tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56733723310712187742024-02-18T21:14:01.733-08:00Young MakersYolo Makers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845383950702502187noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673372331071218774.post-90340073763980525822012-02-22T14:18:00.000-08:002012-02-22T14:18:34.754-08:00February Open Make<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We did not get to the Open Make this month, but there is a great post about it up on the Make blog </span><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/2012/02/21/photos-from-the-young-makers-program-at-the-exploratorium/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We'll see you there next month, when the theme is Tools.</span></span>Yolo Makers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845383950702502187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673372331071218774.post-35630756815418755162012-02-07T20:44:00.000-08:002012-02-07T20:44:22.529-08:00Young Maker in the White House<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>"Congratulations. You guys are all outstanding—I'm really impressed with this."</i></span><br />
<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">~President Barack Obama</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Joey Hudy is a Young Maker from Arizona who has shown projects in the Bay Area, New York and Detroit Maker Faires. Today he demonstrated his marshmallow cannon to President Obama as part of a special White House Science Fair.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RN62M2Zjr-A" width="560"></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dale's post on the event can be seen at the Makezine blog<a href="http://blog.makezine.com/2012/02/07/joey-hudy-goes-to-washington/" target="_blank"> here</a>.</span></div>Yolo Makers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845383950702502187noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673372331071218774.post-63452721259035241202012-02-01T15:24:00.000-08:002012-02-01T15:29:58.599-08:00January Open Make: Toys<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>"I started out, I suppose, when I was 5 years old. I got my first Lego set, and I tore open the box and did not look at what was on the front of the box or any instructions; I just started building. And I think that was one of those first moments when I just let creation and imagination take over." </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">~Nathan Sawaya, artist</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwe73johfwW_KocPPoiJxEuKBAqh8STZZHphUquFHsFM5sk-RyzTVmakDf_LtuIPGVrYNtZPoORhVhnzBvuhHbI7YU1RgXMA1FYFGOUjZnpX7eHxEAQFwxsSPtrFM0a0-7S2AVwqtCChM/s1600/yellow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwe73johfwW_KocPPoiJxEuKBAqh8STZZHphUquFHsFM5sk-RyzTVmakDf_LtuIPGVrYNtZPoORhVhnzBvuhHbI7YU1RgXMA1FYFGOUjZnpX7eHxEAQFwxsSPtrFM0a0-7S2AVwqtCChM/s400/yellow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;">It's that time of year already. The first Open Make at the Exploratorium was held on Saturday, January 21st. It seemed a little less crowded than last year.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_oit-OyIUWyZ282nH3k24kyyWaX7fkMy22_EZnZbir3eOeDTupSkCyGRpWWZNcwILEOmqkDxSMCZ6HAxoqy0gISiEjmgZEix9xJH7HwR9L6q89ElFykIpWX2HgN-AYBIbwf_Z5zHaAc/s1600/overview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_oit-OyIUWyZ282nH3k24kyyWaX7fkMy22_EZnZbir3eOeDTupSkCyGRpWWZNcwILEOmqkDxSMCZ6HAxoqy0gISiEjmgZEix9xJH7HwR9L6q89ElFykIpWX2HgN-AYBIbwf_Z5zHaAc/s400/overview.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Which is a surprise, given that the theme was Toys. Perhaps the beautiful weather had something to do with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dave Teare had his life-sized Operation Game on display. He explained that he had originally created it for a school carnival, then decided to take it to the Maker Faire. One of the most basic project ideas is to enlarge or miniaturize something, which usually adds complications beyond a simple size change. In this case, Dave had to work out how to wire the circuit into a continuous unit rather than making lots of single circuits for each operation.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNUiPLl2dDATyYB0P-CKOGzuU1NHhJrspL0HZ7iKN9bLFuR1xcBIGklhQb_F4cKnf3gLgG2NgVpWxcAMswtTCBw-4nlREkRSa27oaOHCnx4yH664NmDlKvRRJ0N-lts9TJCr4o8RTLW4/s1600/operation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNUiPLl2dDATyYB0P-CKOGzuU1NHhJrspL0HZ7iKN9bLFuR1xcBIGklhQb_F4cKnf3gLgG2NgVpWxcAMswtTCBw-4nlREkRSa27oaOHCnx4yH664NmDlKvRRJ0N-lts9TJCr4o8RTLW4/s400/operation.jpg" width="267" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">In the Tinkering Studio you could create jewelry from old toy and game pieces:</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqbTgZ5F9YhXw2Ewy_-yadKUq27XLvku-3EBmY4tLgHVqWAbggCOnFQAhudYqvltR7clglPm62_JGlY8VyPHYMgNLQqLC0mLWskCVjtgzpoB6R_LyHQ0aouBKBJUqoG9ZV4ReAqsb2eA/s1600/toyjewelry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqbTgZ5F9YhXw2Ewy_-yadKUq27XLvku-3EBmY4tLgHVqWAbggCOnFQAhudYqvltR7clglPm62_JGlY8VyPHYMgNLQqLC0mLWskCVjtgzpoB6R_LyHQ0aouBKBJUqoG9ZV4ReAqsb2eA/s320/toyjewelry.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">While on the floor, there was a toy dissection lab for looking at the insides of mechanical stuffies:</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRf7iiu11Ta7nDuD3evD4JcNOyT88PySzq3IqClM08bR-70PxYtNbKD0jVMvp719QYLfOcgJzMQYJh0Hy5j2fE2D0d4ShdsEqRyipdKZl_ok8oVzREb0VY2pdBvgMS744TPzYJrVwRfmI/s1600/toydissection2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRf7iiu11Ta7nDuD3evD4JcNOyT88PySzq3IqClM08bR-70PxYtNbKD0jVMvp719QYLfOcgJzMQYJh0Hy5j2fE2D0d4ShdsEqRyipdKZl_ok8oVzREb0VY2pdBvgMS744TPzYJrVwRfmI/s320/toydissection2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">As this was the introductory plussing session for the year, Tony gave everyone a rough schedule to work towards:</span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>February:</b><i> have a sketch, or at least an idea ready</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>March:</b><i> bring your prototypes</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>April: </b><i>your project should be refined and almost finished</i></span></li>
