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On this page you will find the most important information plus two easy recipes to get you going. Lab Pastoe also offers an in-depth course on making biomaterials, on two consecutive Wednesday evenings from 18:30 - 21:30. Please see the reservation tool for ...

Biolab Safety Course Recap In the Biolab safety course you learned about the risks involving laboratory work with microbes, you learned about the international standard of 'good laboratory practices' for BSL1 level laboratories and have practiced working hygi...

Creating a sterile working environment, using the Bunsen burner Goal: To give “your” microorganism a head start on "foreign" microorganisms present in the air, on the table or on instruments you use. Creating a sterile bubble with a blue 'rustling' flame: ...

Permacomputing.net is de permacomputing wiki, en de meest centrale plek voor informatie over het onderwerp.  Permacomputing is both a concept and a community of practice oriented around issues of resilience and regenerativity in computer and network technolog...

Solar Protocol, een permacomputing project over servers die draaien op zonne-energie:

Polytechnique insights / Generative AI: energy consumption soars, Anne-Laure Ligozat en Alex de Vries Key takeaways The energy consumption of artificial intelligence is skyrocketing with the craze for generative AI, although there is a lack of da...

Healthy Materials Lab - healthymaterialslab.org Een mooi overzicht van gezondere, duurzame, koolstofarme materiaalkeuzes, database van duurzame, hoogwaardige en regeneratieve (bouw)producten die afkomstig zijn van ecologische bronnen, biologisch afbreekbaar z...

Gelatin is made from collagen present in animal parts and comes in jelly, sheet or powder, which is the form we use in the recipes below. Gelatin is a spiral waste product from the meat industry, being repurposed for uses outside of that industry. Material pr...

Agar is a substance obtained from red algae. Agar bioplastic is made by mixing water, glycerine and agar powder. Together they form a foil-like plastic substitute that is flexible, but not elastic. Material properties: Water resistance: Agar bioplast...

Starch is a white, tasteless, and odorless carbohydrate that is found in large amounts in plants, e.g. grains, potatoes, and corn, where it serves as the chief energy storage form. Starch is insoluble in cold water and is used in foods and industry for thicken...

Sodium Alginate is extracted from brown seaweed. Alginate bioplastics are made by combining sodium alginate, glycerine and water with the curing agent calcium chloride, and are heat/water resistant! Material properties: Water resistance: Alginate bioplas...