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Project page: [[Project:Young_Hackspace]]
 
Project page: [[Project:Young_Hackspace]]
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== Prep ==
 
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Days before
 
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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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* announce 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 toys & demos (cf. below)
 
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Friday night/Saturday morning
 
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* make a list of all the below once done to demonstrate preparedness
 
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* Hoover/clean the quiet room, entrance area, workshop area, ...
 
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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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* Turn off any open power sources
 
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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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definitely:
 
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* Tour of the space (what?)
 
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* Lasers (Tom, Will)
 
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** Need: pen laser, smoke machine
 
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likely:
 
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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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possibly:
 
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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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== Workshops ==
 
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* Laser cutter (Tom, Will)
 
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* Mindstorms intro (Daniel/dhertz)
 
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== Toys ==
 
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definitely:
 
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* Binocular microscope
 
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* multitouch table (who can set it up?)
 
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* Makedo set (in Nigel's box)
 
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likely:
 
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* Oscilloscope & power source
 
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* IRC controlled RC car?
 
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* "big bubble wand in one of the "rubbish" boxes"
 
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possibly:
 
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* "children's electronic/experiment sets (those ones with the big clip together components, etc)" (Anthony/ynohtna)
 
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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/
 

Latest revision as of 18:52, 6 March 2011

Project page: Project:Young_Hackspace

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