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)
Balloon Environmental Sensing Takes to the Air
We have liftoff. My first Balloon Environmental Sensing test successfully "slipped the surly bonds...
Audio Synthesis of the Túngara Frog Call
Before the sun had even set on my first day in Gamboa I had...
complexity + leafcutters: code/improvisation
The shimmering, industrious leafcutter ants that build highways on the forest floor make up...
Transubstantiation – Radiophonic Sculpture Installations | living documentary
Rabía Williams (ACA) Radiophonic seed pod pictured: pod, copper wire 22, screws, AM radio...
Kitty made a comic
I'm learning how to use Procreate, and I thought I'd use it to flesh...
Watching Agoutis
I came to Dinacon already a devotee of agoutis. I had been observing them,...
Tadpole Soundscapes of Gamboa
By Lee Wilkins and Samantha Wong Tadpole Soundscapes of Gamboa is a generative soundscape...
Froggy camouflage handheld fans
Project by Anna Carreras. BAU Design College of Barcelona, Spain. Hand fan (abanico) inspired...
Unnatural Language – Michael Ang and Scott Kildall
By Scott (Seamus) Kildall and Michael Ang Unnatural Language, a collaboration between Michael Ang...
The Future Within – Grace Grothaus
Grace GrothausTHE FUTURE WITHIN: A digital seed archive and interactive sculpture series exploring threatened...
ATTAFit – Workout Like a Leafcutter Ant
Ann Gerondelis, Drexel UniversityRaja Schaar, Drexel UniversityProject created for the Digital Naturalism Conference, 2019...
The Frog Show – by Mónica Rikić and Ruben Oya
Frog Show wants to elevate the singing frogs to an audiovisual experience. Since our...
Dinacon 1 Projects (2561/2018)
Sonic Lace
Initiated at DinaCon 2018 at Lone Island, sonic lace combines textile speaker making with needlepoint...
Ants Fabric
Margaret Minsky June to Sept 2018 Anticipation was a great aspect of Dinacon. I had...
Hacking a camera to hack the jungle
This is a simple camera hack that can be done just about anywhere. We modified...
Excerpts from Dinacon
I came to Dinacon with the intention of writing and reading for TIGER, the next...
Island Caterpillar – Hannah Wolfe
https://2019.dinacon.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/caterpillar.mp4 Hannah Wolfe's goal was to explore caterpillar movement while on the island. She looked...
ImmerSea: Digital Naturalism Conference Field Report
Subversive Submersibles, water-adapted augmented reality Oya Damla, Kira deCoudres, Adam Zaretsky, Ryan Cotham Abstract -...
AUV flyby
Minor change of plans: instead of running a mission (list of waypoints), the AUV...
Tree Yabbie – Michael Candy
Michael Candy, the world's fastest robot tinkerer, created a slew of robots at Dinacon. One...
Sun Set Clock – Prototype
Technology separates us from nature, but does it need to? I used some of my...
Ecosystem Simulation
My goal for this simulation was to be able to abstractly demonstrate interdependence in an...
DinaCrab: Hermit Crab Behavior
When humans are near, making noise or stomping on the ground or rippling the intertidal...
Cargol – Found nature object temporary art piece – Agosto
by Agosto Agosto, arguable the most youthful member of the Dinacon crew, began his adventures...
Translating Nature into Art
As an artist, I see myself less so as creator and more so as a...
Hiking Hacks: Designing Interactive Systems Paper – Andy Quitmeyer
During our Digital Naturalism Conference, I will actually have to go full-on meta-conference and present...
That Strange Sensation by Dezmediah
My main project at Dinacon was to write a short story inspired by one or...


