 This thing, I'm so sorry that there are not enough seats but if you can find one, that's like, I see like one seat here or another one there And there's another seat next to the Lisa right here so if you want to get up close and personal with her Please don't hesitate or you can see the back if you can find somewhere So thank you so much for coming for our first event of the year My name is Joyce and I'm part of the Singapore Keep Girls team And I'd just like to ask is anyone here first time on to our event? Yay almost everyone! And I think it's because we've, so we've actually been around for about three years now But we've been organizing events on and off, on and off And it's mostly casual informal thing that we do We don't have like a membership program but we do have a group of volunteers So I'm not in this picture because I was not there that day But my team is actually me and Nicole and who's at the registration She's the one with the thing next to it but um And I've talked about other girls that they're all working now so they're calm down later But yeah, we started here three years ago And we organized stuff like workshops, talks And basically stuff to get women interested in tech and learn a bit more Sometimes it can be a little intimidating If you don't know somebody in the tech industry I think And you just think like oh it's all guys but actually it's not So what we try to do is to highlight the fact that There are a lot of women in technology doing cool stuff And it actually can be really fun And you can make friends anywhere So this is just a starting point and a bridge to the rest of the community So if you're interested please keep a lookout for our events happening And you can get our Facebook page or email us or stuff like that So we are actually looking for people to help us So if you're interested in being a coach, if you're a developer, designer If you're interested in being a coach for workshops Or if you are women in technology and you feel like you really want to share You have this burning passion for a topic that you really want to get out there and tell people And if you're just a little shy don't worry But you should still do it anyway So just come and look for me or just talk to the people over there at the reception And we can try to work something out So today we are very very happy and honored to have Denisa Where's Denisa? She's sitting over there Denisa is actually my professor She used to be my professor at NUS But I never had a chance to follow her to take her classes But I did follow her on Facebook And she just had all these amazing posts online About all the places that she's been around Asia, all the major spaces And the second spaces like cafes, maps and everything So I thought that she'd be the perfect person to come and give us a talk About her experiences in the major culture So I'll let her talk to you later about that Just a quick special thanks, number one to IDA For sponsoring this space Even though there are not enough chairs But I'll let them know about that next time One thing is that drink that you see on some of the tables We have a lot more on that in the fridge So if you're feeling thirsty, please help yourself to that It is apparently a non-alcoholic caffeinated drink For people who don't want coffee stains But still want to be awake at night The hipster drink that's very popular in Berlin So you can try that and visit their website And also to this very wonderful guy here Michael Chang who is recording this talk And putting it online We have a lot of great talks at engineers.sg If you're interested in finding out what the tech communities are up to in Singapore Please visit their website And check out the talks over there So without further ado, I leave you with Anisa I apologize, thank you for this wonderful opportunity To finally meet the major community here And see this space I was here the first time when it opened So for me it's unbelievable to see what happened now We've walked one year now Or even less And thank you, Michael, for doing this And for the rest of the team First time I heard that G-girls was from the Atom Was my collaborator, student, friend And she was so enthusiastic So for me it's an honor to be here today And I think because we had a cool party We will not fall asleep Because of my talk And also when I embarrass myself Nobody else will be afraid to come And to workshops or speak So I decided to propose a topic Which is close to my heart It's a maker space And to explain some personal reasons Or maybe professional reasons Why I became interested In this phenomenon of Hacker Maker culture And it goes back to 2009 2010 When the first Hacker space started to appear And I'm from Czech Republic From Prague originally So at the same time I could follow What was going on in Singapore and Prague Because both communities were starting Hacker spaces And also by chance I was in Boston in 2010 And I started DIY bio-community Do-it-yourself biology So bio-hacker spaces So I came back to Singapore that year And I decided to start the DIY bio It was a complete disaster That would be a story just another time But you know, these things actually Are already the last, well, two years Two, three years maybe now And that thanks to William Hoyn This guy I admire And some other people here in Singapore The maker and Hacker culture is just moving It's unbelievable what is happening And they will just keep surprising me So back in 2010 Something I noticed And I'll talk about it today Was something that I called The revival of mechanical arts So while I'm going back to history Basically, mechanical arts Is something that we call Applied science