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
Stanford Fablab
MIT
http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/faq/
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
General list of hackerspaces
http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/List_of_Hacker_Spaces
Libraries http://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2012/3d-copier
Student org http://ncsu.orgsync.com/org/openhardwaremakerspace
Makerspace references
http://ncsu.orgsync.com/org/openhardwaremakerspace/Resources
- • 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
Raspberry Pi, a Computer Tinkerer’s Dream
WARF Discovery Challenge
http://www.warf.org/about/index.jsp?cid=61&scid=129
UW Baldwin Awards
http://www.provost.wisc.edu/baldwin.htm
Competitive prizes help move printable prosthetic hand closer to market
http://www.news.wisc.edu/21350?utm_source=iUW&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=iUW2012-12-18
Resource article on entrepreneurship in physics
Steve Jobs commencement address