Bamboo & Banyans: Hacking nature for architecture – 2023-02-21

Our first presentation since Covid was well attended. After an introduction to the topic, Felix presented real world examples, from Baubotanik in Germany to the living root bridges of Meghalaya, India. When explaining the history of this emerging field, he touched on arborsculpture. Not all living architecture is started by humans. Having just come back …

Bio hacking – 2021-04-03

Petri dishes

About Welcome our special guests from Bali who will tell us about fungi, slime mould, and maybe some other things. We hope to have vegan leather and open source seeds available to touch and play with. Day • Time • Fee Day: Saturday, 3 April 2021Address: Dim Sum Labs, 100 Jervois Street, 14th Floor, Sheung …

Laser Cutting – 2021-03-20

Update on the 20th of March 2021 Four people showed up. It was great fun! Special thanks go to Nico for the link to the box generator: https://www.festi.info/boxes.py We cut one of the boxes into plywood, then added the name of Andrew’s son and a photo of the two, processed with Gimp’s newsprint filter. . …

Photography Hacking – 2021-03-13

Ricoh GRIII with DIY LED flash

About This meetup is for everyone who is interested in photography, cameras, and technology. No prior knowledge is required. We hack cameras, create our own accessories, or develop film. Venue Dim Sum Labs is a hacker space. Asides from equipment for prototyping electronics, there are a laser cutter, 3D printers, manual mills, a manual lathe, …

Photography Hacking – 2020-11-21

Ricoh GRIII with DIY LED flash

About This meetup is for everyone who is interested in photography, cameras, and technology. No prior knowledge is required. We hack cameras, create our own accessories, or play with film. Venue Dim Sum Labs is a hacker space. Asides from equipment for prototyping electronics, there are a laser cutter, 3D printers, manual mills, a manual …