or engineering today Or all this, let's say, practical knowledge And something I noticed That was going on in the Hacker space And maker spaces was this Emphasis on practice On trial and error On making mistakes Like not being intimidated by experience Rather than doing theory And basically I'm a philosopher So for me, that was like an interesting You know, an interesting clash of culture Right to these places where people Sometimes they have no idea what they're doing But they'll destroy it And they'll have fun in the process And you know, I started questioning my idea Why do I think knowledge should be Something structured, something organized And something institutionalized Because suddenly I saw this grassroots community So people, they're trying to do research They're trying to do science They're trying to develop things And they don't, you know, they don't want To have a startup necessarily Or they don't want to do a big project And slowly, I don't know how it happened But actually my work over the years Changed and it got, I don't know I got co-opted Because that's the best word I've ever used So even back in 2010 For me, that was like something old I remember from reading books about alchemists About so-called mechanical artists And natural philosophers Which are these forgotten people Usually people say, oh, that was the beginning Of science And these guys were a bit, you know They played tinker and play around But they didn't really have a system And they were not part of any economy Of sciences or something more organized But these people really had fun So I became curious, you know Where does our ideas and knowledge Be something organized hierarchically Basically comes from And it comes from this I don't know whether some of you will recognize it And I'm in your way, I just realized It will be interesting how we move around Anyway, so these are the so-called Seven liberal arts or three arts And this represents our idea What is knowledge basically Or it's the beginning of that idea Knowledge is something that has to do With disciplines which are actually Very theoretical What you see there Can you guess within the middle? Philosophy You're trying to cheat, I saw you It's philosophy And around you have things like Math, argument, geometry on one side Then rhetoric, grammar And all these things on the other side Strangely, you have music somewhere Like at the bottom And this is the idea of what is knowledge It's something based on insight It's something that gives you like a system Strangely, when you look at this Conservative university Like my university And actually you're in the University of Singapore You won't do that Music is maybe the only thing People didn't consider Like part of this knowledge Like mixed science But even back then It comes to this idea that the rhythm And some system is behind the music And so on But anyway I'm talking about liberal arts The idea of someone knowledgeable Was the idea of someone who went It was like an undergraduate degree In middle ages And someone who practised this And then you can decide Whether he will be a medical doctor Or a lawyer Or a television Basically that was a big thing To be a television was something Like being a professional politician So a policymaker back then So what happened with the mechanical arts? So this is from some 12th century Wikipedia The picture you saw And yeah, that was the right place And basically mechanical arts Were defined as the opposite of liberal arts So while the liberal arts are about our minds Mechanical arts are about something That has to do with our bodies basically It was the makers knowledge Game So working with your hands And not really knowing what you're doing So here we see This is from Wikipedia again At this mechanical Mechanical arts are called Survival or even vulgar From antiquity They have been deemed unbecoming For a free man As ministering to the baser needs And then it has the 9th century division It's all these practical things Architecture Agriculture Later even navigation Cooking Trade And so on So everything that was like a big science That was more somehow related to our bodies Was deemed as not worthy Of a person that seeks a true knowledge And you know what? We have these discussions even now On one side we have applied science Which is considered somehow low science But there are all kinds of industrial and corporate interests That push that science to be in a certain way And then there are people screaming We are losing real science and so on So it's a very hard discussion to have And if you see how maker movement Identifies itself There is also food cooking, rockets We have military techniques And mechanical arts There is some similarity I just want to point that There is some low discussion In practice and theory Between mechanical arts And this like big idea of knowledge Today I would say closest to this idea Is the idea about big data And this you can have like theoretical insight Into reality just by observing And discovering something that is hidden With your mind and some algorithms While the mechanical arts And this like maker movement Let's put it this way Has this idea that you have to be involved You have to somehow take responsibility You cannot tell in advance You just have to text and try And maybe find out something useful But you know you're taking basically more risk In that approach So of course we can have a discussion About their mind interpretation is completely fair But at the same time I became interested in people That actually rebelled against this division People that tried to be philosophers And also mechanical artists Over these engineers at the same