</ul><span style="font-size: large;">There will be no meeting in May, as it is Bay Area Maker Faire month. <b><i>The Maker Faire dates have been announced as May 19-20.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Meet The Makers program featured</span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://marek.michalowski.me/" target="_blank">Marek Michalowski</a>, who's worked with <a href="http://www.myu.ac.jp/~xkozima/index-eng.html" target="_blank">Dr. Hideki Ozima</a> to create the robot toy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keepon" target="_blank">Keepon</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://crabfu.com/" target="_blank">I-Wei Huang</a>, who developed the <a href="http://www.skylanders.com/" target="_blank">Skylanders</a> characters and makes steam-powered toys</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.rewarestyle.com/" target="_blank">emiko oye</a> & <a href="http://www.shanaastrachan.com/" target="_blank">Shana Astrachan</a>, jewelers who were behind the Tinkering Studio activities</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://brickartist.com/" target="_blank">Nathan Sawaya</a>, who has many Young Makers' dream job of professionally sculpting with Lego</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-size: large;">The webcast of this program can be seen in its entirety </span><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/tv/index.php?project=91&program=1305" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span>Yolo Makers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845383950702502187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673372331071218774.post-67474634660088242072011-12-08T09:53:00.000-08:002011-12-08T10:02:16.674-08:00Butterscotch - The Fire breathing pony! Hardware overview<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">from the Detroit Maker Faire—</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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May will be here before we know it. Now's the time to start putting together a Maker Club. Get the kids you know to stretch their making skills to the limit, build something amazing, and show off their projects at Maker Faire just over five months from now. We expect that there will be more <a href="http://youngmakers.org/" title="Young Makers Program">Young Makers</a> than ever this year at Maker Faire Bay Area, and we hope to hear about more Maker Clubs sprouting up around the world for Maker Faires and Mini Maker Faires far and wide.<br />
Please join us for an organizational meeting to kick off the 2012 offering of the Young Makers program:<br />
<ul><li>...if you want to start or continue a Maker Club in your area.</li>
<li>...if you are interested in mentoring a Young Maker.</li>
<li>...if you're the parent (or teacher) of a Young Maker who wants to connect with other adults-helping-kids-make.</li>
</ul><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Young Makers Organizational Kickoff</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wednesday, December 14, 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;">from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM</div><div style="text-align: center;">at the <a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/location_directions/" title="Directions to the Exploratorium">Exploratorium</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/location_directions/" title="Directions to the Exploratorium">3601 Lyon Street</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/location_directions/" title="Directions to the Exploratorium">San Francisco, CA 94123</a></div>Although we will focus on the program whose regional meetings will happen at the Exploratorium, we welcome participants who would like to start clubs and hubs everywhere and anywhere. Whether or not you can come, we encourage you to review <a href="http://tinyurl.com/YM-MakerClubPlaybookDraft" title="Young Makers - Maker Club Playbook Draft">the current draft of the playbook</a> we've been developing to help clubs get up and running.<br />
The meeting is intended for adults only. It should run about an hour, after which attendees are welcome to mingle with one another. (Please note that the museum will have closed at 5:00pm.)<br />
<a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2570939750" title="Please RSVP to Kickoff">For planning purposes, please RSVP for the Kickoff.</a><br />
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Whether or not you will attend, and no matter where you are making, be sure to <a href="http://eepurl.com/hoWAo" title="Young Makers Program signup">sign up to get news about Young Makers</a>. And if you've started a Maker Club already, tell us about it so we can add you to our <a href="http://www.youngmakers.org/ymp-clubs" title="Young Makers - Maker Clubs">list of club affiliates</a>.<br />
<strong>Other upcoming dates for</strong> <strong>Young Makers</strong><br />
