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The Low-tech Lab

Everywhere in the world, ingenious inventors innovate with what they have at hand and develop solutions to answer to vital, economic or environmental problems.

These solutions are low-technologies: systems that are simple, sustainable and accessible in terms of costs and know-how.

The Low-tech can be useful to millions of people. It deserves to be shared.

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Solar Generator Trailer- Electrical System

This tutorial presents the sizing and construction of an electrical system for a solar generator (1 kWp or ‘kilowatt peak’) which can be moved by bicycle. This structure was designed to fit on the CHARRETTE, an assisted trailer designed by the Véloma association, whose plans are freely available.

Medium
3 day(s)

Plastic pyrolyzer

Produce fuel from plastic

Medium
4 hour(s)

Water - Biosand Filter

The biosand filter is a household water filter that makes dirty water drinkable.

Medium
1 day(s)

Solar Oven (box-type oven)

Box or a parable shaped, the solar oven makes it possible to cook your food using the sun rays.

Easy
1 day(s)

Domestic biodigestor

Produces natural gas and fertilizer from our organic waste.

Medium
2 day(s)

Solar water heater

Capturing solar energy for domestic hot water or high-efficiency heating

Hard
1 day(s)

Ram pump

The purpose of this tutorial is to facilitate the understanding, design, manufacture and installation of a water elevation system called "Ram pump".

Easy
2 day(s)

Collective laundry practice

How to open dialogues on collective laundry practices in shared houses? This tutorial suggests a methodology for shared houses, to shift the individual use of their washing machine to a collective one.

Medium
1 month(s)

Follow our Low-tech explorations

Nomade des mers

In 2016, Corentin de Chatelperron left the port of Concarneau (France) on board the Nomade des Mers, a low-technology ambassador catamaran, to explore the world for 3 years!

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Low-tech Tour

Onboard a van-come travelling workshop, the Low-tech Lab France team met with 12 inventors or local initiatives that developed solutions to reduce the impact of housing thanks to low-technologies adapted to their context.

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Habitat Pilote

Après un an sur les routes de France, l'équipe du Low-tech Tour France se lance dans le prototypage d'un micro-habitat low-tech adapté au contexte occidental. Il permettra d'évaluer l'impact de ces solutions sur l'environnement, nos économies et notre confort.

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Mission Biosphère

Durant 4 mois, seul sur une plateforme flottante au large de la Thaïlande, Corentin a fait l'expérience de la vie en autonomie pour tester 30 solutions low-tech. Sa mission ? Tester les synergies possibles entre les systèmes. Résultat de l'expérience fin d'année 2018

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Low-tech for Refugees

Dans les camps de réfugiés à la frontière européenne, l'équipe du projet Low-tech for Refugees utilise et diffuse les low-tech concrètement sur le terrain. L'objectif : donner le pouvoir à chacun, grecs comme réfugiés, de répondre à ses propres besoins, dans le respect des Hommes et de la Planète !

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