Bamboo & Banyans: Site visit – 2023-03-25

On a Saturday morning, we met at Mui Wo Ferry Pier. It was just two of us. Another hacker wanted to join. Unfortunately, he went to the wrong pier. Saturday morning’s are not the most convenient times to meet, but we had to take what we get. The site is nearby private land, and coordination …

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: Mycelium – 2021-04-10

Ecovative mycelium with tetrahedral mould

About There will be a fresh 3 ℓ Ecovative GIY kit to play with, imported from Europe by one of our members. We will put the substrate into moulds, then let the mycelium grow, which will take a few days. Feel free to bring your own moulds. No prior knowledge required! Fee: 50 HKD for …

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 …

Artistic PCB Design for Terrified Beginners

Some pictures of the event: You will learn how to design a circuit board (PCB) that looks like a piece of art. Pictured is a board in the shape of a cat. The cat’s eyes light up with LEDs. You can bring your own photo or drawing and turn it into a PCB. No prior …