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		<title>Workshop Pictures</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energysystems, hacking, bending, raw food, furbies and arduinos &#8230; just some of the keywords of a very intense workshop at PAF, St Erme, France.  A week with very intense, productive, long days.  Pictures can be found here!

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Energysystems, hacking, bending, raw food, furbies and arduinos &#8230; just some of the keywords of a very intense workshop at PAF, St Erme, France.  A week with very intense, productive, long days.  Pictures can be found <a title="St Erme Workshop 3" href="http://www.nadine.be/2009/workshop3/" target="_self">here</a>!</p>
<p><a title="St Erme Workshop 3" href="http://www.nadine.be/2009/workshop3/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-204" title="furbz12-light" src="http://www.nadine.be/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/furbz12-light-300x225.jpg" alt="furbz12-light" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
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		<title>Workshop with wizards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tine</dc:creator>
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The second workshop on autonomous energy systems and photovoltaics has come to a close.  A practical workshop this time!
Experts in the field came round to explain the technicalities behind this exciting technology and to help develop the ideas of the artists.  Not only did the artist have helpful one-on-one sessions with these tech wizards, they [...]]]></description>
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The second workshop on autonomous energy systems and photovoltaics has come to a close.  A practical workshop this time!</p>
<p>Experts in the field came round to explain the technicalities behind this exciting technology and to help develop the ideas of the artists.  Not only did the artist have helpful one-on-one sessions with these tech wizards, they also had a great opportunity to exchange thoughts with the other participants.</p>
<p>It was intriguing to see the interaction between scientists and artists, both of whom build worlds, but in a very different way.  Pictures of the workshop <a title="Workshop 2 nadine" href="http://nadine.be/2009/workshop2/index.html" target="_blank">can be found here</a>.</p>
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<p>They will be sharing one last intense week together at P-af at the begining of September during a third hands-on session.</p>
<p>Artslab <em>nadine</em> acts not only as an organiser, but also as an active partner that lends its support to artists who are interested in this matter and want to apply it to their work.</p>
<p>&#8211;Below you can find a Dutch resumé of the workshop by Loes Jacobs, one of the participants:</p>
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<p><em><span style="color: #333333;">De workshop Autonomous Energy Systems is gekaderd in een reeks van drie modules, geïnitieerd door bartaku. Tijdens de vorige workshop werd er onderzocht wat de mogelijkheden van photovoltaics zijn en hoe we zelf zonne-cellen kunnen bouwen. De conclusie was toen vooral dat opslag van energie van groot belang is om natuurlijk gewonnen energie daadwerkelijk te kunnen gebruiken. Deze volgende workshop had de opslag van energie en het maken van autonome energie systemen als onderwerp en hoe bijgevolg zonne-energie praktisch gebruikt kan worden.<br />
Deelnemers presenteerden eigen projecten die ze autonoom wilden laten werken, i.e. zonder gebruik te maken van het elektriciteitsnetwerk. nadine treedt als platform op voor deze workshops om artiesten, die interesse hebben voor deze materie en ze praktisch willen toepassen in hun werk, ondersteunen.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #333333;">Begeleiders Patrick De Koning en Jan De Capelle van de Katholiek  Hogeschool in Gent. De eerste dag trokken we naar Gent naar het labo van de technologiecampus waar het team van dr. Jan De Capelle een algemene introductie gaf tot energie-opwekking en de opslag ervan, allerhande manieren om energie op te wekken demonstreerde, alsook een inleiding over<br />
verschillende soorten batterijen gaf.<br />
Het werd een boeiende ontmoeting en informatie-uitwisseling was tussen technologists en artiesten. Beide werken echter op een zeer verschillende schaal, de ene op industrieel en theoretisch niveau en de andere op kleine praktische schaal voor artistieke toepassingen.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #333333;">De twee volgende dagen vonden plaats bij nadine in Schaarbeek, waar Patrick De Koning en Bart Vandeput optraden als begeleiders. Hands-on werd iedereen persoonlijk begeleidt bij de uitwerking van de projecten die zeer divers bleken. Thomas Laureyssens probeerde photovoltaische cellen te hergebruiken en in specifieke vormen te maken voor een installatie en<br />
