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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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Coco soap

In areas where the coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) grows, it is possible to produce a soap made out of it.

• Medium
• 4 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)

Ceramic water filter

A ceramic water filter is a system for purifying unsanitary water. This tutorial aims to show how a ceramic water filter works and how to build one on a semi-industrial scale.

• Hard
• 3 day(s)

Multifunctional Crankset

A bicycle crankset that can power multiple tools such as a blender, a drill press, a sewing machine or even an electric generator.

• Medium
• 2 day(s)

Low-tech Computer

A basic computer model that still meets most of our daily needs. All for a price not exceeding 30 euros!

• Medium
• 1 day(s)

The Norwegian Kettle (Hay Box)

The Norwegian Kettle allows for an extended period of passive cooking without supplying heat.

• Easy
• 1 hour(s)

Linocut

Linocut (wooden stamp for t-shirt)

• Hard
• 3 hour(s)

Parabolic solar cooker

The parabolic or concentrated oven consists of a parabolic-shaped reflector. Its shiny mirror-effect surface captures the sun's rays, concentrates them, and then reflects them onto the cooking surface located on the grid.

• Medium
• 3 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 low-tech

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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