in similar footsteps.
If you’ve got skills in DIY Tech or Bioscience this dream could be your reality. Check out the details and get your application in by 14 November.
You asked, so it’s back! More ThreadTech workshops! After a number of pleas for more Threadtech we are delighted to announce two additional workshops. Best of all they are both on Saturdays! For those of you who missed out last time, Colleen Morgan will be running one introductory workshop and one advanced workshop. Spaces are [...]
