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)

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….

The Sustainable Zine

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

Rust Garden

Rust is gorgeous. We marvel at its endless shades of ochre, red, orange and…

The Future Within – Grace Grothaus

Grace GrothausTHE FUTURE WITHIN: A digital seed archive and interactive sculpture series exploring threatened…

galoshes with crepuscle camera at night — Crepuscle, by Ashlin Aronin

Night falls in Gamboa, Panama — site of the 2019 Digital Naturalism Conference. The…

Froggy camouflage handheld fans

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

Tadpole Soundscapes of Gamboa

By Lee Wilkins and Samantha Wong Tadpole Soundscapes of Gamboa is a generative soundscape…

Audio Synthesis of the Túngara Frog Call

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

Eco-Digital Survival (Redux) in Extreme Landscapes

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

Rainforest Digital Memories

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

Butterfly Wing Site-Specific Installation – Emily Volk

Inspired by the scale detail of butterfly wings, my project at Digital Naturalism centered…

Kitty made a comic

I’m learning how to use Procreate, and I thought I’d use it to flesh…

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Dinacon 1 Projects (2561/2018)

Sun Set Clock — Sun Set Clock – Prototype

Technology separates us from nature, but does it need to? I used some of my…

Coconut water catcher 1.0

Are your bowls too small to catch your coconut water? Do you struggle to prevent…

Cococrafts 1 – Open a coconut: Dennis and Lydia

How to video straight from #dinacon! Dennis teaches you how to easily get into coconuts…

DinaSound is live!

Pearl Ryder is a cell biologist who came to DinaCon with the goal to explore the…

Soil/earth/dirt and poop? Connections in:/out:

Soil/earth/dirt and poop? Connections in:/out: Reflections on my time at DINACON Huiying Ng Working…

Foraging Map, Koh Lon – Craig Durkin

Craig Durkin started mapping fruit and foods you can find on the island! Many new…

Translating Nature into Art

As an artist, I see myself less so as creator and more so as a…

Success with water-adapted augmented reality (AR)

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

Glowing Dinaflagellate – Kitty Quitmeyer

Inspired by the microscopic creatures making the seas around her glow, Kitty Quitmeyer, created a…

Tree Yabbie – Michael Candy

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

3 microfictions on Koh Lon

The idea was to adopt the point of view of select native organisms to sketch…

Smart environments: from natural to digital

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

Diva PJs – “foraging nighty”

Made from old sheets used on the Diva Andaman, to softness of the fabric inspired…

AUV flyby

Minor change of plans: instead of running a mission (list of waypoints), the AUV…

Hacking a camera to hack the jungle

This is a simple camera hack that can be done just about anywhere. We modified…

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