time Because there were always people Rebelling against this division Between some practice and some theory And these are the alchemists Or I found some woman alchemists There were women tinkering in the 17th century With metallurgy and smeltering And some pretty dangerous chemicals She also died in the jail Of course as a beach And I'll leave the power point Because there are some links to their office And there are many of them So I became interested in these people And got inspired by them And I was almost burned too Or maybe I'll end up in jail Anyway, so of course they have a day job But then I had this organization I became a member of I already gossiped about you William So this is one of my hacker spaces I'm a member of the check base Hacker space in Krak And then I'm a member of Hectoria The open source biology network Of people interested in design Anything with DIY and so on And this is basically my research I follow these hacker spaces Maker culture, DIY And some revival of tinkering Revival of mechanical arts And some form of I don't know, rebellion against The idea of western science Which ever since Francis Bacon So much about The institutional system Francis Bacon, usually people talk about He's this great empiricist And he's about empirical knowledge But he's not He's actually hated alchemists And mechanical artists People that were heavily involved In experimenting, trying to test Without a system Going into some wild things And anyway, I'm interested In these grassroots movements Because I see some unique opportunities They offer in terms of Democratizing a research In development, allowing more people To understand what is in state In science, understand Certain, like, difficult issues Like, I don't know, GMOs Or something by having a direct experience And then I see this as an opportunity To create conditions for Developing science in the global south Because yes, I spend a lot of time In Indonesia and other countries Where I see how open hardware Enables people to their laboratory equipment Or to engaging science And then I have some weird interest lately I'm looking into these hybrid types of innovation Where open hardware Helps patents, basically To become useful Or to do something, especially In the biotech field So, how does a philosopher like me How do you rebel And decide Or become, like, a bit crazy Maybe and you think, oh, I can be also a designer And why should a guy as a philosopher Even think this way? Basically philosophers always use tools These tools are something we are used to Here in science that they were originally They came from philosophy Like the word method So these were also useful concepts They had a huge impact on the way We think about the world, about reality About ourselves, about what is knowledge What is truth, what is objective And so on So these guys Use some of them even like Metaphorical tools, like Nietzsche Used an hammer To destroy all idols And my question is Why not use practical types? Why philosophers can be involved In some material practice? Like make objects that represent The way they think about reality Or represent what these Crazy ideas they Have about ever seen So this is how I use practical types While most designers use practical types To gather user requirements To test and prove something I'm interested in users that do this That help us imagine some future Negotiate some future Or in some situations That empower us in a certain way Or that can even serve these things That the philosopher hoped for Why they can be these hammers Who break in some idols Changes the way we think And that is why I'm looking at this Make your hacker communities Because I see people that build things Not because they want to As I said have a new start out Or I don't know Provide some solution To all human problems But they are just thinkers, geeks Dreamers, amateurs People that have fun While making, doing stuff And also doing crazy projects That are totally not useful Like, I'll just use one example So you might check Hacker space Their last year We had this complete obsession With its meteorological stations Or these meteorological balloons And they were doing something like Hanting for praise When the meteorological balloon pops There is a lot of hardware That is left somewhere And sends some signals So they would go to the forever And try to catch it And then show it in the hacker space Who want to hunt this piece of hardware So don't tell me this is a useful project I think it is Maybe pushing them to move a bit And you know, not like geeks Just drink this horrible sweet drink Anyway So who are these people that I see As my models? This is one of them This is a bold hacker from Thailand And most of you probably have seen This amazing long tail vaults That basically use available Technology And I don't know some form of engines From any type of vehicle And then put it on their vaults So you can say Okay, this is like this typical These people are just poor and desperate And this is what they can do I would disagree with you I think this ability to You know, use the available tools And to connect them To make these collages of machines These like hybrid things It's also about creating like Alternative versions Of the present towards the future So I see So this is the scene which I noticed When I was taking pictures of that Amazing vault There are tractors Look at that It's a tractor All kinds of vehicles That pretend to be vaults and ships And they create this complete Like met an honor key That is going on Why do I think this is important? Why? Because you know If these guys are just sitting there Tilt the world bank Gives them money And connects