[MakeLV] Science Festival plans: Looking Good...

Wed Apr 4 16:21:31 EDT 2012

I'm actually planning to bring my MakerBot and have it running a good chunk
of the day. It can go in the Make LV booth, or I can put it in Da Vinci's
booth, if we are running short of space.  I believe the booths are 10x10,
and I can bring a card table or two if we need more table space.

Dave

On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Josiah Ritchie <josiah at josiahritchie.com>wrote:

> Tony, that'd be awesome! You are totally invited to be there and share 3D
> scanning and printing. I was actually thinking about poking Dave to see if
> he could bring his MakerBot out, but it sounds like we can skip that.
>
> I'm sure 3D stuff would be a great hit and I'll be first in line to donate
> my head for science! ... well, to get it scanned anyway... You can only
> keep the copy.
>
> I don't know about the indoor or outdoor component. The Agri-Plex has
> options for both I think, but I'd expect indoors since we're requesting
> power. I'll double check with Karen who is listed as the contact.
>
> JSR/
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Tony Buser <tbuser at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey, I tried to get MakerBot to be a sponsor, but it kind of fell
>> through.  However, I'd like to personally bring my MakerBot if you guys
>> have room?  Perhaps I could show 3D scanning people using a Kinect (is it
>> indoors?  I know the kinect has trouble with sunlight).  See:
>> http://www.thingiverse.com/tbuser/things
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Josiah Ritchie <josiah at josiahritchie.com>wrote:
>>
>>> MakeLV @ the Science Festival is looking really good.
>>>
>>> *If you would like to be involved, there are a few opportunities below.*
>>>
>>> This will be a great chance to become visible in the community. This
>>> Thursday (tomorrow) we will have a mock-up of the booth.
>>>
>>> *What we have: *
>>>
>>>    - booth space that can fit an 8' table. Dimensions are uncertain.
>>>    - A blinky Hive4a sign (Thanks Jim!)
>>>    - Plans to teach soldering (Using the MakerShed kit, Thank Jim &
>>>    Tom!)
>>>    - Passing out information on soldering
>>>    - A few people to man the booth
>>>    - Tables and power
>>>    - Camera to show soldering in the background
>>>    - Setup ED (http://projects.josiahritchie.com/projects/ed) for folks
>>>    to play with.
>>>
>>> Dave sent out the flyer or you can see it on the blog:
>>> http://makelehighvalley.com/blog/2012/04/science-festival-of-the-lehigh-valley/
>>> .
>>>
>>> The Exhibitor Guide is also available:
>>> http://www.davincisciencecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Science-Festival-Lehigh-Valley-Carnival-Exhibitor-Guide.pdf.
>>> This states that we have an 8-foot table, 2 chairs and a booth with three
>>> sides. Matthew is getting two booths and this space he is sharing with us.
>>> I have some fold-up tables that could be contributed to the purpose. We
>>> should have electricity and Internet access (I believe we asked for that.)
>>>
>>> *What we need **(if you can help with one of these, please let us know)*
>>> *:*
>>>
>>>    - More small demos to put around and show what's going on. (see
>>>    Project Ideas below)
>>>    - More people to hang around the table for an hour or longer between
>>>    10am and 4pm.
>>>    - A system to schedule people to get in on the soldering tutorial.
>>>    - A method of taking payments for the soldering tutorial.
>>>    - A card or something small with our website on it to give people
>>>    who come by. (Dan's Camera?)
>>>     - Equipment check - make sure we have everything to safely teach
>>>    soldering classes.
>>>
>>> *Project Ideas*
>>> If you would like to create a simple interactive something, but don't
>>> have any ideas, here are some I don't expect to have time to implement...
>>>
>>>    - Fiber Optics: I have a sturdy fiber optic cable that visibly
>>>    passes light, some strong colorful LEDs setup to shine color through or a
>>>    small color screen that folks could hold one end of the fiber up to then
>>>    see it come out the other would show off fiber tech.
>>>    - Conductivity: A simple circuit to trigger a light with a variety
>>>    of materials to test for conductivity. Will it light if I put a feather, a
>>>    spoon, wood, rubber and other things in the circuit.
>>>    - I have code for an Arduino and a number pad from an electronic
>>>    battleship game that makes lots of tunes on a piezo. I don't have an
>>>    Arduino that is free at the moment. I also don't have a sturdy enough case
>>>    to put this on display.
>>>    - Resistor Demo: A simple circuit that would enable people to swap
>>>    out resistors in one place to see how it impacted the brightness of an LED
>>>    - Lemon Battery
>>>    - Home-made Electro magnet
>>>    - Photoresistor: A simple circuit to light up an LED according to
>>>    how much resistance a photoresistor provides - maybe one of the 555
>>>    circuits that we did earlier could be adapted to this to be even a bit more
>>>    advanced.
>>>    - Solar Power: Something based on solar power could hit a trending
>>>    interest. This could be as easy as having one of the solar lights in the
>>>    space torn apart and laid out with some labels to explain how it works.
>>>    - Your Idea: If you have something that hits your fancy, I'm all for
>>>    it.
>>>    - Astronomy: (Chris Callie?)
>>>    - Chemistry:
>>>
>>> *People to Attend the Booth*
>>> I'm shamelessly stealing this from Ellis' earlier email... The event is
>>> on April 14th (10a-4p).
>>>
>>> Please respond if you can commit to being there.  We will need 3+ people
>>> there at a time so we can also rotate wandering around the event itself.
>>>  If you wish to volunteer for a shift, please specify one of the following
>>> (1/2 hour extra for setup and take down):
>>> 1/3 day Shift: 9:30-12, 12-2, 2-4:30
>>> 1/2 day Shift: 9:30-1, 1-4:30
>>>
>>> This information will be kept up-to-date on the wiki:
>>> http://makelehighvalley.com/wiki/ScienceFestival2012
>>>
>>> JSR/
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> http://about.me/josiah
>>>
>>
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