Revision as of 16:15, 10 October 2013

Overview

Background

See more info about our first trips in Slovenia on http://hackteria.org/?p=2734

Intersting Cave Ecologies in Ireland and UK

http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/South-East/DunmoreCave/

UK/Ireland based Hypogean Crustacea Recording Scheme: http://hcrs.freshwaterlife.org/home

Cave life in Britain, leaflet: https://www.fba.org.uk/sites/default/files/Cave%20Life%20in%20Britain.pdf

Groundwater Crustacea of Ireland: A survey of the stygobitic malacostraca in caves and springs - Final report http://hcrs.freshwaterlife.org/sites/172.16.0.99.hcrs.local/files/GroundwaterCrustaceaOfIreland_Compressed.pdf

Cave Sherpa's and BioHackers

Dr. Marc Dusseiller (CH)

Dr. Marc R. Dusseiller is a transdisciplinary scholar, lecturer for micro- and nanotechnology, cultural facilitator and artist. He works in an integral way to combine science, art and education. He performs DIY (do-it-yourself) workshops in lo-fi electronics, hardware hacking, microscopy, music and robotics. He was co-organizing Dock18, Room for Mediacultures, diy* festival (Zürich, Switzerland), KIBLIX 2011 (Maribor, Slovenia), workshops for artists, schools and children as the former president (2008-12) of the Swiss Mechatronic Art Society, SGMK. Currently, he is developing means to perform bio- and nanotechnology research and dissemination (Hackteria | Open Source Biological Art) in a DIY fashion in kitchens, ateliers and in developing countries.

• http://hackteria.org
• http://www.mechatronicart.ch
• http://www.dusseiller.ch/labs/

Dominik Mahnič (SI)

Cave Sherpa, Painter, Media Artist, City Hunter

https://www.assembla.com/spaces/dominik-mahnic/wiki

http://www.youtube.com/user/sdgtr4

Tools we need

we bring

• foam-board
• microscope laser projector ( one is in biotehna )
• pico projetor ( marc have one )
• urin sample containers
• lights - difrent ones
• headtorches
• steel band

provided by Science Gallery

• petri dishes, 20x 100mm, 20x 60mm
• starving low-nutritious agar culture plates
• agarose
• plastic pipettes, loads
• glass slides, 50 x
• cover slips for aquariums, 50 x
• hot glue guns, 3x
• glue sticks, loads
• scissors, 5x
• cutting knifes, 5x

buy locally

• batteries AAA, 40x
• rope/string for plankton nets, 5x 10m
• nylons, 10x
• urine sample containers, 20x
• lights/torches - different ones
• head torches

urgent orders

• 50mW green lasers, 10x http://dx.com/p/50mw-532nm-green-laser-module-3v-11-9mm-26889
• web cam lens, 10x various
• battery holders, 10x

Infrastructure

• projector
• power plugs
• autoclave
• hot-plate
• pressure cooker
• cool-box, electric, ca 10° (or seperate fridge)