EdibleMakerspace

Explore hands-on experiments at the intersection of food science, microbiology, and DIY bio-hacking. EdibleMakerspace brings together community innovation, sustainable technology, and creative kitchen science.

Fermentation & Kitchen Science

  • Sourdough & Baking Science: Hands-on sessions focused on maintaining active starter cultures and the biology of sourdough baking.
  • Alternative Fermented Beverages: Explorations into brewing kombucha, ginger ale, honey mead, and experimental fruit ciders.
  • Traditional Fermentation: Deep dives into regional and global recipes, including local achar, sambal, kimchi, sauerkraut, and rice wine.

Sustainable Tech & Food Innovation

  • DIY Bio-Plastics: Material science experiments using simple kitchen ingredients like cassava to create biodegradable alternatives.
  • Custom Food Gadgetry: Building low-cost lab tools, hacking kitchen appliances like rice cookers into incubators, and designing custom cold drip systems.
  • Upcycling & Eco-Maker Tech: Practical sustainability initiatives, such as converting post-consumer PET bottles into 3D printer filament.

Microbiology & Bio-Tinkering

  • Microbial Explorations: Experimental projects studying bacterial cellulose growth and constructing microbial fuel cells.
  • Mycelium & Fungi Cultivation: Focused studies on mushroom cultivation, mycelium materials, and slime mould behavior.
  • Edible Electronics: Creative hands-on workshops combining basic circuitry with safe, edible conductive materials.



Past

Feb 2020
Kitchen Science DIY BioPlastics

22 Jan 2020, HackerspaceSG
Its Sour Tho: the sourdough workshop

9 Feb 2020
The In-Ciders Funky Fruit Ciders (Netflix n Chilled Cider)

Coming Soon?

– KombuChaChaCha: Get started with scobys
— Make Our Own Incubator (hacking a rice-cooker)
– Make your own Ginger Ale
– Yogurt – Skyr for free: Freegurt
– Local Achar / Sambal
– Honey Mead
– Fermenting Grain Spirits
– Feni Cashew
– Soya Sauce / Vegan Cheese
– Kimchi Sauerkraut: Kroutchi

– Rice Wine Brewing – The Yeast of Our Concerns
– DIY Bioplastics: Mi Casa Es Su Cassava

Beta testing

Workshops our makers are brewing, open to invite-only beta testers.
– Edible Playdough electronics
– a-maze-ing Slime-mould starter
– Pocari freeze
– Cellulose FTW
– Just a bunch of fungiiis
– much room for mushrooms (my celium not your celium)
– Jamu (traditional medicine)
– Ginger Bug (it’s a feature)
– eat my battery

in Alpha:

– Laminar flow hood
– 3D Ponics / Parallel Garden / bubbler Pump
– Microfluidics with parafilm