About Me I work as an independent artist / designer in the field of interaction / information design. I like programming / scripting (Python, PHP, Processing, openFrameworks, MAX/MSP, Javascript, HTML, CSS), as well as working with electronics (often involving Arduino or the Raspberry Pi). I'm interested in taking stuff away from the computer screen and finding ways to look at and interact with information in different and more interesting ways. After having studied Interaction Design at the ArtEZ Institute for the Arts in Arnhem, the Netherlands, I graduated from the Networked Media master at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam. My work is graciously supported by the Mondriaan Fund. Presentation at FD Young Circle, Amsterdam, 2016 Presentation at CMD Nachtlab, Breda, 2016 Web Training Collar is part of the Rendering Realities expo at SSBA Salon, Amsterdam, 2016 Home Control Kit is on display during the Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, 2016 Kennishandelaar Zwarte Markt voor Kennis / knowledge dealer black market for knowledge, Vlaams Cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, 2016

DIY (Drone It Yourself) Kit v1.0 is part of Once is Nothing: A Drone Art Exhibition at InterAccess, Toronto, 2016 The Web Training Collar will be shown as part of the Design My Privacy exhibition at z33, Hasselt, 2016 The Web Training Collar won the Crypto Design Challenge, MOTI, Breda, The Netherlands, 2015macdev drone dx vs alien invasion Presentation at Maak Festival, Groningen, 2015parrot ar drone verkkokauppa DIY (Drone It Yourself) Kit v1.0 was part of the Plastic exhibition at The New Institute, Rotterdam, 2015macdev drone dx ebay Presentation at Subnet, Salzburg, 2014parrot mini drone quadcopter

Presentation for Tools That Shape Design for NOP/LUX, Nijmegen, 2014 Q&A at the opening of The New Institute, Rotterdam, 2013 Part of the Hot100 by Het Nieuwe Instituut, 2013 Exposition during Discovery Festival, at De Verdieping & Trouw, Amsterdam, 2013rc predator drone build Presentation at This Happened Rotterdam, at WORM, Rotterdam, 2013insect spy drone funded by us government Presentation at Ignite Amsterdam 30, at Mediamatic, Amsterdam, 2013 "News From Nowhere", Piet Zwart Insitute's Networked Media course graduation show at V2_, Rotterdam, 2013 Presentation at How Do You Do, organized by Virtueel Platform, Ghent, Belgium, 2012 Featured in the 'Grote Rotterdamse Kunstkalender 2013' ('The Big Rotterdam Art Calender') 2013, 2012/2013 The Poking Machine is part of the "Touch!" exhibition at the Musée de la main, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2012/2013

Prestentation at "Unlike Art", part of the "Unlike Us" conference organised by the Institute of Network Cultures at Trouw Amsterdam, 2012 Exposition during Cultuurnacht Breda 2011 Exposition during Discovery Festival 2010, at science center NEMO, Amsterdam Presentation and exposition at E-Pulse Festival 2010, Breda Publication in the Items Magazine Graduation Edition 2010 and exposition at the Items graduation exhibition during the Dutch Design Week 2010, Eindhoven Selected as Arnhemse Nieuwe 2010 (selection of young design talent); with presentation and exposition at Spoorzicht Gallery Arnhem Exposition and nomination for Youngblood award at Gogbot Festival 2010 Nominated, together with Petra Valdimarsdóttir, for the audience award at Arnhemse Kunstnacht 2010 Selected for the PICNIC Academy Hot100 Jasper van Loenen's Drone It Yourself turns everyday objects into flying quadrotor UAVs (Video still: Jasper van Loenen/Mathijs van Oosterhoudt)If, like me, you've always felt that your books, record collection and years' of otherwise accumulated matter was lacking flight capability, you might be interested in Jasper van Loenen's Drone It Yourself project which turns more or less anything into a quadrotor drone with addition of a few motors and a control unit.

According to van Loenen, all the plastic parts, which include the clamps to attach the motors, can be 3D printed in ABS, with the appropriate files made available on van Loenen's website. The clamps used may not work with more unusually shaped objects, but there's nothing stopping anyone from designing their own custom variants.In addition to some nuts and bolts, would-be drone masters will need to track down four motors and propellers (two left- and two right-rotating) as well as all the necessary batteries and electronics. Van Loenen has listed the complete set of a requirements in a handy text file. He suggests that there's no particular reason why you shouldn't deviate from the specific parts mentioned, though clearly the final spec will affect performance including, most crucially, its carrying capacity. A video of the DIY shows a bicycle wheel as a UAV, so van Loenen's prototype isn't without muscle.Being remote controlled, van Loenen notes that strictly speaking this is a UAV rather than a drone, though we agree you shouldn't let that get in the way of a clever name.

You can see the part 3D-printed DIY in action in the video below. We're all quadrotors now.Sources: Jasper van Loenen, Instructables via Thing du Jour DIY kit turns anything into a drone What does a toaster, a bike wheel and a dinner plate have in common? Thanks to a new “Drone It Yourself” kit, those objects can now be converted into makeshift unmanned aerial vehicles. PHOTOS: 8 Totally Cool Uses For Drones Developed by Jasper van Loenen, an interactive designer and drone hobbyist from the Netherlands, the DIY kit includes 3D-printed plastic clamps, four motors, a receiver-equipped control unit, four electronic speed controllers, a Bluetooth module and an OpenPilot CC3D flight controller. Just attach the clamps and propellers, connect all the wires and, my friend, you have yourself a drone. While Van Loenen doesn’t give any weight stipulations, it’s pretty safe to say if your drone can’t achieve liftoff, you’re going to need to find a lighter object.