them To get them the right sustainable worlds There will be no tourism There will be no business These people will be just You know, just enslaved In a different way So I see these practices They develop from Repurposing and like Making some interesting tools These prototypes They build also prototypes In a social sense They are trying to be Empowers with these tools To create their own versions Of how their society How they want their society To look like Or this is another example Of such person This is really their trojok Another good friend And inspiration So he built this jean gun Which became quite famous And it's a tool Which you will see in the Arcel time Museum and so on But the reason he did it He didn't want to be famous Nor he cared about art And museums But he was just Very frustrated with his ideas In Europe You cannot do synthetic biology Outside of labs Of certain kind And usually institutionalized Lab So here this is DIY Biogying So it's okay I cannot you know I cannot you see collides And DNA sequencing So what if I do it Just mechanically If I just take a piece of DNA And shoot it into the cell Because there are all kinds Of ways of actually Doing genetic modifications So people just Spend the props into the space And radiation mutates them It's not like so regulated But hey it's just So this prototype In some sense questions Certain policy Around synthetic biology Certain idea where science Can be done And it is about Imagining future Where people should have These tools And questioning Whether it's a good idea I'll just I don't have much time Okay I'll just keep Some of these amazing people So I'm interested In these people That use prototypes To crawl philosophical ideas Break idols Naval participation Connect communities Imagine the future Back in the 17th century This would be my hero This guy He designed a submarine Seriously This guy designed The first submarine There are pros That for some Plenty or 30 minutes They were in this Like thing And it like worked And he's That's amazing thing I discovered my philosophy With my own hands He says He's this ultimate maker The people like friends To debate And people to be believe Started science Hated Because you know He didn't write Like complicated Philosophical things He was just like Making stuff And then figuring out How things work Among other things He made it The first incubator Also he became famous With some other Like red color He designed And most of these Seems happened by chance Actually Strangely In the 17th century The way he was sharing His knowledge Through this Facebook Model Of what did happen Facebook It was called Algumami Forum Where on his buddies Like Drawing some pictures And telling him What they are working on And also they had Initially They were calling They said This is by a brilliant Historian of science I love Mystery of science Very clever This is not I just supplied So anyway He was the guy Who was saying My prototypes Were really nice With them I'm not just Making a solution I'm thinking How the universe How the society Works I'm trying to see Whether we can have A different way Of thinking Through these tools So yeah Our sheet Describes them as it is Manual construction So for working Microcosms And validate All of these theories Anyway I'm very excited About this project So now about My work So yes I'm reading about And following these people Around the world And trying to Write about them Trying to Put it in some context It's more or less But I'm also trying to work More and more Actually With my own prototypes This is one example In Georgia Carter In 2012 With a group I never work alone We are always With a group Of people Interested in something We decided to Create something Like a molecular Zine track Which will be Also a science lab Using like A mobile science lab So this is with Mark Ducey And bacteria Guys from the Tommy from Papa Lab Georgia Carter And some other people It was very pretty It was a food Trying Ankrenyan Or these Varunks You see in Indonesia Everywhere And because it's Such an important Institution in Indonesia Where people meet Gossip Discuss It's the most Important like Social technology There We decided To use the Ankrenyan As a science lab So people can Do some experiments Or You know What type of Science experiments We were Pain molecular Astronomies Good one Where people can Eat and think About science But we were not So obsessed About science It was more This Object So we What did we Put There is like This is A bioreactor For algae It didn't really Taste great Yeah The GPS You could follow Ankrenyan In Georgia Card Yes We hacked Like a scanner Made a UV Illuminator Kill bad stuff Bad canvids And hacked Microscope And this is the experiment We used So-called Certification In molecular Astronomy And we made Sago Pearl dessert How many people Like For me It's too heavy So I decided To use the local Wine That is made By the Citizen Science Organization in Indonesia Called Now Wine Patch Before it was More distributed And I decided This wine I'll make this Sago pearls From something More light Than That Takioke So Yes We played This Certification Why did I do This prototype Was to test Different things If we test it Can we really use The local resources And build Some laboratory equipment Can this enable Science there So it was about This DIY viral issues And also about This convergence Between Hacker Space Culture and issues We faced In developing countries But also It was fun So it was fun To do molecular Astronomy This posh cuisine On the streets Of Georgia Carter To break To see Also it was The year of The water dragons So it made some sense And It was about Pleasure