Aerial Sports Junior Maker Space | Association for Library Service to Children The Association for Library Service to Children is happy to be working with LEGO Systems, Inc. to bring Junior Maker Spaces to libraries across the country. This project will focus on giving children ages 4 to 6 areas to make and create in their local libraries. Through this project LEGO is providing 750+ libraries nationwide with a physical toolkit to host ongoing Junior Maker sessions in children’s reading areas. Toolkit Download this FREE Junior Maker Librarian Toolkit for information and inspiration on how to host a Junior Maker Session in your library. Junior Maker Librarian Toolkit - PDF Junior Maker Librarian Toolkit - Word Document Junior Maker Space Programs at libraries Are you providing young children in your community an opportunity to “make” at your library? For further inspiration please watch the Junior Maker video.
3dpBurner. 3D printed laser cutter/engraver by villamany NOTE: The files contained here are for 3dpBurner first version. Check for the newer 3dpBurner2. 3dpBurner is an open source laser cutter/engraver. It is created with the same RepRap concept, using 3D printed parts and some easy to find "vitamins" (not printed hadware). I tried to do it as cheap as possible, by using cheap electronics and a "low power" laser (a laser diode). You can check for more details. NOTE: It is imperative you get the apropiate protection for your eyes and prevent the toxic fumes released by the most of materials. You can see some works here: Sep/17/2015: NEW VERSION UPDATE!. Apr/27/2015: After some months and many tests, the 3dpBurner has been proved to be stable and rock solid, producing very good results, so the design is considered full finished now :) Jun/18/2015: Laser Driver bumper is for the WalyePower model laser driver. Videos:
PAPA 18 World Championships | PAPA.ORG March 11-15, 2015 The Professional & Amateur Pinball Association World Championships is the most competitive pinball event held anywhere in the world, bringing more than a thousand players and spectators together to enjoy four solid days of pinball battles and plain old-fashioned fun! The World Pinball Championships includes four major divisions for competitors of varying skill levels, three classics tournaments featuring older machines, and more. PAPA Headquarters will also be open on Wednesday, March 11 for practice play and the PAPA Circuit Final. Spectators are welcome to attend & admission is free! How to Qualify In Divisions A, B, and C, competitors will play five of the ten available machines to complete each qualifying entry. Scores from each game in each qualifying attempt are ranked against all other players, yielding a qualifying point total. For more information, please read the official rules. Divisions of Play Division Restrictions Prize Package Total prize package $45,000+
Educational Psychology and Educational Technology Programs | MACUL 2014 – Maker Space Activity & Curriculuar Connections At the Master’s in Educational Technology Booth at the MACUL14 conference, we created a mini Maker Faire, inspired by the larger maker movement that challenges us, as a program, to imagine technology integration in creative, authentic and meaningful ways. As a program, we embrace the idea of creating, not just consuming and encourage our students to think of ways to repurpose the world around them for their curricular and pedagogical goals. We have purposefully integrated the maker mindset into one of our classes — CEP 811 — and today, we discovered that MACUL attendees LOVE to make things. Over 160 teachers and technology integration professionals joined the maker magic! (Full picture set at: We featured two “maker” activities today, a simple paper-based circuit and a more complex sewn circuit. Maker Activity #1: Paper Circuit Name Badge(Inspired by Materials Step-by-Step Instructions Troubleshooting 1. 2. 3. 3. 4. 5.
DIY Projects, Communities and Cultures We adopt the Wikipedia definition of DIY (Do It Yourself) as any creation, modification or repair of objects without the aid of paid professionals. DIY practices predate recorded history as human survival often relied on the ability to repair and repurpose tools and materials. Over the past few decades, new materials and sharing mechanisms have led to a wider adoption of DIY culture. One of the earliest “modern era” DIY communities formed among amateur radio hobbyists in the 1920’s. Starting in the 1970's, enthusiasts created 'zines' to express the punk aesthetic. Thousands of DIY communities exist today, varying in size, organization and project structure. We focus on a subset of these as a sample of the diverse materials, practices and sharing mechanisms among DIY practitioners.
