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Großartiger neuer Artikel im #Lowtechmagazine über Handkarren. Sie ist ein vergessenes unglaublich vielseitiges Transportmittel. Hier in der deutschen Übersetzung von mir:
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/de/2026/05/rediscovering-the-handcart/
#lowtech #verkehrswende #degrowth -
Großartiger neuer Artikel im #Lowtechmagazine über Handkarren. Sie ist ein vergessenes unglaublich vielseitiges Transportmittel. Hier in der deutschen Übersetzung von mir:
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/de/2026/05/rediscovering-the-handcart/
#lowtech #verkehrswende #degrowth -
Großartiger neuer Artikel im #Lowtechmagazine über Handkarren. Sie ist ein vergessenes unglaublich vielseitiges Transportmittel. Hier in der deutschen Übersetzung von mir:
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/de/2026/05/rediscovering-the-handcart/
#lowtech #verkehrswende #degrowth -
Großartiger neuer Artikel im #Lowtechmagazine über Handkarren. Sie ist ein vergessenes unglaublich vielseitiges Transportmittel. Hier in der deutschen Übersetzung von mir:
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/de/2026/05/rediscovering-the-handcart/
#lowtech #verkehrswende #degrowth -
Großartiger neuer Artikel im #Lowtechmagazine über Handkarren. Sie ist ein vergessenes unglaublich vielseitiges Transportmittel. Hier in der deutschen Übersetzung von mir:
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/de/2026/05/rediscovering-the-handcart/
#lowtech #verkehrswende #degrowth -
CHRONOLOGICAL SERIES REVISED EDITION
Low-tech Magazine’s original book series is available again. This revised edition of the original (2007-2021), “uncompressed” series is based on the edits made for the compressed edition (released in 2025). However, we increased the font and image sizes and returned to a one-column layout for improved reading comfort.
Volume I (2007-2012), Volume II (2012-2018) and Volume III (2018-2021) are now available in paperback and hardcover via our Lulu bookstore. Volume IV (2021-2025) is on the way.
Articles written by #krisdedecker
The book design is a collaborative effort by Laia Comellas, @marieverdeil , and Johanna Gratzer. Marie Verdeil made the covers, Vaiva Vinskaite did the typesetting.
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CHRONOLOGICAL SERIES REVISED EDITION
Low-tech Magazine’s original book series is available again. This revised edition of the original (2007-2021), “uncompressed” series is based on the edits made for the compressed edition (released in 2025). However, we increased the font and image sizes and returned to a one-column layout for improved reading comfort.
Volume I (2007-2012), Volume II (2012-2018) and Volume III (2018-2021) are now available in paperback and hardcover via our Lulu bookstore. Volume IV (2021-2025) is on the way.
Articles written by #krisdedecker
The book design is a collaborative effort by Laia Comellas, @marieverdeil , and Johanna Gratzer. Marie Verdeil made the covers, Vaiva Vinskaite did the typesetting.
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CHRONOLOGICAL SERIES REVISED EDITION
Low-tech Magazine’s original book series is available again. This revised edition of the original (2007-2021), “uncompressed” series is based on the edits made for the compressed edition (released in 2025). However, we increased the font and image sizes and returned to a one-column layout for improved reading comfort.
Volume I (2007-2012), Volume II (2012-2018) and Volume III (2018-2021) are now available in paperback and hardcover via our Lulu bookstore. Volume IV (2021-2025) is on the way.
Articles written by #krisdedecker
The book design is a collaborative effort by Laia Comellas, @marieverdeil , and Johanna Gratzer. Marie Verdeil made the covers, Vaiva Vinskaite did the typesetting.
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CHRONOLOGICAL SERIES REVISED EDITION
Low-tech Magazine’s original book series is available again. This revised edition of the original (2007-2021), “uncompressed” series is based on the edits made for the compressed edition (released in 2025). However, we increased the font and image sizes and returned to a one-column layout for improved reading comfort.
Volume I (2007-2012), Volume II (2012-2018) and Volume III (2018-2021) are now available in paperback and hardcover via our Lulu bookstore. Volume IV (2021-2025) is on the way.
