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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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Orangepi-raspberry pi nextcloud server (photovoltaics powered)

Tutorial to setup a nextcloud server (equivalent to google drive but free and adapted to collective organisations) on a single board computer (photovoltaics powered)

This tutorial is not really "lowtech" at first look because we talk about computers and photovoltaics

However it is as didactic as possible and follows a lowtech philosophy to share knowledge, avoid unreachable tech by information rentention, complexification by design, or proprietary dependance by design.

We also give sizign tools for photovoltaics with a few explanation. It's up to to you to size your computer working hours on a sun schedule, ie respecting human temporalities.

Nextcloud (framasoft offers a service here: https://www.frama.space/abc/fr ) is a cool service to organise collectively and allows to share files, have a directory, a chat, work cooperatively on libreoffice files, and even do visios. We can also imagine mobile infokisosks on this principle.

The tutorial puts into question the vpn market, the phtovoltaics with brand new and expensive batteries (in reality photovoltaics has become too competitive compared to petrleum and even more compared to nuclear power!), and the gafam market and their surveillance design is damaging trust and social links. The commands are those for a debian system

Finally, the tutorial is made iwth 4G modem (and a wired connection to orange pi which has no wifi card by default), and is updated on this 10th of april for a raspberry pi connected

to a "shared wifi" of your telephone (see stage 6 for a wifi in wpa3 and stage 16 for a wifi in wpa2)

Medium
3 hour(s)

Stirling Engine

Things about stirling engines

Hard
1 day(s)

Linocut

Linocut (wooden stamp for t-shirt)

Hard
3 hour(s)

FILTER suitable for a pump

Biodegradable filter assembly that retains the contaminants present in the water as it passes through.

Medium
3 hour(s)

Ski benches

Making a 4-5 seat bench from recycled skis

Medium
6 hour(s)

Fiche d'Animation : Nettoyage Complet d'un Four

Ce tutoriel offre un guide détaillé, étape par étape, pour nettoyer un four en profondeur, en suivant les normes de Ménage Parfait Services. Il inclut des informations sur les outils et les matériaux nécessaires, les précautions de sécurité, ainsi que des conseils pour maintenir un four propre et hygiénique.

Medium
45 minute(s)

Made-to-measure mosquito net

Had enough of mosquitoes? We'll show you step-by-step how to make a mosquito net to fit your window size and keep them out. It's easy to use and can be assembled and dismantled in less than 30 seconds.

Easy
6 hour(s)

Thermal curtain - prototype 2

A prototype for making a thermal curtain using milk cartons, which is mainly made up of:

-75% cardboard

-21% polyethylene (plastic).

-4% aluminium.

Easy
4 hour(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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