Self: Diff for "Makerspace links"

Talks and news

A talk on the place for Makerspaces in higher education that mentions UW Madison Garage Physics

http://www.educause.edu/eli/events/eli-annual-meeting/2013/case-campus-makerspace

Makerspaces and innovation centers

Madison

Sector67 http://www.sector67.org/

Makerspace: Madison Public Library sees innovation centers as a key part of its future

Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/local/writers/pat_schneider/makerspace-madison-public-library-sees-innovation-centers-as-a-key/article_3f8e9334-4d39-11e2-a1e0-001a4bcf887a.html#ixzz2ciuPhgFH

Wisconsin

Appleton (Fox Valley Technical College)

• site: http://www.fvtc.edu/public/content.aspx?ID=1873&PID=1 contact: Steve Gallagher, gallaghe [at] fvtc [dot] edu

Oshkosh (Fox Valley Technical College, site #2)

• site: http://www.fvtc.edu/public/content.aspx?ID=1873&PID=1

  • contact: Steve Gallagher, gallaghe [at] fvtc [dot] edu

Menomonie (University of Wisconsin-Stout)

• site: http://www.uwstout.edu/discoverycenter/ contact: Randall Hulke, hulker [at] uwstout [dot] edu

Stoughton (Stoughton High School)

• site: http://www.stoughton.k12.wi.us/HighSchool.cfm?subpage=209636/ contact: Brian Shimon, brian [dot] shimon [at] stoughton [dot] k12 [dot] wi [dot] us

US

Georgia Tech version of Garage Physics and Innvention Studio http://inventionstudio.gatech.edu/about/

North Carolina state Garage and proposed innovation center http://ei.ncsu.edu/garage/

Stanford Fablab http://tltl.stanford.edu/

MIT Fablab to make anything http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/faq/

Global

Global Fablab network http://cucfablab.org/about-champaign-urbana-community-fab-lab/global-fab-lab-network

General list of hackerspaces http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/List_of_Hacker_Spaces

Libraries as makerspaces http://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2012/3d-copier

Student org http://ncsu.orgsync.com/org/openhardwaremakerspace

Makerspace resources http://ncsu.orgsync.com/org/openhardwaremakerspace/Resources

Innovation Africa http://imaginationforpeople.org/fr/search/?tags=innovation

Key words

• • Arduino Visual Programming - Learn to program without worrying about syntax • Backyard Brains - learn about neuroscience through electrophysiology experiments • Original and Ostrich Egg-Bot Kits- developed by Bruce Shapiro after teaching his "Bits to Bytes to Bots" course • Fab Labs - Global lab network of loaned fabrication equipment from MIT • Hack a Day - Links and descriptions of individual technological projects • Hackerspaces - Directory of places for working on projects with other people • Instructables - Contests and instructions for creative projects, from crafts to technology • Inventables - Source of high-end materials in small quantities • Kickstarter - Crowd-sourced funding for creative projects and technology • Makerspace - DARPA-funded project to bring hands-on technology to students • MAKE Magazine - DIY technology magazine and project showcase

  • OpenMaterials - Repository of relevant materials, tools, and techniques • RepRap - Low-cost, self-replicating, DIY 3d printers • Shapeways - Buy & sell designs and 3d printed objects • SquishyCircuits - teaching circuits with DIY conductive play dough • TED - Free talks by remarkable people, like...

  • • Saul Griffith - Inventor • Steven Johnson - Author • Michael Pritchard - Engineer • Woody Norris - Inventor
  • Thingiverse - hosts open-source, 3d object designs • Raspberry Pi, a Computer Tinkerer’s Dream