Articles written by #krisdedecker
The book design is a collaborative effort by Laia Comellas, @marieverdeil , and Johanna Gratzer. Marie Verdeil made the covers, Vaiva Vinskaite did the typesetting.
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CHRONOLOGICAL SERIES REVISED EDITION
Low-tech Magazine’s original book series is available again. This revised edition of the original (2007-2021), “uncompressed” series is based on the edits made for the compressed edition (released in 2025). However, we increased the font and image sizes and returned to a one-column layout for improved reading comfort.
Volume I (2007-2012), Volume II (2012-2018) and Volume III (2018-2021) are now available in paperback and hardcover via our Lulu bookstore. Volume IV (2021-2025) is on the way.
Articles written by #krisdedecker
The book design is a collaborative effort by Laia Comellas, @marieverdeil , and Johanna Gratzer. Marie Verdeil made the covers, Vaiva Vinskaite did the typesetting.
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Rediscovering the Handcart
NEW #LOWTECHMAGZINE ARTICLE!
A pleasure to drive, Low-tech Magazine’s handcart demonstrates the advantages of slow, human-powered transportation.
→ Handcart design and construction: Kozimo, Guilhem Senges.
Read the article on our solar-powered website → https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/04/rediscovering-the-handcart/
#design #lowtech #lowtechmagazine #obsoletetechnology #circularity #sustainability #humanpower #krisdedecker #solarpunk
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Rediscovering the Handcart
NEW #LOWTECHMAGZINE ARTICLE!
A pleasure to drive, Low-tech Magazine’s handcart demonstrates the advantages of slow, human-powered transportation.
→ Handcart design and construction: Kozimo, Guilhem Senges.
Read the article on our solar-powered website → https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/04/rediscovering-the-handcart/
#design #lowtech #lowtechmagazine #obsoletetechnology #circularity #sustainability #humanpower #krisdedecker #solarpunk
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Rediscovering the Handcart
NEW #LOWTECHMAGZINE ARTICLE!
A pleasure to drive, Low-tech Magazine’s handcart demonstrates the advantages of slow, human-powered transportation.
→ Handcart design and construction: Kozimo, Guilhem Senges.
Read the article on our solar-powered website → https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/04/rediscovering-the-handcart/
#design #lowtech #lowtechmagazine #obsoletetechnology #circularity #sustainability #humanpower #krisdedecker #solarpunk
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Rediscovering the Handcart
NEW #LOWTECHMAGZINE ARTICLE!
A pleasure to drive, Low-tech Magazine’s handcart demonstrates the advantages of slow, human-powered transportation.
→ Handcart design and construction: Kozimo, Guilhem Senges.
Read the article on our solar-powered website → https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/04/rediscovering-the-handcart/
#design #lowtech #lowtechmagazine #obsoletetechnology #circularity #sustainability #humanpower #krisdedecker #solarpunk
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Rediscovering the Handcart
NEW #LOWTECHMAGZINE ARTICLE!
A pleasure to drive, Low-tech Magazine’s handcart demonstrates the advantages of slow, human-powered transportation.
→ Handcart design and construction: Kozimo, Guilhem Senges.
Read the article on our solar-powered website → https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/04/rediscovering-the-handcart/
#design #lowtech #lowtechmagazine #obsoletetechnology #circularity #sustainability #humanpower #krisdedecker #solarpunk
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#lowtechmagazine en de #handkar
Ook in de moderne samenleving zijn er nog steeds veel #handkarren: #kinderwagens, #boodschappenkarretjes, #rolkoffers en diverse multifunctionele en opvouwbare karren. Deze moderne karren staan echter tot hun voorgangers in dezelfde verhouding als vogels tot dinosaurussen. Ze zijn klein, hebben vaak zeer kleine wielen en we gebruiken ze voor korte afstanden, meestal binnen in gebouwen. Daarentegen waren ouderwetse handkarren vaak groot en hadden ze grote wielen, en werden ze op wegen en over langere afstanden geduwd of getrokken. Veel #ambachten en #beroepen hadden hun eigen type handkar.
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/nl/2026/04/rediscovering-the-handcart/
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Interessante Überlegung:
Muss eine (private) Internetseite ganzjährig und rund um die Uhr erreichbar sein?
https://digitalcourage.social/@mro/116237893899904046
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Doodle 086: Zinkstukken
Dutch water engineers wove enormous willow twig mats: 20-30m wide, up to 150m long: and sank them to river bottoms weighted with rubble. The willow petrified underwater, becoming permanent infrastructure. Many are still functional after 400+ years.
Six layers of mattress descending into the dark. Fresh willow at the top, geological at the bottom. The transition from basket to bedrock.
From Low-tech Magazine's 'Fascine Mattresses: Basketry Gone Wild.'
#generativeart #doodle #lowtechmagazine #infrastructure #basketry #dutch #art -
Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday, @GigaByte4711 @rra ! #LowTechMagazine rocks!
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#Lowtechmagazine:
Gemeinsamer Luxus: Das #Öffentliche #BadehausSeit jeher haben die Menschen mehr in der #Öffentlichkeit als im Privaten gebadet. Sollten wir das öffentliche Badehaus wieder einführen, im Sinne der #Nachhaltigkeit?
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/de/2024/10/communal-luxury-the-public-bathhouse/
offtopic.
Stellen Sie sich ein persönliches Heizsystem vor, das sowohl drinnen als auch draußen funktioniert, überallhin mitgenommen werden kann, wenig Energie benötigt und unabhängig von jeglicher Infrastruktur ist: die Wärmflasche -
#Lowtechmagazine:
Gemeinsamer Luxus: Das #Öffentliche #BadehausSeit jeher haben die Menschen mehr in der #Öffentlichkeit als im Privaten gebadet. Sollten wir das öffentliche Badehaus wieder einführen, im Sinne der #Nachhaltigkeit?
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/de/2024/10/communal-luxury-the-public-bathhouse/
offtopic.
Stellen Sie sich ein persönliches Heizsystem vor, das sowohl drinnen als auch draußen funktioniert, überallhin mitgenommen werden kann, wenig Energie benötigt und unabhängig von jeglicher Infrastruktur ist: die Wärmflasche -
#Lowtechmagazine:
Gemeinsamer Luxus: Das #Öffentliche #BadehausSeit jeher haben die Menschen mehr in der #Öffentlichkeit als im Privaten gebadet. Sollten wir das öffentliche Badehaus wieder einführen, im Sinne der #Nachhaltigkeit?
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/de/2024/10/communal-luxury-the-public-bathhouse/
offtopic.
Stellen Sie sich ein persönliches Heizsystem vor, das sowohl drinnen als auch draußen funktioniert, überallhin mitgenommen werden kann, wenig Energie benötigt und unabhängig von jeglicher Infrastruktur ist: die Wärmflasche -
#Lowtechmagazine:
Gemeinsamer Luxus: Das #Öffentliche #BadehausSeit jeher haben die Menschen mehr in der #Öffentlichkeit als im Privaten gebadet. Sollten wir das öffentliche Badehaus wieder einführen, im Sinne der #Nachhaltigkeit?
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/de/2024/10/communal-luxury-the-public-bathhouse/
offtopic.
Stellen Sie sich ein persönliches Heizsystem vor, das sowohl drinnen als auch draußen funktioniert, überallhin mitgenommen werden kann, wenig Energie benötigt und unabhängig von jeglicher Infrastruktur ist: die Wärmflasche -
#Lowtechmagazine:
Gemeinsamer Luxus: Das #Öffentliche #BadehausSeit jeher haben die Menschen mehr in der #Öffentlichkeit als im Privaten gebadet. Sollten wir das öffentliche Badehaus wieder einführen, im Sinne der #Nachhaltigkeit?
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/de/2024/10/communal-luxury-the-public-bathhouse/
offtopic.
Stellen Sie sich ein persönliches Heizsystem vor, das sowohl drinnen als auch draußen funktioniert, überallhin mitgenommen werden kann, wenig Energie benötigt und unabhängig von jeglicher Infrastruktur ist: die Wärmflasche -
Bauanleitung für einen cleveren #Solarkocher der auch bei bewölktem Wetter und nach Sonnenuntergang funktioniert:
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/10/how-to-build-a-solar-powered-electric-oven
#lowtech #lowtechmagazine #solar #diy @marieverdeil -
@zenlan Very cool! I love #LowTechMagazine! Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday !
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@ge0rg nerd-snipe complete!
Checkout my Deep Dive into the Tenda 4G185 v3 MiFi device which is now self hosting it's own website: https://projects.solarcene.community/posts/main/index.html
It was a very deep rabbit hole of reverse engineering, looking for exploits, cross compiling, messing with scripts, finding vulnerabilities, reinventing the wheel and a lot of research.
But the work is not done, now it's to make it actually useful 😂
#reverseengineering
#arm
#linux
#zte
#travelrouter
#ghidra
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Oooooh....! Test our #BikeGenerators in #Paris, #Rotterdam, and #Barcelona
December 1, 2023
Written by Kris De Decker & Marie Verdeil"#LowTechMagazine built a bicycle generator for an exhibition on energy at the Pavillon d’Arsenal in Paris, now open to the public. Our two other bikes can be seen and experimented with in Rotterdam and Barcelona."
FMI:
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2023/12/bike-generator-at-paris-exhibition/#SolarPunkSunday #BicyclePower #BicycleGenerators #BicycleGenerator #HumanPowered #HumanPoweredGenerator
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#lowtechmagazine on a 2013 Samsung Galaxy. Looking fresh, altough no margins (why?) and no javascript (the image toggle doesn't work)
dabbling with old phones and #postmarketOS for a project with @rein &
@creativecoding -
Initiatives like @SafeguardingResearch work hard to rescue #researchData that are (about to be) deleted by the Trump administration, by using a Bittorrent network where many small nodes contribute.
This is a very #solarpunk way of doing science: community-driven, decentralized & resilient #SolarpunkScience.
Some tinker projects:🎯1. Develop the most low-cost (in €, material resources, and CO2) p2p solution for data rescueing.
Maybe a #RaspberryPi + existing HDD? Reuse existing hardware. Compute costs in absolute and relative way (€ and CO2 per terabyte of data stored & shared). Is a bigger server plugged to a uni network more efficient in relative costs?
🎯2. Run a hackathon, help others to install the bittorrent clients on whatever machine they have.
🎯3 (Bonus): Build a purely solar powered, autonomous seeding node. E.g. the #LowTechMagazine went a long way in optimizing a web server that runs on solar + battery (achieving >95% uptime on a 50W solar setup)
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/01/how-sustainable-is-a-solar-powered-website/Imagine little autonomous, solar powered seeding nodes standing in gardens, tirelessly sharing research data whenever the sun is shining. A project that regenerates our digital commons in a sustainable, community-led way 🌱.
Please share your thoughts - is this a feasible and worthwhile project?
#SafeguardingResearch #DataRescue #OpenScience #OpenData #DIY
CC @moritz_negwer @alxd @thorsi @BlumeEvolution @marieverdeil @pluralistic @lmu_osc @Lambo(edit: Updated the mock-up image with an improved, non-AI version)
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Hi #LOWTECHMAGAZINE's readers :)
I'm about to restock #lowtech magazine's books in my Brussels' studio and trying to figure out how many to order.
Do you leave in Bxl / Rotterdam and are interested in purchasing a copy physically, instead of online (to save shipping costs)? I'm specifically talking about our latest book, the Compressed Edition (https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/03/the-compressed-book-edition/).The catalogue and online shop is here: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/offline-reading/
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Chores done, now imma get baked in the garden, hang with the hounds, smoke a turkey on the bbq and read Low Tech magazine.
