In response to the growing need for accessible and distributed space technologies, Waag Futurelab has initiated the development of FabSat—a satellite that can be designed and built using the resources available in any Fab Lab worldwide. Leveraging the global infrastructure of the Fab Foundation, which connects labs through shared tools, skills, and digital fabrication environments, the project...
If you can’t open it, you don’t own it. This principle extends beyond hardware, software or data transparency. It strikes at the heart of planetary sovereignty and justice. Infrastructures—satellites, instruments, data platforms, and computational models—are the invisible physical architectures through which the planet is sensed, imagined, governed and shaped. Today, these systems remain...
Light pollution is an often-overlooked environmental challenge with profound effects on ecosystems, astronomy, and human health. While photometers for measuring sky brightness are widely available, most existing solutions are closed, fragmented, or limit access to the data they generate.
This talk introduces an integrated, fully Open Source approach to monitoring light pollution. By...