and knowledge Food and science And so on This will be very fast Another type Of these prototypes I call them Prototypes Because they're For example Research for me But also Testing and playing In the same way As any of you Is playing In this maker space So I went to London Where I have a friend Who offered me To scan my brain And of course They said yes Because they have A bit of data fetishism I have my gene profile We're seeing So I'm serious And you see I have to fill in A lot of, you know Questionnaires Because it is official research A set of course Of course I found out Something interesting in Europe If you're taking part In any political study Or any research You own the data So they have to give you the data And then this is real So we scanned my brain With some experience And then They gave me the data And said Okay Now you want to do Citizen science Take it And I'm curious What you'll do So the only thing I did Actually I uploaded my brain And she distressed me With this thing On drop blocks So I think You know I can give you my brain Anyway I also took my check Students And brought new videos Guys And I said Guys Think about it Because you know We tried The software We're going to read the data They have a friend Help us We did some B.J. With my brain Without them We just don't have pictures And then We did the workshop Actually Trying to Talk about these things About open data About open data Open science About why It's not possible To share a female eye Data Or any female eye Data These machines don't share MetaData Even for scientists We did touch Some interesting things We created Like a design fiction scenario With a very dystopian future Where people will measure Their oxygen consumption And they'll have to Do something with their brains In order not to consume too much Oxygen and so on So we were thinking About this open Bio-data markets And clouds For citizen science projects And so on Switzerland We used Against verification My favorite scientific experiment In a hacker space They're making a lot of these funny Like spheres And the reason we did this Was This interest in archeology Of science and land And history Alchemy and DIY bio Does keep it And get directly to one part Which is the micro fluid Which we were also making Like small spheres We were experimenting With all kinds of chemicals And materials to make spheres For a week So yes But this continues Strangely in Singapore With another Canadian student Who's seen him With phenomenal maker And real like news In terms of this girl Can make anything Like I've never seen And she was curious Like she was like Yeah give me some challenge I want to do something new I said hey Why not Let's use micro fluid Which is this new technology I'm curious about And let's see Whether we can do theater Of these micro fluid chips So it's like this New lab technique Looks like this It's small You have to You know Like you have to have Spend can And make it bigger To do anything And our idea was What did we put It was inspired by Material of course What did we put Some organisms here Or some particles And we tried to use it As a theater stage For Viacool theater So it's a guy Seeing LaSalle Here is Mitra He's also a maker From What is called this place Metal works Thanks That's great Another great space here He helped us And this was our micro fluidic Then we split basically Iron particles And we are playing With magnet Because the channels Didn't really work But we got this Guess what is this guy It's actually Samar From Indonesian theater So we were just Trying to see Whether we can create The stage And this project Is moving We are trying to create The real Micro fluidic place In a stage And just move them around And project them So you see A work like this And this will be My last piece This is what I'm Obsessing lately I'm interested In the printed circuit boards So I'm trying to go Back to the basics Of all electronics While obsessing About the printed circuit Boards I'm looking into Some static boards And some misuses Of boards And some boards Made from different Material Or circuits And we did a workshop In Ireland With some people And actually For me It's more like a research Into the history Of etching Because etching As a technology Is something That was used For prints In the past That started Our whole print culture And then You know We got into digital Technologies And they disappeared Like they believe Print will disappear But come on It's coming back Through these circuit boards And also The technology Around microfluidics And so on There are so many Different like etching Techniques With some nano And all kinds of stuff So I was surprised About this return Of the repressed Which was etching So I decided Okay I'll do this I'll take A very old One of the first Etched prints By Alfred Heurer And of course I was very surprised It's about a canon About military technology And you know There is a Turkish guy In front No one really knows Whether he's a prisoner Or not But Alfred Heurer Was a weird guy He was actually making money By teaching Young aristocrats Military technologies You know How to protect your city How to build the walls And all kinds of protection Mechanisms And about the name of it And he was very much Obsessed about these And his first print Which was made on iron And he was etched on iron Actually shows One of his I would say Professional topics With most military technology And I was like Hmm Like military technology Maps Which were used For these etchings And doing this Like Strange historical research And then in terms of The circuit I'm trying to build With another operator You hear a check From television makers