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    Detail from the installation

    The robot is a lightweight construction with a polycarbonate body and a low geared DC motor and 4 standard servo motors. Image by Amy Youngs found on Flickr

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  • Fish, plant, rack

    Quasi symbiotic environment for machine, fish and hydroponics

    Andy Gracie's work allows the electrical discharges of the virtually blind elephant fish to instruct the actions of a robot whose task is to monitor the development of plants in a hydroponic system.

  • The Flying Aquaponics Team in Izmir

    November 15 and 16, 2013

    Contemporary art organization K2 in Izmir is currently in the middle of the process leading to an exhibition in March 2014 about the ecology of the city. They invited us to do an aquaponics workshop...

  • A system in Museon

    Part of exhibition '#stad van de toekomst'

    The Mediamatic Aquaponics Team was invited to build an installation at the Museon in Den Haag. It's become part of an exhibition about the future of cities.

  • Greenhouse 2

    Second T-system

    Setup: T-system Fish: Catfish Location: Fabriek, Greenhouse Built: 22 February 2012

  • Tower 2

    First tower, second system

    Setup: Tower Fish: Catfish Location: Fabriek, Aquaponics tent Built: 26 May 2012

  • Tower 4

    First and longest

    Setup: Small system, mushrooms in top Fish: Minnows, goldfish, cross breeds Location: Fabriek, Aquaponics tent Built: May 2012

  • Too big, too many

    The catfish are growing

    Yesterday we experimented with different techniques to measure our catfish.

  • Back in circulation

    A change of scenery in two weeks

    Whaaaaat! So much can change in two weeks, it's unbelievable! When Saro and I entered the tent today after Christmas family visits, surprise after surprise greeted us.

  • Iron Deficiency

    Deep red water, but healthy plants.

  • A Silly Beast

    Choked in his friend

    On the morning of Friday's workshop, we found this floating around in Tower 2:

  • Blue LED's and bioballs

    Canadian commercial aquaponics farm described

    Broadcaster CBC published a story about a new commercial aquaponics farm. It's interesting to read, because they do some things differently.

  • Greenhouse 1

    First T-system

    Setup: T-system Fish: Catfish Location: Fabriek, Greenhouse Built: 11 January 2012

  • Tower 1

    From the museum

    Setup: Tower Fish: Catfish Location: Fabriek, Aquaponics tent Built: 7 September 2012, Transnatural Festival

  • Tower 3

    From North

    Setup: Tower Fish: Catfish Location: Fabriek, Aquaponics tent Built: 10 October 2012, Festival of Cools

  • From our Faraway Friend Wendy Monroe

    Trial and Error

    A photo essay

    Our system with the five half barrel beds is up and running now, the plants in the beds have taken root and we will be taking delivery of 30 Channel Catfish next week. We will be getting them from...

  • Aquaponics

    Fish feeding plants, plants feeding fish

    Mediamatic has assembled a team to work on aquaponics projects at Mediamatic Fabriek. View their work here. On this page you can find research on future aquaponics projects.

  • Dealing with pests

    The pineapple sage infestation

    With the changing of the seasons and the drop in temperature, some plants in the unheated greenhouse become more susceptible to pests and infestations as they are perennial, such as the Pineapple...

  • Workshop

    with new system design

    Mediamatic wanted an aquaponics system in their greenhouse office at the Fabriek, so during the workshop we built one upstairs. It's a new design, because the tower wouldn't fit underneath the glass...

  • Miniponics succes

    Many people want it at home

    After two days of workshops using the miniponics as a demonstration model, we can say it's a big succes.

  • Big fish, big food

    We just learned something new! Lately our big fish (they're approaching 300 grams now) weren't eating very well, but we couldn't find a cause. Until we ordered new fish food for them.

  • End of exhibition Eindhoven

    De etende mens finished

    Last June, we brought one of our tower systems to the Designhuis in Eindhoven, to feature in the exhibition " De etende mens ". We also made a system merged with João's Diesel Kantine.

  • Trout timeout!

    The big one chases the small one

    Who knows why trout in captive chase each other? The big trout gives the small one just not a second of rest.

  • A new system!

    Thanks to the workshop participants

    Last friday we built a new system. It's about time too, because the catfish are a little bit overstocked.

  • Structuring processes

    Backing up our assumptions

    Our oldest system has been running for one and a half years now and we've seen happening a lot to it in this time. Ebs and flows, births and deaths, seeds and fruits. To have this experience is nice

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