If you love Maker Faire, you don't have to wait to get your fix. The Exploratorium will host four Saturday events that serve up a tasty teaser of the main event in May. You don't want to miss these! <a href="http://tinkering.exploratorium.edu/events/" target="_blank" title="Events sponsored by the Exploratorium's Tinkering Studio">Open Make</a> events include hands-on workshops on the floor of the museum, a panel of inspiring Makers interviewed by Dale Dougherty, and a sampling of the kinds of exhibits and demos you appreciate at Maker Faire. For those participating in a Maker Club in the Young Makers program, you'd also be welcome to the monthly regional meetings on the same Saturdays.<br />
These will be held at the Exploratorium on the third Saturday of each month, 10am to 2pm.<br />
<ol><li>Saturday, Jan 21st</li>
<li>Saturday, Feb 18th</li>
<li>Saturday, March 17th</li>
<li>Saturday, April 21st</li>
</ol>Binkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16430283463372452800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673372331071218774.post-83986924272805550712011-11-22T13:32:00.000-08:002011-11-22T13:32:56.072-08:00Hugo<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>“I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and types of parts they need. So I figure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason, too."</i></span></span></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">~from <i>The Invention of Hugo Cabret</i> by Brian Selznick</span> </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is based on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invention_of_Hugo_Cabret" target="_blank">book of the same name</a>.</span></div>Yolo Makers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845383950702502187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673372331071218774.post-12947461225039632542011-11-02T13:16:00.000-07:002011-11-02T13:16:49.088-07:00Jeff Stewart's Steam Pump Conversion<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><i>"I made this engine about 10 years ago, and we've made...probably...4 or 5000 gallons of ice cream with it." </i> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">~ Jeff Stewart</span></span></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/w2FbHLjlToI" width="420"></iframe></div>Yolo Makers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845383950702502187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673372331071218774.post-51301418757353294372011-09-08T14:22:00.000-07:002011-09-08T14:22:19.334-07:00Theo Jansen's Kinetic Beach Creatures<blockquote><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">"He manages to make things that look so close to being alive that you almost can't believe that they aren't."</span></i> </blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: right;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">~Ian Frazier</span></i></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0" height="455" id="flashObj" width="465"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=1137852023001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fonline%2Fblogs%2Fnewsdesk%2F2011%2F09%2Fbeach-creatures.html&playerID=22526568001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAF1454s~,QH_ygumSKiVy_8e3RZsdW82fmJdkcLvC&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=1137852023001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fonline%2Fblogs%2Fnewsdesk%2F2011%2F09%2Fbeach-creatures.html&playerID=22526568001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAF1454s~,QH_ygumSKiVy_8e3RZsdW82fmJdkcLvC&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="465" height="455" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object></div>Yolo Makers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845383950702502187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673372331071218774.post-2733502151201538682011-08-11T21:15:00.000-07:002011-08-22T14:48:39.750-07:00Upcoming Mini Maker Faires<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Michelle passed <a href="http://ebmakerfaire.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/call-for-makers-now-open/">this link</a> to the East Bay Mini Maker Faire taking place on October 16th.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">And <a href="http://makerfaire.com/mini/make-a-maker-faire.html">this one</a> about how to produce your own Mini Maker Faire, with a list of upcoming Mini Maker Faires on the lower right side of the page.</span><br />
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</span>Yolo Makers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845383950702502187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673372331071218774.post-43911269615008462582011-07-01T11:47:00.000-07:002011-07-01T11:47:24.674-07:00PBS Newshour: How Making Stuff Helps Make Science More Appealing to KIds<blockquote>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">"Makers also learn that education doesn't begin or end at the schoolhouse door. A lot can be learned behind a garage door, as well. And you just never know what it might spark."</span></i></span> </blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">~Miles O'Brien, PBS Newshour</span></i></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Maker Faire and Young Makers on PBS:</span><br />
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<br />Yolo Makers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845383950702502187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673372331071218774.post-10210237398614962312011-06-28T15:44:00.000-07:002011-06-28T15:44:01.543-07:00Global Village Construction Set<blockquote>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">"The Global Village Construction Set is like a life-size Lego set in which motors, parts, and power units can interchange."</span> </i></span></blockquote>