werkte ook naar een bepaalde esthetiek die in zonne-cellen te vinden zijn. Olivier Meunier en Wendy Van Wynsberghe voedden een Arduino board via zonne-energie en kijken in de toekomst naar mogelijkheden met windenergie. Tim Rottiers ontwikkelde audio en licht modules die autonoom kunnen werken. Alexander Nieuwenhuis deed vooral research naar mogelijkheden met</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #333333;">zonne-energie in de theaterwereld. Christina Stadlbauer en Loes Jacobs voedden een camera en microfoon met zonne-energie. Cindy Janssens en Maarten Coppens ontwikkelden muziekkasten die autonoom in de open lucht kunnen spelen.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #333333;">Hoofdreden om autonome systemen te maken was vooral om overal installaties te kunnen laten werken en uiteraard binnen het gedachtegoed van milieuvriendelijke projecten op te kunnen zetten.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color: #333333;">De laatste dag werd een roundup gegeven van ieders project om te weten hoever iedereen stond en welke problemen iedereen tegen was gekomen.  Daarnaast werd er nog gepolst naar mogelijke projecten die in de volgende<br />
workshop in St-Erme uitgewerkt kunnen worden.</span></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #333333;"><a title="Workshop 2 nadine" href="http://nadine.be/2009/workshop2/index.html" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-183" title="IMG_9002" src="http://www.nadine.be/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/IMG_9002-300x200.jpg" alt="IMG_9002" width="300" height="200" /></a></span></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #333333;"><a title="Workshop 2 nadine" href="http://nadine.be/2009/workshop2/index.html" target="_blank">Click for more pictures.</a><br />
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		<title>Use red onions to make your own Solar Cell.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 15:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
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I&#8217;m convinced that the scientist in you always wanted to create juice.  High voltage! &#8230;  My thoughts exactly.
And actually&#8230; it turns out to be rather simple. 
Let me explain:
- Take a tin coated piece of glass (can also be coated with titanium dioxide) &#8211;  let it rest for a half hour in the cooking liquid [...]]]></description>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">I&#8217;m convinced that the scientist in you always wanted to create juice.  High voltage! &#8230;  My thoughts exactly.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">And actually&#8230; it turns out to be rather simple. </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Let me explain:</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">- Take a tin coated piece of glass (can also be coated with titanium dioxide) &#8211;  let it rest for a half hour in the cooking liquid of onion peel - after this half hour, rinse it with water and leave to dry.</span></div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">While the glass is in the onion peel liquid you can prepare the counter electrode.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">This positive electrode is created from a conductive SnO2 coated glass plate - Use a Volt meter to check which side of the glass is conductive (it&#8217;s the rough side) &#8211; Use a lead pencil to aply a thin graphite layer to this side&#8217;s surface.</span></div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Take the dried glassplate and put the counter electrode side on top, offset the glass plates so that the edges of each plate are exposed - add one or two drops of iodide electrolyte solution in between these glass plates - use two clips to hold the plates together, the result when mesuring with your volt meter is about 0,4V.</span></div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Low voltage indeed, &#8230; ah, but highly satisfying to see that you&#8217;ve just created your very own solar cell.</span></div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Here is a website that gives a nice step by step overview too, but in this case they actually prepare the glass plates them selves too.  In the above case we just worked with prepared glass.</span></div>
<div><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/nanolab/TiO2/index.html">Raspberry Solar Cell</a></span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">These Solar cells were made during a  3 day workshop on Photovoltaics, later this summer <a href="../../"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">nadine</span></a> will open its doors again for the second part, we&#8217;ll keep you posted on content and exact dates.<img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-15" title="Solar" src="http://www.nadine.be/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dsc04013-185x185.jpg" alt="Solar" width="185" height="185" /></span></div>
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