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Project page: [[Project:Young_Hackspace]]
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== Prep ==
Days before
* 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? And: note that this is not an open invite event, we have limited attendance and are fully booked atm. Looks like there will be more such events soon!
* tweet: "First 'Young Hackspace' this Saturday with a group of six year olds. Health & safety prep! Hackers: store away your sharp objects!"
* announce Health & Safety cleanup session for Friday night
Workshop prep
* Tom/Will: plan the sequence of events; what do we need to prepare/organise/buy?
* Find people who can set up the toys & demos (cf. below)
Friday night/Saturday morning
* Unplug all power machines?
* Store away sharp objects and deactivate open electric circuits
* Deactivate the people counter laser (it's about eye level for young kids)
== Demos ==
* Tour of the space (what?)
* Lasers (Tom, Will)
** Need: pen laser, smoke machine
* Jacob's Ladder (who?)
* flash cotton (who?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWEVm-G0JXw
* a Kinect interactive demo? (move/dance in front of a screen and see your silhouette projected in the style of an Apple iPod ad)
== Workshops ==
* Laser cutter (Tom, Will)
* Mindstorms (Daniel)
== Toys ==
* Binocular microscope
* Oscilloscope & power source
* Mindstorms? (Daniel/dhertz)
* "children's electronic/experiment sets (those ones with the big clip together components, etc)" (Anthony/ynohtna)
* IRC controlled RC car?
* multitouch table
* LED throwies?
* "big bubble wand in one of the "rubbish" boxes"
== Future events ==
* monorail building workshop? (Senake)
* DIY electronic music (Anthony/ynohtna)
* 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/

Latest revision as of 18:52, 6 March 2011