Biohacking in the medical field : perspectives for developing countries

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There is somebody interested to give a talk (online) during this seminar?
Theme : Biohacking in the medical field : perspectives for developing countries.
When: 23 -24 May 2017
Where: Higher Institute of Medical Technology (Yaoundé, Cameroon)
Working languages: French & English

If yes, just send me an email and your idea…

@dusjagr, @amchagas (Trend Africa), @juanmagararc (an application of workshopology), @thomas.maillart.

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Hey,
Definitely interested!
@thomasmboa can you send your contact email?

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Me too.
Looking forward to share experiences with using and learning with tge diy micriscope.
M

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Yes definitely, I can help with that! :+1:

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hi mboa,

so here more information about my contribution.

about me:
Dr. Marc R. Dusseiller, Switzerland/Global
Co-founder of Hackteria | Open Source Biological Art
http://hackteria.org
Marc Dusseiller aka dusjagr is a nomadic researcher and workshopologist. He is part of the Center for Alternative Coconut Research and co-founder of SGMK and the Hackteria network. He performs DIY (do-it-yourself) workshops in lo-fi electronics and synths, hardware hacking for citizen science and DIY microscopy.
Detailed biography and other information:
http://hackteria.org/wiki/Dusjagr

About my talk/contribution:
I will present various aspect of my experiences working and teaching with the DIY (do-it-yourself) Microscope. Through a simple hack of the optics of any cheap and broadly accessible webcam, anyone can build a “good-enough” microscope to be used for educational activites, aswell to a limited extent as citizen science projects for environmental monitoring and medical diagnostics. I will present pedagogic approaches to be applied with the DIY microscopes for creative making skills, biodiversity awareness, standard biology/anatomy classes and gender biopolitcs.

the build-instructions is on our wiki, translations welcome!
http://www.hackteria.org/wiki/DIY_microscopy#Instructions

5 years ago, i presented this and other projects in Kenya, and i am still challenged to find a way to more broadly disseminate the DIY microscope in a global context.
http://www.hackteria.org/discourse/hackteria-poc-diagnostics-workshop-kenya/

greets,
marc

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