World Stone Skimming Championships Makerspace Resources The resources below were compiled as part of my research while writing Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014). You might also be interested in the results from the Makerspaces in Libraries Survey I conducted in 2013. General Makerspace ResourcesMakerspace DirectoriesLibrary-Focused Maker ResourcesProject SitesMaker ProductsMakerspace Funding and Donation SourcesDiscussion ListsTwitter Hashtags and Folks to FollowFacebook GroupsGeneral Technology Sites and Blogs General Makerspace Resources Make:: The website for Make: magazine contains a blog, videos, project information, and links to the other Maker Media sites. Maker book lists: A series of maker book lists created by Meredith Nelson, Johnson County Public Library, organized by age and by type of making. Maker Movement Manifesto: Chapter 1 - Mark Hatch, 2014. Maker Faire: Advertises maker faires and provides information on taking part in them. Makerspace Directories Hackerspaces MIT's Fab Lab List.
Fab lab Small-scale workshop for digital fabrication A fab lab (fabrication laboratory) is a small-scale workshop offering (personal) digital fabrication.[1][2] A fab lab is typically equipped with an array of flexible computer-controlled tools that cover several different length scales and various materials, with the aim to make "almost anything".[3] This includes technology-enabled products generally perceived as limited to mass production. While fab labs have yet to compete with mass production and its associated economies of scale in fabricating widely distributed products, they have already shown the potential to empower individuals to create smart devices for themselves. The fab lab movement is closely aligned with the DIY movement, open-source hardware, maker culture, and the free and open-source movement, and shares philosophy as well as technology with them. History[edit] Vigyan Ashram in India was the first fab lab to be set up outside MIT. Popular equipment and projects[edit] FabFi[edit]
Red Bull Soapbox Race UK Monday 01. June 2015 With so many brilliant applications for this years Red Bull Soapbox Race the competition was tough and a number of entrants didn’t make the final grid. However, BP wanted to turn the fortunes of one special team, with their exclusive offer to give one of their consumers the last spot in the Red Bull Soapbox Race! With details of the competition featuring in BP garages around the country, entrants were required to fulfil the same Soapbox application process to be considered for the BP ‘last spot’. The effort and creativity of these entries echoed all of those in the first round, however there could only be one successful application, that team was “Mean Steam Machine” “The whole team have always loved watching the various Red Bull Soapbox Races from around the world on TV, so when I saw the opportunity to enter the race through the BP Last Spot competition, I was instantly excited that this could be our way into the race!
Why the Maker Movement Matters: Part 1, the Tools Revolution In the years when I was visiting and learning about factories in China, my dominant emotion was, I can’t wait to tell people about this! Of course everyone “knew,” in general terms, about the rise of Chinese manufacturing and the country’s role as workshop-to-the-world. But the experience of seeing the factories that turned out computers and smart phones and everything else was so different from hearing about “low-wage Chinese sweatshops” that I thought, people really have no idea. Sure, low wages and lax-to-nonexistent regulatory and environmental standards were big advantages. And one more underappreciated element was essential: the new tools of connectivity and logistics that allowed a customer in Chicago to shop online for a smartphone, and have the customized specs conveyed instantly to a production line in China, where the order would be put together and then taken to the airport in Hong Kong for airfreight back to the U.S. The Background New Tools, New Firms Tools for Making
Home - Subterranea Britannica Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary,Arunachal Pradesh Wildlife Sanctuary,Arunachal Pradesh Wildlife Sanctuaries State : Arunachal Pradesh, the north eastern state of India. Best Time to Travel : November to February.Locate : The sanctuary is located at the Dibang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh in India. Know the Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary is located to the northeast of Anini the headquarters of the Upper Dibang Valley district in Arunachal Pradesh. Lying in the lush Dibang Valley, Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary is spread over an area of 4149 sq km. Journey to Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary Airport : The nearest Airport is Dibrugarh which has regular flight connection to New Delhi and Kolkata by Indian Airlines, Jet Airways and Sahara Airways. Railhead : Tinsukia is the nearest railway station, from where you can pick a bus to the sanctuary. Road Transport : Anini, the headquarters of the Upper Dibang Valley district is connected to Roing, the gate way to Dibang valley by regular bus and taxi services.
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