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Yolo Makers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845383950702502187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673372331071218774.post-33509390022753172182011-06-01T12:17:00.000-07:002011-06-01T12:17:04.178-07:00Maker Faire 2011<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"At Maker Faire, there are no winners or losers—anything that's cool is fair game." </span></i></span></span></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">~Michelle Hlubinka</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiog7cxbLpHG8HZX7-7hnjO9pXPsHMb22GbFPo8XRBLmbG3OKCikAkWV8VYwaba7Z1cCFQWkx7Sv1ijy5k5jEAi4Kjra7nUYv5nQTsNUFk-br7jXUSOFwIYoMw1s4CZRqTvCsc4eVBC5g/s1600/YoungMakers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiog7cxbLpHG8HZX7-7hnjO9pXPsHMb22GbFPo8XRBLmbG3OKCikAkWV8VYwaba7Z1cCFQWkx7Sv1ijy5k5jEAi4Kjra7nUYv5nQTsNUFk-br7jXUSOFwIYoMw1s4CZRqTvCsc4eVBC5g/s640/YoungMakers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Congratulations to all who exhibited at the Maker Faire. Young Makers groups came from all around the Bay Area and Central Valley, as seen on the map below.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnEdVYN5PrXOI4Ep-RLvCd13NBUEj4iQ3cn4LZ1x_FgYKHdZNaCOV6O4heO9DZk9dPJ9geA8sbWYAxth63KUiA_BJrf1Xsct7M21uTcjr31U9IEZZn-r51gm9zokn5SfZPeV9I_Qf081g/s1600/YMmap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnEdVYN5PrXOI4Ep-RLvCd13NBUEj4iQ3cn4LZ1x_FgYKHdZNaCOV6O4heO9DZk9dPJ9geA8sbWYAxth63KUiA_BJrf1Xsct7M21uTcjr31U9IEZZn-r51gm9zokn5SfZPeV9I_Qf081g/s640/YMmap.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here are just a few of the projects from the Young Makers table:</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Casey Duckering's Follow Me Car</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Soccer Trio's Lighting-Up Soccer Ball</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvMEHfpddLFp4NFIHTUSXxlUKxMVLI2DPQUxZ-vv3rozJLSuUlbLo9_Sk4GS9LFgPJe-h8KR0S8L2fR5FpZ0eT7ZhKdbOzaad80NyfIMNVqp27NbPfAKdbpiv2Y5bVHYj_ZNOT4nYSY2M/s1600/YMBeast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvMEHfpddLFp4NFIHTUSXxlUKxMVLI2DPQUxZ-vv3rozJLSuUlbLo9_Sk4GS9LFgPJe-h8KR0S8L2fR5FpZ0eT7ZhKdbOzaad80NyfIMNVqp27NbPfAKdbpiv2Y5bVHYj_ZNOT4nYSY2M/s400/YMBeast.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Nathaniel Cooney's The Beast</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-tRjb0Wmpq83oYDLUahwJBUrojX0f9ObmnVZHo0_OvHDvsguIGjqv684armKkv0rd_oKra4mqO2gteMaZyXeL8Oht5-KfIGBfst10XbNDUKPntjpkli2nEGdBy7sp_e6d3DPtYK4TsI/s1600/YMfirejam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-tRjb0Wmpq83oYDLUahwJBUrojX0f9ObmnVZHo0_OvHDvsguIGjqv684armKkv0rd_oKra4mqO2gteMaZyXeL8Oht5-KfIGBfst10XbNDUKPntjpkli2nEGdBy7sp_e6d3DPtYK4TsI/s400/YMfirejam.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Fire Jam</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Read more about Fire Jam <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/youngmakersrock/">here.</a></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTW2hFbhygD5ttVX_pUojXYumpY0zZeBqwCUwgaWkwtLh0RTiXPNKRUWuZ7s4czu9eWvvXKxkSuVCYcAVE3ZL6LJHqM0kB-vZfm172pFeDyP_89NABrvnjVX6xZPMN86-w2nI8K75GoVk/s1600/YMflyingmachine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTW2hFbhygD5ttVX_pUojXYumpY0zZeBqwCUwgaWkwtLh0RTiXPNKRUWuZ7s4czu9eWvvXKxkSuVCYcAVE3ZL6LJHqM0kB-vZfm172pFeDyP_89NABrvnjVX6xZPMN86-w2nI8K75GoVk/s400/YMflyingmachine.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Destination Investigation's ANFO flying machine</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOckSH3Hl2efH_ajwIWuILzewur_ZHHMMdteyEICkFJ8Dvt44RwGOQ4dABGPxM-_jPt0jFWhcl9jLEkyVRslj7wYgmFB7e4Uz9I_sHAe1qcr6ckJdEt_8Nc46MXdxVq-sn_RoaSOe2CQ/s1600/YMflyingmachine2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOckSH3Hl2efH_ajwIWuILzewur_ZHHMMdteyEICkFJ8Dvt44RwGOQ4dABGPxM-_jPt0jFWhcl9jLEkyVRslj7wYgmFB7e4Uz9I_sHAe1qcr6ckJdEt_8Nc46MXdxVq-sn_RoaSOe2CQ/s400/YMflyingmachine2.jpg" width="308" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">the flying machine in action</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Plastic Chandelier by Lynette Johnson, Claudia Raya & Flor Zepeda</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">marysville makers' Airsoft ATV </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">going for a ride in John, Griffen, Koii, Zach, Braiden & Perry's cart</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Please be sure and look at the full list of Young Makers projects (with descriptions) <a href="http://graphics.pixar.com/projectPage.html">here</a>.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">And don't miss Michelle Hlubinka's article on Young Makers as an educational model, quoted at the top of this post, <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/blog/education-maker-faire-young-makers-program">here</a>.</span></div>Yolo Makers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845383950702502187noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673372331071218774.post-39623436980540891702011-05-17T07:45:00.000-07:002011-05-17T07:45:01.716-07:00Countdown: 3 Days...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>See you there!</i></div></span>Yolo Makers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845383950702502187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673372331071218774.post-80213608735893041452011-05-10T02:05:00.000-07:002011-05-10T02:05:46.913-07:00Countdown: 11 Days...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1OR-De5C1vbZ3mzmBNoR8UoOLGLqPEx0ebvGQ1A06Hpk2NK3-JG0FVEKWhAI2_oTCz8Z1mqjtflJt7UUNfWBJIpQdijWMonjSDBdWv0iTxxYyVRp4UUOo3kGTqeJFcSzkLqJx8YrMOVc/s1600/carmagnet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1OR-De5C1vbZ3mzmBNoR8UoOLGLqPEx0ebvGQ1A06Hpk2NK3-JG0FVEKWhAI2_oTCz8Z1mqjtflJt7UUNfWBJIpQdijWMonjSDBdWv0iTxxYyVRp4UUOo3kGTqeJFcSzkLqJx8YrMOVc/s640/carmagnet.