"Obstacles to Digital DIY": some notes from Greece
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Meet DiDIY at Maker Fest Genova
LIUC – Università Cattaneo is involved in Maker Fest Genova, one out of many initiatives organized during the Fair of Maddalena.
The aim of Maker Fest is celebrating the culture of technological do it yourself and offering a place where everybody can display the products of their creativity.
An opportunity to discover the community of makers and their ideas to make the future simpler and funnier.
DiDIY mini-tour in Thessaloniki
"February 3rd, 2016, that is the day before our first 2016 Project Meeting was a very busy day. We had four different meetings with different groups and organizations who, for one reason or another, may have some interest in greater diffusion of Digital DIY."
A full report of this DiDIY Mini Tour is available in the Project Blog.
Meetings with DiDIY stakeholders in Bruxelles
meeting everybody in the area who is interested in discussing Digital DIY and its impacts, for better or for worse, on the future of European Society. For details, see here.
EXPO MODEL SHOW Salone Internazionale del Modellismo Statico e Dinamico
Researchers from SmartUp – Laboratorio Fabbricazione Digitale (at LIUC University) will attend Expo Model Show, that is taking place at MalpensaFiere (Busto Arsizio, Varese, Italy), where they will give information both on 3D prototyping and 3D printing, as well as on DiDIY project. Meet them at their desk.
Open Meeting: Legal and regulatory barriers to large-scale digital DIY
(versione italiana e agenda in fondo)
As you may already know, the DiDIY Project has organized three events in Italy for the European Maker Week 2016. This post provides up to date information and useful links for the one in Rome, on May 30th, 2016
Lyon Mini Maker Faire
L’événement est avant tout familial et accessible à tous.
Au programme : ateliers, présentations et conférences autour de thèmes très variés tels que la robotique, l’impression 3D ou encore les loisirs créatifs.
QUAND ? les 28 & 29 mai 2016
Où ? Pôle Pixel, 24 rue Emile Decorps, 69100 VILLEURBANNE
HORAIRES : 10h00 – 18h00
BILLETTERIE A venir très prochainement…
Meet the DiDIY project at the European Maker Week
The European Maker Week is an initiative promoted by European Commission, whose goals are:
Digital DIY can give new life, and higher revenues, to struggling cities
Here is, courtesy of Fast Coexist, a good overview of the role that Digital DIY (and public libraries!) can play in the (re) organization of work and economic growth of struggling cities, with a link to an interesting report that we'll take into account in our research:
Fighting with DiDIY the environmental impacts of mass production
A very interesting PhD thesis by Cindy Kohtala, which is also a relevant input for our research:
