Projects

Everyone coming to DINACON has just 3 simple rules:

Make Something
Document and Share it
Give feedback to at least 2 other folks about their thing!

Many projects are also collected in our books (which are available to download for free)!

Here is also a growing collection of all the amazing projects developed at our fun little jungle/sea conference!

Dinacon 2 Projects (2019)

Transubstantiation – Radiophonic Sculpture Installations | living documentary

Rabía Williams (ACA) Radiophonic seed pod pictured: pod, copper wire 22, screws, AM radio…

Froggy camouflage handheld fans

Project by Anna Carreras. BAU Design College of Barcelona, Spain. Hand fan (abanico) inspired…

The Frog Show – by Mónica Rikić and Ruben Oya

Frog Show wants to elevate the singing frogs to an audiovisual experience. Since our…

Watching Agoutis

I came to Dinacon already a devotee of agoutis. I had been observing them,…

Balloon Environmental Sensing Takes to the Air

We have liftoff. My first Balloon Environmental Sensing test successfully “slipped the surly bonds…

ATTAFit – Workout Like a Leafcutter Ant

Ann Gerondelis, Drexel UniversityRaja Schaar, Drexel UniversityProject created for the Digital Naturalism Conference, 2019…

Seedpod LED Hack (Easy, educational bio-augmentation project) – Emily Volk

Exploring around Gamboa on trails and streets, I became fascinated with these flower-shaped seedpods….

Rainforest Digital Memories

Project by Marta Verde. In Gamboa, I felt really astonished by the gorgeous nature…

Eco-Digital Survival (Redux) in Extreme Landscapes

by Stephanie RothenbergThe first time I heard about Andy Q and Digital Naturalism was…

The Sustainable Zine

The Sustainable Zine featuring the DinaCon logo lasercut by Andy Quitmeyer Zines have been…

Kris Casey – Beginning Endless Forms

August 12-19th. Kris Casey is a visual artist and creative researcher from Chicago, IL….

Audio Synthesis of the Túngara Frog Call

Before the sun had even set on my first day in Gamboa I had…

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Dinacon 1 Projects (2561/2018)

Tree Yabbie – Michael Candy

Michael Candy, the world’s fastest robot tinkerer, created a slew of robots at Dinacon. One…

Smart environments: from natural to digital

In the future, we will live in “smart environments”. A smart environment is filled with…

DinaCrab: Hermit Crab Behavior

When humans are near, making noise or stomping on the ground or rippling the intertidal…

Tree Area Network (TAN) – a private Network for trees and humans

A TAN is a Network using plant-infrastructure to transmit data over trees. (Ingo Randolf) Introduction…

Success with water-adapted augmented reality (AR)

Success with water-adapted augmented reality (AR). Aquatic AR goggles, immersive AR environments … ImmerSea: Subversive Submersibles…

Nocturnal Garden: Touch Sensor Environmental Art Installation

Relax and listen to Gregory Hanks Green play the Khaen a traditional Lao/Thai mouth organ…

Bioluminescence Textile – Elizabeth Bigger

by Elizabeth Bigger An unplanned and rapid experiment resulted from an evening of swimming with…

Dinna-con Foraging Guide (PDF)

Foraged Noms! The symbiosis of Dinna-con Fossils have led to the creation of the Ko…

Island take away sound glasses – Mónica Rikić

I came with the idea of making a playful device at the island. I brought…

Cargol – Found nature object temporary art piece – Agosto

by Agosto Agosto, arguable the most youthful member of the Dinacon crew, began his adventures…

Dinnercon: Recipe Book and Foraging Guide

This is a wonderful recipe book filled with foraged and fun ingredients from our time…

Dinasaur Illustrations

By Michelle Tan I was at Dinacon for almost four days in the first week…

Island Caterpillar – Hannah Wolfe

https://2018.dinacon.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/caterpillar.mp4 Hannah Wolfe’s goal was to explore caterpillar movement while on the island. She looked…

Cococrafts 2 – Turn coconut into rope and wire: Dennis and Lydia

What to do with all those coconut husks? Make stuff with them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNXEESP6s50

DINApack

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