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....

Balloon Environmental Sensing Takes to the Air

We have liftoff. My first Balloon Environmental Sensing test successfully "slipped the surly bonds...

The Frog Show – by Mónica Rikić and Ruben Oya

Frog Show wants to elevate the singing frogs to an audiovisual experience. Since our...

Agouti, Agouti!

By Jason Bond, Blunderboffins Agouti, Agouti! is a work of interactive digital art (i.e....

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

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

Kitty made a comic

I'm learning how to use Procreate, and I thought I'd use it to flesh...

Butterfly Wing Site-Specific Installation – Emily Volk

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

Transubstantiation – Radiophonic Sculpture Installations | living documentary

Rabía Williams (ACA) Radiophonic seed pod pictured: pod, copper wire 22, screws, AM radio...

Eco-Digital Survival (Redux) in Extreme Landscapes

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

Tadpole Soundscapes of Gamboa

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

Kris Casey – Beginning Endless Forms

August 12-19th. Kris Casey is a visual artist and creative researcher from Chicago, IL....

Watching Agoutis

I came to Dinacon already a devotee of agoutis. I had been observing them,...

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Dinacon 1 Projects (2561/2018)

Drawing from Tinbergen

Margaret Minsky 2018 At Dinacon I did some drawing. I chose to copy drawings by...

Coconut water catcher 1.0

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

Robot Language Music Video-by Albert and Mary (Dezmediah)

with help from Maggie Kane, Tasneem Khan, Mark Lifana, and Andy Quitmeyer Make a kickass...

TribeNET- Mesh sensor network for battling future distopia

by Elizabeth Bigger, Luis Fraguada, and Agosto Thanks to Dani, Mark, and Umeed for help...

Coral-textured Paneling

Inspired by the modular pattern of corals, the project translates the coral textures into modules...

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...

Dinna-con Foraging Guide (PDF)

Foraged Noms! The symbiosis of Dinna-con Fossils have led to the creation of the Ko...

Tree Yabbie – Michael Candy

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

Wild Behavior – Jonathan Gill

My project was to develop a low-cost, open-source platform for testing the perceptual and cognitive...

DinaSynth Quartet – Scott (Seamus) Kildall

At Dinacon 2018, Scott (Seamus) Kildall prototyped a new project called DinaSynth Quartet, which is...

Foraging Map, Koh Lon – Craig Durkin

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

Cargol – Found nature object temporary art piece – Agosto

by Agosto Agosto, arguable the most youthful member of the Dinacon crew, began his adventures...

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...

Sun Set Clock — Sun Set Clock – Prototype

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

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