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Sustainability Projects

Written by Melanie Chan

Grassroots action 
for a sustainable world Support a vibrant
ecosystem of makers and innovators working
to enhance sustainable development. SUPPORT GIG FOR SUSTAINABILITY Open innovation for sustainability Climate change demands innovative solutions, especially in the Global South where infrastructural support is often limited. Open innovation offers an inclusive, bottom-up approach that empowers communities to tackle unique environmental … Continue reading “Sustainability Projects”

GIG Network

We Care, So We Make – The Makerspace at #rp24

Written by Fadia Elgharib

Three full days of exciting workshops featuring makers and innovators from all around the world! Across from re:publica’s big halls and right at the end was Hall 8 with its big windows allowing a natural light on our high table from the Makerspace where dozens of people gathered around every day to learn and make … Continue reading “We Care, So We Make – The Makerspace at #rp24”

GIG Network

GIG at re:publica24 – Makerspace Sessions – Day 2

Written by Chaïma Attia

10:00 – 11:00Smart Agri-Box Speakers: ESSOH Cyrille, Koffi Dodji Honou 10:30 – 11:05Digitizing to survive: a social technology for the revitalization of Amazonian languages Speakers: Ana Vilacy Galucio 11:15 – 12:15 The Gray Area between Programmers and Non-Programmers (Gamification in Education using Visual Programming for Robots Making)  Speakers: Nawres Arif, Hasanain Fadhil, Ayat Alderi, Manar Alhuda … Continue reading “GIG at re:publica24 – Makerspace Sessions – Day 2”

GIG Network

GIG at re:publica24 – Makerspace Sessions – Day 1

Written by Chaïma Attia

12:30 – 13:00 Constructive Care Cafe (CCC) Speakers: Regina M. Sipos, Saad Chinoy, Adriana Cabrera 13:45 – 14:45 IoT Services by Africa and for Africa Speakers: Husna, Rahim Md Abdur, Omoy Kombe 15:00 – 16:00 The Open MillSpeakers: Sara Diaz Rodriguez, Zara Odu 16:15 – 17:15 “Prompting for Pullovers” – Experimental DIY upcycling Workshop with GenAISpeakers: Fabian … Continue reading “GIG at re:publica24 – Makerspace Sessions – Day 1”

GIG Network

Building Bridges: Exploring the Impactful Partnership Between GIG and re:publica

Written by Chaïma Attia

The partnership between the Global Innovation Gathering (GIG) and re:publica shows what happens when people from all over the world come together to share ideas. This relationship has turned a simple proposal into an exciting annual event that connects and inspires innovators globally. In this article, we’ll explore how GIG and re:publica started working together, … Continue reading “Building Bridges: Exploring the Impactful Partnership Between GIG and re:publica”

Critical Making

Critical Making Mentoring Program 2022 in Review

Written by Melanie Chan

As part of the H2020-funded Critical Making project, we embarked on a series of initiatives that resulted in various interactive tools and literature tailor-made for academia, practitioners, and educators. A true gem among these initiatives was the Critical Making Mentoring Programme, a remarkable 9-month journey where makers received invaluable guidance from a group of esteemed … Continue reading “Critical Making Mentoring Program 2022 in Review”

Biotechnology

MboaLab inaugurates its “Bio Innovation Hub”

Written by Ricardo Ruiz

MboaLab committed to educating, transforming and positively impacting the lives of the Cameroonian people through its DIY lab. Last February, Mboalab, in partnership with the University of Cambridge, inaugurated its “Bio-Innovation Hub”. This Hub is a shared biotechnology laboratory made available to researchers and students and is already undoubtedly contributing to the democratisation of biotechnology in … Continue reading “MboaLab inaugurates its “Bio Innovation Hub””

GIG Network

The first month of a maker lab against Covid-19 in northeastern Brazil

Written by Theresa Fend

Careables is an international platform collaboration that enables citizens to co-design and deliver people-centred health products through means of digital fabrication. In Latin America, partners LabCOCO, Casa Criatura and Coletivo 3D (in Olinda city) and LabProComum (city of Santos) function as the hubs to connect to local communities of citizens with (physical) healthcare needs, carers, and public healthcare professionals with the community of … Continue reading “The first month of a maker lab against Covid-19 in northeastern Brazil”