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@Julianoe
J'ai toujours suivi chris de decker de #lowtechmagazine https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/fr/archives/ qui pour l'instant ne m'a jamais déçu et il a une vraie réflexion originale. Il était antérieur au lowtechjournal il me semble ? (je m'y interesse depuis 2008, ça rajeunit pas ;) -
BRUSSELS — BOOK LAUNCH — 29.4.25
→ How to make books more sustainable? During this evening, Low-tech Magazine will present our "Compressed Book Edition", this time in Brussels, at Architecture Curating Practice's gallery.
→ Inspired by the image compression on its solar-powered website, Low-tech Magazine squeezed the article catalog of their three-volume chronological book series into just one book. Compressing the content — an editorial and design choice — produces a larger reduction in resource use than printing on recycled paper could ever do.
🕰 18:30 Doors open
19:00 Book presentation and introduction of Low-tech Magazine
19:45 Q&A
20:00 Book sale / snacks & drinks / discussion📌 Architecture curating practice,
et al. architect-run space
37 Rue des Tanneurs / Huidevettersstraat 137
1000 Brussels(talk will be held in english)
Poster by our current intern Hugo Lopez---
#lowtechmagazine #lowtech #solarpoweredwebsite #solar #obsoletetechnology #bikegenerator #opensource #selfhosted #krisdedecker #degrowth #offgrid -
@shoppingtonz I think to counter the monopoly youtube has, things like peertube are needed, where people can browse and search like on youtube.
I think people will host more of these if the overhead was lower, but I'm hoping to find a way to make low res, super compressed videos still be enjoyable to watch and visually appealing, which is why I was inspired by the way #lowTechMagazine shares their images -
With youtube appearing to join in the hate-speech-for-trans-people bandwagon https://www.usermag.co/p/youtube-removes-gender-identity-from , I'm thinking how we can make community video hosting easier. Peertube is great, but instances are much more limited, I assume due to file size.
What if there was an option for hosts to limit videos to 2bit, like the amazing #LowTechMagazine ? (image from them below) 50x reduced file size seems doable, hopefully would encourage a lot more hosts
#Permacomputing #peerTube #FediVideo #solarpunk -
📖 NEW BOOK 📖
→ Our new book - The Compressed Book edition - is available for sale in our online store! To reduce the resources involved with producing each copy, we squeezed our article archive (3 volumes) in just one book!
We did this by switching to a smaller font size (similar to the one used in the comments book), by downsizing most images, and by opting for a two-column layout. We rewrote some articles, especially older ones, resulting not only in fewer pages but also in better articles.
As all our books, it's printed on demand, which means they is no overproduction.
→ EVENT REMINDER
We are organising a book launch to celebrate in Barcelona (at Akasha Barcelona) this Friday (28.3). We will present the book and follow-up with a discussion on books and sustainability. We also have a number of copies for sale! All the info in the article belowhttps://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/03/the-compressed-book-edition/
Credits
Published by Low-tech Magazine
Articles by Kris de Decker
Production Kris De Decker & Marie Verdeil
Cover and Layout Design
Laia Comellas, Marie Verdeil (with inputs from Lauren Traugott-Campbell, Johanna Gratzer)
Photos
Hugo Lopez and Marie Verdeil -
Anyone here has done #web2print with hugo?
We are starting something with #lowtechmagazine and I would love to see some examples of folder structures, how to handle different image formatting etc. :)So if anyone has a repo to share, please shout!
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BOOK LAUNCH — How to make books more sustainable?
→ How to make books more sustainable? Inspired by the image compression on its solar-powered website, Low-tech Magazine squeezed the article catalog of their three-volume book series into just one book. Compressing the content — an editorial and design choice — produces a larger reduction in resource use than printing on recycled paper could ever do.→ During this book launch event, we present our "Compressed Book Edition", followed by a public discussion on sustainability in the book publishing business. We also have a number of copies for sale during the event.