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Yolo Makers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845383950702502187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673372331071218774.post-55338375752460187802011-05-02T21:58:00.000-07:002011-05-02T21:58:38.835-07:00Countdown: 19 Days...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnSuq0fJ4Q9yepFC7Z-DPLhW8BIbgWNVpcZWrlNVbllfP_r64hdJ8DcesqPZ-9ZNG413PmhY0UoNmxrhrI77HMKyYtTb0BId8EtoZ7XSEEs7TFzTgRx8TDRHCFdJZGF21We3OZ5jhIIA/s1600/sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnSuq0fJ4Q9yepFC7Z-DPLhW8BIbgWNVpcZWrlNVbllfP_r64hdJ8DcesqPZ-9ZNG413PmhY0UoNmxrhrI77HMKyYtTb0BId8EtoZ7XSEEs7TFzTgRx8TDRHCFdJZGF21We3OZ5jhIIA/s640/sign.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Yolo Makers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845383950702502187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673372331071218774.post-38316498268082680522011-04-24T09:33:00.000-07:002011-04-24T09:36:11.136-07:00A Bicycle-Powered Sewing Machine<div style="text-align: right;"><blockquote style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>"The handlebar was kind of touching the machine. They appeared to be looking at each other...The spark was there between the wheels."</i></span></blockquote> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">~Laura & Jaime, casa peSeta</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Is there a need for this device? The treadle sewing machine is already human powered. Splitting the work between two people requires communication and coordination, and even has the potential to be dangerous. Moreover, unless sewing machines are used differently in Spain, she is running her machine from the back instead of the front. (This may be for photographic ease.) The entire sewing process is slowed down.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Watch the video, though, and there's a charming story here.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="225" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/22382844?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400"></iframe></div><a href="http://vimeo.com/22382844">The Bicycle Cap by peSeta for the New Museum</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2761101">casa peSeta</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes the things we make may seem foolish to others. They may make no inherent sense to anyone but those involved. Laura and Jaime understood that the bicycle wanted to be with the sewing machine, and that is reason enough to make it happen.</span></div>Yolo Makers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845383950702502187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673372331071218774.post-28546873943272152892011-04-20T21:25:00.000-07:002011-04-20T21:41:25.050-07:00On Being Wrong<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Although it costs several thousand dollars to attend a TED conference, the <a href="http://www.ted.com/">talks</a> are available to watch online for free. It can be a heady experience searching or browsing the site; nearly anything you can think of is up there in some way. The presenters tend to be the best in their fields and great public speakers, to boot.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Make's own Dale Dougherty can be found <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dale_dougherty_we_are_makers.html">here</a>, for example.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">And this talk, by <a href="http://beingwrongbook.com/">Kathryn Schulz</a>, was uploaded just a day or two ago. Schulz reminds her audience that being wrong is something we should expect, that it is a measure of our unique way of seeing the world, an element which gives life variety and flavor. By the same token, being overly attached to being right often leads to colossal mistakes.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">~Scott Weaver, toothpick artist</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rH6kifx2D3LYSIlPLv9I2O5gPJiJ-KuBG2_VcMSyO2vigEMyq8qD17_zCwyhzo-2kihSBSR3Wd9Y2PatYjWulGbEyNXIxOzj3oyKuWDl5DydOXB0_5ZJ8sg-1IND9QLLgRBpaETy3i8/s1600/palacefinearts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rH6kifx2D3LYSIlPLv9I2O5gPJiJ-KuBG2_VcMSyO2vigEMyq8qD17_zCwyhzo-2kihSBSR3Wd9Y2PatYjWulGbEyNXIxOzj3oyKuWDl5DydOXB0_5ZJ8sg-1IND9QLLgRBpaETy3i8/s640/palacefinearts.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Saturday at the Palace of Fine Arts, we learned some of the ways in which wood can be used—including, as shown above, gluing toothpicks into a model of the Palace of Fine Arts itself. This is only one small element in Scott Weaver's incredible kinetic sculpture of San Francisco, a work he has been building for 37 years. A photo is not sufficient—you really have to see it in action:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There were woodworkers, luthiers, a table display of Japanese saws. Once again, there was much to see and do, and not enough time to take it all in before the plussing session began.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This was the last Open Make before next month's <a href="http://makerfaire.com/bayarea/2011/">Maker Faire</a> in San Mateo. Accordingly, the focus was shifted from working on projects to the process of exhibiting.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Follow-Me Car uses an arduino program to recognize and steer toward the circular paper plate.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0nXlI5K6oso" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The pizza was quickly consumed. Thank you, Tony, Michelle, Dale and Sherry, for feeding everyone.</span><br />