Space And some other people That are I'm not mentioning the people I'm really frustrated About this Seriously What happened is It was just me Because as you see I go into some theory And I forget to Really do the stuff So I have Some people To bring me back to work Anyway So I'm trying basically To use these lines Which you have in the Original print As the lines of the circuit So I'm deleting some parts Or adding some parts And then We were thinking Okay What kind of circuits We should build there I said It has to be something With you know Cybernetics So the circuit Be tested It's very ugly now This is just the first I'm working on the second That there one Is something called The commentary It's using behavioral studies And it's a simple type of circuit We impose it When you touch it And then something happens It's useful You know When mice go And they leak something And then You know The scientists get that So it's a very simple circuit And when you touch The VOI scene So a light Will turn on But it will see what happens And that's all If you have any Static interesting circuits Please Or if you're interested in this Because the workshop I'm really interested To explore more circuits And there is also an exhibition In Switzerland Where we are trying To bring some of them And sorry It's like a scene gun With seven minutes more So thank you For your patience Thank you I love Fun Great projects And Does anyone have Any questions I think If you have any questions You can ask her now Or No Shy audience tonight Okay No questions Okay In that case If you're shy If you want to talk to this Sir Please go ahead And talk to her I think she'll be around Being here for a while more Or if anyone wants to Tell us something About the project You're excited about And you're working on Or to invite people To something You're organizing As a workshop Yes Now we'll be In the right area Yes Okay Let's be around Please Oh If you need to show Any tips there Oh yes It was a really Interesting talk I would like to take As an opportunity I actually You were in CCC Presenting I didn't have to say This lady Made the most amazing Talk I think And she'll totally Change the context That we're in The stream Just like Thank you Thank you This Service event Will come up In the next few Weeks in March So you call Forced Asia It's about Open technology So whenever you Hear the news Just talk right now We invite A lot of People that Doing cool Project Around the world Will come to In Singapore We have Open time We have Open data We have People Again So it will be In March 13 to 15 Just while you can Okay That's it Thank you I guess If you have questions About the event You can follow as well Is there anyone else Who would like to share About what you guys Have Yes Welcome Welcome Hi I'm Lachlan I am A coach At Rails Girls And I have Recently started A Meetup It's actually on here Awesome If you want to learn Ruby on Rails We're teaching it for free At my office Tomorrow And every Tuesday So if anyone else Can allow an envelope For me and My husband Excellent coaches And there's a bunch of people That are Going to be there If you want to join us Coach Why is there A tea bar But it's not A wine Or a beer Bar It's delicious It's nice It's wine Well Okay If you're interested To join The Ruby Tea Party Tomorrow Anyone else Organizing something It's like Okay We're not the lazy girls It's my favorite Please introduce yourself And tell us a little bit About what you're doing Okay And I'm going to Share about the Event that is coming up This This week in Singapore And it's for Women Technicians And I guess Like hopefully Everyone knows That this Sunday Is International Women's Day So Okay So Singapore We have An event Which is On this Friday At Google Singapore To celebrate The International Women's Day But I Believe that The registration might be closed But you can see Whether it's Still on And there's Also Events in different cities Around the world So If you haven't You know Anyone Who is interested In You know Tag And engaging So hopefully Many of you Are going for The one in Singapore Or one of the Panelists there So hope to see that Thank you Thank you One is very short Just two things One is Denise I mentioned just now About BLI by With Singapore If you want to Join us Come and look for me Or Denise Or Look at the back as well And the other one is We're looking for people To kind of Document the Hector data Or So I want to get more details So let us know Okay Thank you Thank you Thank you Yes, one more Hi I'm Mario from Germany But I've lived Most of the last 10 years in Asia And I'm also Going back and forth And I'm working With a lot of people Together on All the technology Projects And we work Also with For example We do some of All projects So if there are any students That Do one of these Cool projects For example Or even Something completely new And please Get in touch with me And we can talk Maybe there's a chance To In front of you Over the summer With the $5,000 To work On any Cool project That you have Thank you very much Okay guys Actually You can tell That there's really a lot Going on So I recommend You guys Just Look at Tech Community Singapore Or check out The Hackerspace Website Calender Hackerspace.sg Right Look What was it? Okay Okay Hackerspace.sg Slash Calender So he's One of the co-founders Of Hackerspace And there are Lots of cool people There Doing a lot of fun things So I think the purpose Of such events Is really So please Feel free to stay And now Drink The club latte The tea That doesn't leave Coffee stains And Yeah Let's enjoy ourselves Yeah Thank you everyone For coming I'm already working on something cool