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Cool Projects and Makerspaces to visit at Atlanta Maker Faire 2016

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  • OpenMV – “The OpenMV project is about creating low-cost, extensible, Python powered, machine vision modules”
  • Exploring 3D Printing through Assistive Technologies – “From eNable arms, customized and personalized tools, interfaces, adaptations and functional prototypes – explore how 3D printing can democratize access to and the making of assistive technologies.”
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team – “We are the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team from Kennesaw State University. Our team builds robots for a international competition hosted by the navy every year in San Diego. The robots we create are submarines that operate autonomously.”
  • ALGIX 3D – “ALGIX 3D. 3D Printer Filament and Resin. High Performance. Environmentally Sustainable. Engineered to Perform.”
  • The Process: Launching a New Video Game App – “Our booth will consist of a work-in-progress video game developed by our high school students at The LIFE School. The booth will outline their journey in developing the game, key lessons learned and a hands -on demonstration of the game.”
  • Sumo Bot from clubhou.se Makerspace – “Build A Robot. Learn to Code. Have Some Fun. Sumo Robots, 3D Printing, Maker Space from Augusta! Come by and see what we make and do.”  This is the makerspace community that continues to inspire me in maker education.  Make sure to check them out!
  • The Invention Studio at Georgia Tech – “The Invention Studio at Georgia Tech is the nation’s largest student run maker space. In the studio, students are encouraged to design, build and invent regardless of their experience, major or year. Our booth will showcase various student projects.”
  • G3 Robotics & Drones for Good –  “G3 Drones for Good challenges students in grades 6-8 to design, build, and fly their own drone while developing team work, research, and problems-solving skills.”
  • Chaos Corps / Atlanta Robot Fight Club – “The Chaos Corps will be displaying their 250lb BattleBots entry Bombshell; Atlanta Robot Fight Club – Regional robot combat teams will have their personal combat robots on display.”
  • Decatur Makers – “Decatur Makers is a welcoming, family-friendly community of inquisitive, motivated people who work together in a safe environment to discover, understand, design and create interesting things”
  • Solarize Decatur-Dekalb
  • BootstrapCNC Router
  • Aquaponics: The Food Systems of Tomorrow

For a full list of projects, check out this link.

 

 

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3D Modeling Workshop for Game Worlds, Art, and 3D Printing

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Learning TinkerCAD

Through making and tinkering, participants will learn S.T.E.A.M. (science, technology, engineering, art and math) skills using their hands, grow their creativity and become more curious about their world and testing the limits of what is possible.

All ages and experience levels are welcome and the workshops are a great activity for the entire family. Parents and kids can also both attend under the same registration fee!

Nov 12, 1-4pm

This Maker Skills Workshop will focus on 3D modeling. You will learn the basics of 3D modeling and designing objects for a 3D printer. Skills from this workshop will empower makers to build elements for video game worlds, art and 3D printed pieces. We will also provide demonstrations of our 3D printing equipment.

 

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3D printed Google Cardboard

Student work in TinkerCADGame world built by our students.  

 

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Workshops for Building Minecraft Mods, 3D Stuff, Robots, and more!

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Through making and tinkering, students learn using their hands, grow their creativity, and become more curious about their world and testing the limits of what is possible. InspiredToEducate.NET and SparkMacon Makerspace have designed a series of workshops to connect students with the essential technology skills of inventing using computer programming, digital fabrication, and robotics.   Through these workshop students will gain exposure to STEAM skills including coding, 3D modeling, 3D printing, laser cutting, and robot building.  

Parents and kids are invited to take this workshop together.  It’s a great family activity!

Location for workshops:

All workshops will be held at SparkMacon Makerspace.  Funds from these Maker Skills workshops help support the operation of SparkMacon Makerspace.      

Minecraft Mod Building: Do you enjoy building in Minecraft? Are you curious about how video games are built? Minecraft has become a fun platform for learning how to code and fostering your creativity. In this workshop, you’ll learn the core skills needed to build simple Minecraft plugins. Using our puzzle based programming tools, you’ll gain exposure to designing in 3D, sequencing steps, variables and loops.

Minecraft castle built by me and my son.

Students will receive a FREE Minecraft server configured with ScriptCraft so that they can continue building MODS at home.   Register now! Space is limited!

Students must come with their own paid PC/Mac Minecraft login. Students are encouraged to bring their own laptops, however it is not required.

Workshop length: 3 hours

  • Workshop length: 3 hours
  • Cost: $20
  • Interested in registering the workshop?  Send an email to Michael@InspiredToEducate.NET
  • Dates
    • Sept 17th from 1pm to 4pm
    • Nov 5th from 1pm to 4pm

3D Modeling:  Our students will learn the basics of 3D modeling objects and designing stuff for a virtual worlds, video games, and 3D printers.   Skills from this workshop will empower makers to build elements for video game worlds, art, and 3D printed pieces.  We will also provide demonstrations of our 3D printing equipment.

Check out the work from our last workshop!

  • Workshop length: 3 hours
  • Cost: $20
  • Interested in registering the workshop?  Send an email to Michael@InspiredToEducate.NET
  • Dates
    • Sept 24th from 1pm to 4pm
    • Nov 12th from 1pm to 4pm

Student work in TinkerCAD

Robotics: Building upon the programming skills introduced early in the program, students will have the opportunity to build robots from scratch using the mBot kit.   Students will love customizing their mBot using puzzle based programming and the easy to assemble construction experience.   Students take home their mbot to continue the tinkering fun at home.

Student registration includes a complete mBot robotics kit from Makeblock.cc.

http://www.makeblock.cc/mbot/

  • Workshop length: 3 hours
  • Cost: $20 + $75(cost of mBot kit)
  • Interested in registering the workshop?  Send an email to Michael@InspiredToEducate.NET
  • Dates
    • Oct 8th from 1pm to 4pm
    • Dec 3rd from 1pm to 4pm

Laser cutting: Makers will learn the basics of designing for the laser cutter by creating beautiful bookmarks, key chains, or jewelry.  Makers will learn techniques for editing scalable vector graphics for laser cutting jobs using InkScape, a free graphics design tool.   We will also introduce ways to design 3-dimensional work using various tools and cutting patterns.

Laser cutting samples

  • Workshop length: 3 hours
  • Cost: $20 + $10(materials)
  • Interested in registering the workshop?  Send an email to Michael@InspiredToEducate.NET
  • Dates
    • Oct 15th from 1pm to 4pm
    • Dec 10th from 1pm to 4pm

This series will be tons of fun.  Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Atlanta Maker Faire Road Trip!

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Hey Macon Makers! SparkMacon Makerspace wants to invite you for an amazing road trip to Atlanta Maker Faire in Decatur, GA on Oct 1st! Maker Faire is a gathering of fascinating, curious people who enjoy learning and who love sharing what they can do. From engineers to artists to scientists to crafters, Maker Faire is a venue to for these “makers” to show hobbies, experiments, projects. MakerFaire events are called the greatest “show and tell” on the planet.

We believe that the road trip to Atlanta MakerFaire will have the following impacts for our community: 1. It helps inspire our Macon Makers tribe. 2. We’ll grow friendships in our Macon community between our tech community, creatives and artists. 3. We want to expose Macon makers to innovative ideas, tools, business concepts, and art that can be brought back to our local community.4. It’s going to be REALLY fun!

We’ll finish the day with a dinner/drinks meetup of Macon Makers. This will give us an opportunity reflect on the day and hangout.

Let us know that you’re interested in being a part of this road trip. We’d love to coordinate rides or a maker party bus! 🙂

Sign up for the Atlanta Maker Faire Road Trip today.