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<div class="p1"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><i>"You learn how to do things by screwing up—so don't be afraid. If you've got something you want to make and you don't really know what you're doing, just do it; you learn by making mistakes."</i></span> </span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: right;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">~Jay Broemmel, art bike creator</span></span></div></blockquote><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of the first things encountered in walking through the Exploratorium was this reindeer bicycle:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqvRYkzf-shRc8gAuSJSAMNxUqjKVkd8mPQF9TbxefMJvwIj6qgFD7N6bJPPLOyB2oO9SqcIGm0HbJCEn7nDQt6fHTLUxoLarbO5qxQ_HdzxSnmE_q78aHmTJ52-dtMeYBUHXBI60rTR5/s1600/reindeerbike.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqvRYkzf-shRc8gAuSJSAMNxUqjKVkd8mPQF9TbxefMJvwIj6qgFD7N6bJPPLOyB2oO9SqcIGm0HbJCEn7nDQt6fHTLUxoLarbO5qxQ_HdzxSnmE_q78aHmTJ52-dtMeYBUHXBI60rTR5/s320/reindeerbike.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">The same artist, Jay Broemmel, had also made the Golden Gate</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TV_7llCA5kNfRqb08rJQfjIxGcaOlievvxKRTxGPVqSF0G2YCBiRO4PAoAWLBXnMjVnkfIjXIdxtbh97r7Tx5S4Gboy_eJAbrUcYHhuxVByR-EsVS2bImfSbup8tQMGkOWz1fqMv006q/s1600/goldengatebike.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TV_7llCA5kNfRqb08rJQfjIxGcaOlievvxKRTxGPVqSF0G2YCBiRO4PAoAWLBXnMjVnkfIjXIdxtbh97r7Tx5S4Gboy_eJAbrUcYHhuxVByR-EsVS2bImfSbup8tQMGkOWz1fqMv006q/s320/goldengatebike.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">—and a red fiberglass dragon with rotating light-up eyes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-kGPW3lkJBIEdsF_No9sxJDohsgnjR8iVWz3auGEuGogCONwGkFvpRz4d5uqUgAQwtBQuuwCkox-9VXJKuoONqrFyOrVjbMIP1Ec06dBKWpPk-v2K8tkOFDAafFw_zoltUY72Ci4c3J2/s1600/dragonbike.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-kGPW3lkJBIEdsF_No9sxJDohsgnjR8iVWz3auGEuGogCONwGkFvpRz4d5uqUgAQwtBQuuwCkox-9VXJKuoONqrFyOrVjbMIP1Ec06dBKWpPk-v2K8tkOFDAafFw_zoltUY72Ci4c3J2/s320/dragonbike.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">You can see more of Jay's bike creations at the Meet the Makers talk webcast <a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/tv/index.php?project=91&program=1178">here</a>. Other speakers included <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hunkin">Tim Hunkin</a>, <a href="http://tinkering.exploratorium.edu/david-cole/">David Cole</a>, and experienced <a href="http://www.youngmakers.org/">Young Makers</a> Sam and Alex. All of these speakers are hard to define in a phrase, as they are each and every one people of diverse interests and abilities.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">The theme of how everyone began to make things was particularly strong this month, as Jay showed his childhood model of an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_(Star_Wars)">Imperial Walker</a> from Star Wars and Tim demonstrated <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzWi0dAxYOs">Gladys, the Burglar Catcher</a>, a robot he made at age 11 (the first machine shown in the video link). Sam and Alex showed a number of their previous projects, which they expressly chose with the aim of learning a new skill each year.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">A few common themes have evolved from all the speakers over the last three months: Just start, even if you're not sure what you're doing. Expect to make mistakes and learn from them. And have fun. Good advice for almost any endeavor, really.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Back at the plussing session, projects were in various stages:</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">homemade vacuum former to make pieces for the Metroid costume</span></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tony emphasized that projects should be more or less display-ready at next month's Open Make. He talked about the lull that one experiences after the initial excitement of starting something new. Tony's advice? Expect it, and keep going. Tell yourself you'll only work for 10 minutes—that 10 minutes may turn into an hour before you know it. Michelle also emphasized that a project can be modified or scaled down if it helps you to finish it.</span></div>Yolo Makers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845383950702502187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673372331071218774.post-25328491354468011022011-04-06T18:35:00.000-07:002012-02-01T15:29:45.800-08:00Open Make Session 2: Cardboard<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>"It's really about how well we can play together."</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">~Josh Short from Cardboard Institute of Technology</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What can you make with cardboard?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You can make <a href="http://www.anaserrano.com/ANA_SERRANO/cartonlandia.html">miniature buildings</a>, adding paint and architectural features, even scaled photos of actual doors and windows.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNAX8IFXS8A1-2bldGXxJZ1yE-nmALqyXoyeJP8D8IIRy1PbGuQL3DZFCH4zz0k6YRgWCy2MLtARl12221ZJ9I9b_KlAD4uHmWAxRQx_DS3S-MLuD1FqvgrtdITxyl-aQprpl-zO3ihVr/s1600/house2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNAX8IFXS8A1-2bldGXxJZ1yE-nmALqyXoyeJP8D8IIRy1PbGuQL3DZFCH4zz0k6YRgWCy2MLtARl12221ZJ9I9b_KlAD4uHmWAxRQx_DS3S-MLuD1FqvgrtdITxyl-aQprpl-zO3ihVr/s320/house2.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Stack the buildings, and you get something else altogether:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIr50-L_9l_tEYje4OZioyIIgINBQSsBuqca2wqtat-RCnyIWFdcTZXs_3cttLaobY03K0QsImjoSKlC-8yJ40_wpSk6X96BZGeMMMNrzyBgiBiaLapWgB_PdCTbsbu_dCT986sr8ffsTo/s1600/cardboard+houses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIr50-L_9l_tEYje4OZioyIIgINBQSsBuqca2wqtat-RCnyIWFdcTZXs_3cttLaobY03K0QsImjoSKlC-8yJ40_wpSk6X96BZGeMMMNrzyBgiBiaLapWgB_PdCTbsbu_dCT986sr8ffsTo/s400/cardboard+houses.