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| | Project page: [[Project:Young_Hackspace]] |
| * http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/browse_thread/thread/b4b79bec6a40b031
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| == Prep ==
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| Days before
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| * email the list: introducing the Young Hackspace; pls be considerate of the kids and their safety; got any laser cutter work we can show to give the kids an idea of the possibilities?
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| * tweet: "First 'Young Hackspace' this Saturday with a group of six year olds. Health & safety prep! Hackers: store away your sharp objects!"
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| * organise Health & Safety cleanup session for Friday night
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| Workshop prep
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| * Tom/Will: plan the sequence of events; what do we need to prepare/organise/buy?
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| * Find people who can set up the demos (cf. below)
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| Friday night/Saturday morning
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| * Unplug all power machines?
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| * Store away sharp objects and deactivate open electric circuits
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| * Deactivate the people counter laser (it's about eye level for young kids)
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| == Demos ==
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| * Lasers (who?)
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| ** Need: pen laser, smoke machine
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| * Jacob's Ladder (who?)
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| * flash cotton (who?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWEVm-G0JXw
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| * a Kinect interactive demo? (move/dance in front of a screen and see your silhouette projected in the style of an Apple iPod ad)
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| == Workshops ==
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| * Laser cutter (Tom, Will)
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| == Toys ==
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| * Binocular microscope
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| * Oscilloscope & power source
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| * Mindstorms? (Daniel/dhertz)
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| * "children's electronic/experiment sets (those ones with the big clip together components, etc)" (Anthony/ynohtna)
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| * IRC controlled RC car?
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| * multitouch table
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| * LED throwies?
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| == Future events ==
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| * monorail building workshop? (Senake)
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| * DIY electronic music (Anthony/ynohtna)
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| * how to etch PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards; the etching process uses toxic chemicals so has do be done by a grownup.) http://hackaday.com/2008/07/28/how-to-etch-a-single-sided-pcb/
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