“Technology enthusiasts” are looking for a room to install a FabLab in Cognac

And it is also, around this project that the new president of the association …

And it is also. In addition, around this project that the new president of the association “Cognhacker”, Mickaël Fuzeau, and the treasurer Clément Genty met. Meanwhile, “We needed several experiences. However, we had to try a lot of pumps, because the challenge is to keep carbon dioxide,” explains Mickaël Fuzeau.

A problem, the search for solutions, the experimentation with if necessary, the creation of parts, until the resolution. However, That’s, the philosophy of a fablab, “but, we are not providers,” insists Clément Genty. Moreover, People, individuals or companies, who are asking for the FabLab are stakeholders in the search for solutions.

“You have to bring this spirit of repairability into the minds of people. Nevertheless, »»

These “Géo Findou” also redid suitcase wheels. helped a beekeeper to make a hornet trap, or even built thanks to a 3D printer, adjustment knobs. Experiments that “technology enthusiasts” looking room install they have carried out for two years. at the Cognac animation center, at the rate of a presence once a month, around a collective of around twenty people.

The partnership has just ended and the hackers are now looking for a new premises to develop their experiences. A place if possible made available free of charge, in September, to launch permanence.

A sharing space – “technology enthusiasts” looking room install

The machines. 3D printers, virtual reality glasses, laser cutter, are currently stored in the members of the association and are only waiting to find a perennial space to recover at the service of creation.

“We want to promote reuse. remove the notion of planned obsolescence because there is the notion of ecological transition, and above all we have to bring this spirit of repairability into the minds of people,” says Clément Genty. “The interest of a fablab is also to “technology enthusiasts” looking room install produce limited series. For example if you want badges engraved for an event, “adds Mickaël Fuzeau,” passionate about new technologies “.

And faced with each problem. the members of the Cognhacker association are riding on the internet in search of available solutions. “We go up in skills,” says Clément Genty. We explain to people how it works, sometimes they are the ones who explain to us. “It’s always nicer to share,” continues Mickäel Fuzeau.

Information: https://cognhacker.net and [email protected]