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You can make masks and props:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBD0TExp7TZ30nq4xt3uYPJat53XFhTmWi1DMhbFWHKyRWwAtfCws2J_GmOb-9D_3mSeYP0GVLkrGIHH8-7afeLWN7n8DQstLsvPeQzhw_BovojI3IBe5uXJ5rfglcuf3XwtpVna9TCc41/s1600/cardboard+masks+%2526+props.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBD0TExp7TZ30nq4xt3uYPJat53XFhTmWi1DMhbFWHKyRWwAtfCws2J_GmOb-9D_3mSeYP0GVLkrGIHH8-7afeLWN7n8DQstLsvPeQzhw_BovojI3IBe5uXJ5rfglcuf3XwtpVna9TCc41/s320/cardboard+masks+%2526+props.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.sheldrake.net/cardboards/">Surfboards</a>:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThP9iOcmjgL7Lv4mcFBCVCNWGXc-K7bywRyzhW_aDDjzDIO_bNcWEt803IzhfWzN90duJ_TvKem1jMR7iztFg8B0cgDmtWNYcsLZjAvkyC-INLsn6h1RcxLVdZLVQRsBq6JF7gu9BsBnv/s1600/cardboard+surfboards.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThP9iOcmjgL7Lv4mcFBCVCNWGXc-K7bywRyzhW_aDDjzDIO_bNcWEt803IzhfWzN90duJ_TvKem1jMR7iztFg8B0cgDmtWNYcsLZjAvkyC-INLsn6h1RcxLVdZLVQRsBq6JF7gu9BsBnv/s320/cardboard+surfboards.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Full-sized medieval gates:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JzIu0_uWnm2WhMOEQxQA0AX5EoB_Zt3oS99GaswbgJMSZ_HSXv6P7bTK6BjQ5b-TkWgYrwnyZ7t0Q2GzTRMVejnMW9X7VMgodOvM5uAlw5tufKAEcHLOQdVqptouYYGqlG_6o2hKend2/s1600/cardboard+gate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JzIu0_uWnm2WhMOEQxQA0AX5EoB_Zt3oS99GaswbgJMSZ_HSXv6P7bTK6BjQ5b-TkWgYrwnyZ7t0Q2GzTRMVejnMW9X7VMgodOvM5uAlw5tufKAEcHLOQdVqptouYYGqlG_6o2hKend2/s400/cardboard+gate.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You can even make yourself into a giant robot:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw896f4c0RM-nM2Lh9fxhG9E744cdHhnzV0om_1DCvs76UY0_mBmWvqCjWnDOsmJAETCnjwZtRICos22MnuJno06WARBlQ_bzmLwN_tXO_5HUs510gNq0lD1XdXrRJo4P4ISoV9jXtpefY/s1600/giantcardboardrobot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw896f4c0RM-nM2Lh9fxhG9E744cdHhnzV0om_1DCvs76UY0_mBmWvqCjWnDOsmJAETCnjwZtRICos22MnuJno06WARBlQ_bzmLwN_tXO_5HUs510gNq0lD1XdXrRJo4P4ISoV9jXtpefY/s320/giantcardboardrobot.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Saturday's Open Make session was all about cardboard. Cardboard feels like the most egalitarian material, being both abundant and intuitive to work with. There probably isn't a child alive who hasn't cut apart a box and taped it back together to make something or another. Cardboard is both pliable and sturdy, lightweight and solid, flat and textural. It is easy to glue and paint, to cut down or build up to any size.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The speaker session included this cardboard stop-motion video:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/18usd0iV3eI" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you want to listen to the hourlong speaker session in its entirety, the webcast is <a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/tv/index.php?project=91&program=1180&type=webcast">here</a>.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Just as inspiring was the plussing session. Young Makers from the Bay Area presented their projects in whatever stages they were in. Sometimes this meant printouts from the web, sometimes there were drawings or wiring diagrams, and a few were in the first stage of creation.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">John and Alex (and also Sam, who was skiing) plan to make a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubens'_tube">Ruben's Tube</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6eC1Sm5P9QFqJoiWQjathD2yjNkErePSAkqOkr_fUhXFAvZSe-qZlCho2uY3vHhtGcZts6VdHTDeY6uDd_YLiIg6N8WHZfadzzaqec8ezzQgjZJtSqXj2k10x3WZA_Gv8wZhbBAIR72ty/s1600/John+%2526+Alex.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6eC1Sm5P9QFqJoiWQjathD2yjNkErePSAkqOkr_fUhXFAvZSe-qZlCho2uY3vHhtGcZts6VdHTDeY6uDd_YLiIg6N8WHZfadzzaqec8ezzQgjZJtSqXj2k10x3WZA_Gv8wZhbBAIR72ty/s320/John+%2526+Alex.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Isabella is working on a K'nex horse which will accurately show the motion of a running horse by turning a single crank.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMbhrfEnpaCvpG-P_hd_o6CveGp1a3FxOJI_tyfalCjzoIBgXUd6wORWnGLhicaN-a9E2DWd9Y5G0kKN94Iz49zHNEJmNZd-g1FMqM-m1VpLDJ0Y9Yjth8johXPtGVy4RqEj1JecNv4KE/s1600/Isabella.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMbhrfEnpaCvpG-P_hd_o6CveGp1a3FxOJI_tyfalCjzoIBgXUd6wORWnGLhicaN-a9E2DWd9Y5G0kKN94Iz49zHNEJmNZd-g1FMqM-m1VpLDJ0Y9Yjth8johXPtGVy4RqEj1JecNv4KE/s400/Isabella.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Joseph is refining his Halloween Metroid costume.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXvdYFJKoDhKy3A1RSwNPet3C0QPhV-Mj2o5QJj50gtQ29a27tguiSGiJBnC6AcoccnMGjz4PpHhkOrDBsqEuLj9uv5bJdbR1AQrmeFzI5FBnZiVosgcwmP1xMj-x6pjnfkeOr6gmJVUs/s1600/Joseph.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXvdYFJKoDhKy3A1RSwNPet3C0QPhV-Mj2o5QJj50gtQ29a27tguiSGiJBnC6AcoccnMGjz4PpHhkOrDBsqEuLj9uv5bJdbR1AQrmeFzI5FBnZiVosgcwmP1xMj-x6pjnfkeOr6gmJVUs/s320/Joseph.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And Savannah, along with her mentor Sara, were making a music visualizer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXx57GBfZX-r-LIdSFB9YUnp1_edlX6AzEZlUHI_kTE3lDrisgubY0NBUL0xAAi7fYxhGwqVFFVCzf9r9XoWjXjuZSjAJFgb1vp8PszA7Hky4-wr5mNicVR6mRouKTLI-q35TLP0LL8vv3/s1600/Savannah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXx57GBfZX-r-LIdSFB9YUnp1_edlX6AzEZlUHI_kTE3lDrisgubY0NBUL0xAAi7fYxhGwqVFFVCzf9r9XoWjXjuZSjAJFgb1vp8PszA7Hky4-wr5mNicVR6mRouKTLI-q35TLP0LL8vv3/s320/Savannah.