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food for your stomach

Feeding 15 sleep deprived hackers is not an easy task and during the AZ Residency only 3 people were brave enough to put their culinary talents to the test: Joel, Vitor and Mariana. Everyone agreed that their homemade meals were awesome and no bug reports were filed. Since we believe in sharing, here are Joel’s [...]

altlab goes on vacation

Since it’s really hot and most of our members are headed towards the beach for some well deserved vacations, we won’t be holding our Tuesday night public sessions until the end of August. Have a great summer and see you in September!
Caros amigos: o estabelecimento altlab encontra-se encerrado até ao final do mês de Agosto [...]

AZ Labs Exhibition @ O Espaço do Tempo

LCD + AltLab + xDA
12 – 31 July 2010
Convento da Saudação | Montemor-o-Novo | Portugal
Exhibition: Monday to Friday – 6pm / 11pm | Saturday and Sunday – 4pm /11pm
Opening: 12th of July, 18h00
Artists : Catarina Mota | Filipe Cruz | Francesco Cerutti | Guilherme Martins | João Maia e Silva | Joël Belouet | Jorge [...]

makerbot as microscope: what we learned

Joel Belouet has been working on an art piece involving microorganisms and needed a support structure for his microscope camera. It turns out the MakerBot sitting on our table was the solution.
At first Joel attached the camera to the z axis and the slide rested on the build platform, but it soon became clear that [...]

AZ Residency – The Video

See also:
AZ Residency @ O Espaço do Tempo
AZ Residency Day 1 – We Have Arrived!
AZ Residency Day 2 – Nothing Like The Fresh Smell of Vinegar Early In The Morning
AZ Residency Day 3 – Ideas Are Like Rabbits On Spring
AZ Residency Day 4 – Routine Strike
AZ Residency Day 5 – Mistos de Porco Preto Reprise
AZ [...]

a glove that lights up when you shake hands

This mitten lights up when its wearer shakes hands with someone. It has two exposed soft contacts around the thumb and across the palm which, when bridged by bare skin, turn on the LED embedded on the flower. The mitten itself was created by fashion designer Isabel Tomás, and we then sewed a simple touch [...]

First Soft Circuits Open Lab

This Sunday we’re holding our first Soft Circuits Open Lab at the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon (FBAUL – Faculdade de Belas Artes de Lisboa). There is no predefined structure for the event. We will meet for the course of one day with the purposes of sharing knowledge, experimenting freely, advancing on-going projects, and [...]

Residência AZ no Espaço do Tempo

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A Audiência Zero vai realizar uma residência artística multidisciplinar com os seus três laboratórios (AltLab, LCD, xDA) no O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo) no período entre 01 e 07 de Março e 14 e 23 de Junho. A apresentação dos trabalhos produzidos na residência será feita entre 12 e 25 de Julho. [...]

AZ Hackmeet – the video

AZ Labs Hackmeet

On December 12 and 13 we’ll hold the first big meeting of AZ’s 3 labs: LCD, altLab, and xDA. We’ll all get together in Porto, at AZ’s headquarters, for 2 days of creative and fun hacking. The main goals for this hackmeet are to share knowledge, explore synergies, collaborate, research, and… (of course) hang out!
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AltLab is a collective dedicated to independent research and experimentation in alternative media.

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We meet every Tuesday, at 21:30h, in Cacilhas (directions here). Everyone is welcome to join us for some hacking, brainstorming, coding, whatever it is you’re into that day.

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