Sensitive Human-Computer Interactions – 2023-07-04
Visiting hacker Cedric presented three open source sensing devices and wearable projects: Alex recorded a drone flythrough. Watch it on: archive.org
Bamboo & Banyans: Prototyping – 2023-07-01
We started with laser cutting parts for a model of the squatter house ruin visited during our session in May. There were five participants, Simon and his two children as well as Effy and Victoria. Meanwhile I gave an introduction to living architecture and to our site. In the second part of the workshop, participants …
Game of Life – 2023-06-27
Arachnia introduced us to the Game of Life, which she had implemented in Processing for an art installation. Afterwards, we tried out various patterns on our touch screen, to see how they evolve. Of particular joy was the evolution of the QR code pointing to our lights. The Game of Life, also known simply as …
Smart glass – 2023-04-25
Dim Sum Labs was packed for this presentation by our special guest Andrew Crowe. He introduced us to electronically switchable smart glass, also known as privacy glass. There are many cool things that can be done with it! Andrew is technical director of MetaObjects, a digital studio based in Hong Kong and London. Watch the …
FundFluent – 2023-04-18
Ever wondered how to get funding for your project and turn it into a startup? To get an answer to this question, we invited Jenny Au and Wilson Tai, founders of FundFluent to Dim Sum Labs. During a fun evening with friendly people from all walks of technology, they introduced us to various funding options in …
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 …
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Hackjam – Bitcoin
During the Hackjam of the 30th of November 2021 we had an informative conversation about bitcoin. Thanks for Irivan for his resumé of the talk he shared on our IRC channel on libera.chat. Here is a copy: The weakest and the only way to break the Bitcoin is 51% attack. It has to be maintained …