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There were also plans for go karts, a <a href="http://grathio.com/2011/01/make-magazine-25-featuring-the-secret-knock-gumball-machine.html">secret-knock gumball machine</a>, and a power-saving mechanism to turn off electrical power to appliances when the room is unoccupied.</span></div><style type="text/css">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The focus of this year's Open Make sessions have been on materiality, and the January 15th session was all about plastic. Each session has three parts: the Open Make at the Tinkering Studio, plussing sessions with Tony DeRose, and Maker Interviews held with Dale Dougherty in the McBean Theater.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In the Tinkering Studio, one could use a film canister, a piece of pvc pipe and a latex glove to make a membranophone, a diy instrument with a surprisingly good sound.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KnSKOsZy-3VRTTEHhiJZajRboETvmrA1MIhpoqCtog1UwLpV8k46oVWcs75fiDvU_g2eVVVH9HIlS_eDO1b9H80XpTDmDlkKR5tXN6pxmbpQofYwKuwCBovmR8xj7sqIsp-OZnZ_PGMt/s1600/om1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KnSKOsZy-3VRTTEHhiJZajRboETvmrA1MIhpoqCtog1UwLpV8k46oVWcs75fiDvU_g2eVVVH9HIlS_eDO1b9H80XpTDmDlkKR5tXN6pxmbpQofYwKuwCBovmR8xj7sqIsp-OZnZ_PGMt/s320/om1-1.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Tpbe-sN21lCEtwiQEgUft8xlmwb4VKGFDTxXNDV-XGoP33alUx7b5htMHYlTXNwmiIdUAZng5Me1_2z9SygD1YRi1k6qGDoq7s9VwneGIidqFCK2Ev9RRbKJWfN431YB87-AhIRNNw_6/s1600/om1-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Tpbe-sN21lCEtwiQEgUft8xlmwb4VKGFDTxXNDV-XGoP33alUx7b5htMHYlTXNwmiIdUAZng5Me1_2z9SygD1YRi1k6qGDoq7s9VwneGIidqFCK2Ev9RRbKJWfN431YB87-AhIRNNw_6/s320/om1-3.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="p1"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Later at the plussing session, Tony described a rough timetable for projects: exploring ideas in January, narrowing them down by February, having a pretty clear project plan by March, and making good progress on the project by April.</span></div></div><div class="p2"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="p1"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Every Young Maker at the plussing session received a Maker's Notebook in which to track their project. The notebook is like a Moleskine with graph-paper pages, a sleeve in back containing two sheets of maker-oriented stickers, and a short reference section which encompasses everything from common technical abbreviations to adhesive charts to lists of Mercury Retrogrades and best places to dumpster dive. The kids were all over these.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsLjyF0F6_RPmIabBAlJTYKgzNWVjaGkboy-BJ-EqMR8vy-V1qswIQHT9N-2MiP4sCGMiQ6Qz4PusxnDTvKoRrDk1_tlBaxikscqkZmGz2_F4dU9CxVNX6LA_GokAKISZnLnVTEKFd36g/s1600/om1-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsLjyF0F6_RPmIabBAlJTYKgzNWVjaGkboy-BJ-EqMR8vy-V1qswIQHT9N-2MiP4sCGMiQ6Qz4PusxnDTvKoRrDk1_tlBaxikscqkZmGz2_F4dU9CxVNX6LA_GokAKISZnLnVTEKFd36g/s320/om1-4.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="p1"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">January Makers were CJ Huang, Virginia Fleck, Lanny Smoot and Shawn Lani. The tiny auditorium was packed; you can actually get a better view via the webcast <a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/tv/?project=91&program=1179&type=webcast">here</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHe6FW7iVJC6Zuzc42t_-oorzRpeZJ89bs83BXJRZ1AXhHpcF1UFlYPBYNd7RovxkJe8w9vISDIse4R5VWybCv_h4bSM9-oEz-f3mWimnlUrquEsWFbQ34PEDdnkCqKKQa2ezz05otNLJj/s1600/om1-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHe6FW7iVJC6Zuzc42t_-oorzRpeZJ89bs83BXJRZ1AXhHpcF1UFlYPBYNd7RovxkJe8w9vISDIse4R5VWybCv_h4bSM9-oEz-f3mWimnlUrquEsWFbQ34PEDdnkCqKKQa2ezz05otNLJj/s320/om1-5.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></span></a></div></div><div class="p1"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">At the end, the floor was opened for questions for the Makers, among which were:</span></div></div><div class="p2"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="p1"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">1. What is your favorite tool?</span></div></div><div class="p1"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Answers: wire stripper, vise grip pliers, hot glue gun, my fingers.</span></li>
</ul></div><div class="p1"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">2. What inspires you?</span></div></div><div class="p1"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Two of the makers were quick to mention their dads.</span></li>
</ul></div><div class="p1"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">3. Have you ever made a working miniature car?</span></div></div><div class="p1"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">—which drew laughs from the audience, until two of the makers answered 'yes' and a third mentioned his Beagle Chariot.</span></li>
</ul></div><div class="p1"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">4. . What's the biggest creative challenge and how did you overcome it?</span></div></div><div class="p1"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Shawn talked about the importance of iteration, meaning you do the project as many times as necessary, acquiring new information and reworking after each attempt.</span></li>
</ul></div><div class="p1"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">5. What is your success-to-failure ratio?</span></div></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Lanny: "The iterative process means you never fail. One hundred per cent success rate!"</span></li>
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