18:45 Doors open
19:00 Book launch
19:30 Q&A
19:45 Book sale / snacks & drinks / networking / low-tech showcase ;)📌 Barcelona — Akasha HUB, Carrer de la Verneda 19 (El Clot)
📝 sign-up on meetup! (https://www.meetup.com/akashabarcelona/events/306644137/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze_canvas&utm_campaign=mmrk_alleng_event_announcement_prod_unfiltered_v7_en&utm_term=promo&utm_content=lp_meetup&dispatch_id=67ceebedb8e8eab07052f4842939fd80)
🗯 poster by our intern Hugo Lopez -
@dobody
pour moi la solution decap + ssg est trés pratique mais ca demande d'utiliser netlify et ça c'est pas ouf. @doriane a fait des choses avec un nextcloud domaine public et pelican, ça avait l'air intéressant.
pour #lowtechmagazine on utilise direct l'interface gitlab, mais c'est sur qu'il y a du temps pour corriger les petites erreurs qui cassent tt -
How to Build an Electrically Heated Table?
#lowtechmagazine publishes a new DIY guide for winter!
→This manual explains how to assemble an electrically heated and insulated table that keeps you toasty warm in a cold space.
→ https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2024/12/how-to-build-an-electrically-heated-table/
Article written by Kris De Decker
Pictures by Marina Kálcheva
Illustrations by me :)) -
We also have E-books available for our patreons or via this link:
https://payhip.com/LOWTECHMAGAZINE
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In May #lowtechmagazine was invited by the Folkwang design school in Essen, DE to give a workshop on #smallscale #energy #systems. Together with a team of students, we spent 5 days experimenting with solar and human power.
Using PV panels and simple electronics, we created direct-drive solar power installations. We hacked several broken devices to make them run on solar energy and even had time to build a new bike generator!Workshop by Kris De Decker and @marie_verdeil from #lowtech magazine
Photos by Dominik-Antoni Krolikowski
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In May #lowtechmagazine was invited by the Folkwang design school in Essen, DE to give a workshop on #smallscale #energy #systems. Together with a team of students, we spent 5 days experimenting with solar and human power.
Using PV panels and simple electronics, we created direct-drive solar power installations. We hacked several broken devices to make them run on solar energy and even had time to build a new bike generator!Workshop by Kris De Decker and @marie_verdeil from #lowtech magazine
Photos by Dominik-Antoni Krolikowski
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In May #lowtechmagazine was invited by the Folkwang design school in Essen, DE to give a workshop on #smallscale #energy #systems. Together with a team of students, we spent 5 days experimenting with solar and human power.
Using PV panels and simple electronics, we created direct-drive solar power installations. We hacked several broken devices to make them run on solar energy and even had time to build a new bike generator!Workshop by Kris De Decker and @marie_verdeil from #lowtech magazine
Photos by Dominik-Antoni Krolikowski
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In May #lowtechmagazine was invited by the Folkwang design school in Essen, DE to give a workshop on #smallscale #energy #systems. Together with a team of students, we spent 5 days experimenting with solar and human power.
Using PV panels and simple electronics, we created direct-drive solar power installations. We hacked several broken devices to make them run on solar energy and even had time to build a new bike generator!Workshop by Kris De Decker and @marie_verdeil from #lowtech magazine
Photos by Dominik-Antoni Krolikowski
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Plastic Waste in the Fuel Tank?
Consumer societies produce enough plastic waste to power at least 10% of motorized road traffic. Dutch designer Gijs Schalkx grabbed the opportunity and now drives his car on the waste he collects.#fuel
#recycling
#waste
#mobility
#plastic
#efficency
#lowtech
#lowtechmagazine
#micromobility
#transport
#autokorrektur
#verkehrswende
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2023/11/plastic-waste-in-the-fuel-tank/ -
Yesterday I went to check on our bike generator that's currently on show at Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris (https://www.pavillon-arsenal.com/fr/expositions/12805-energies-legeres.html)
I see we have improvements to make regarding vibration. After several months of regular use, many bolts got loose and rattle.
More info here: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2023/12/bike-generator-at-paris-exhibition/
#lowtech #france #energy #humanpower #bikegenerator #lowtechmagazine
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An update from the #lowtechmagazine
about "How to Build a Small Solar Power System" for your website or office. https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2023/12/how-to-build-a-small-solar-power-system/
#SolarPoweredWebsite #resilience #energyautonomy