[MakeLV] Science Festival plans: Looking Good...
Josiah Ritchie
josiah at josiahritchie.com
Wed Apr 4 16:03:07 CDT 2012
I have a couple of those sturdy plastic folding tables. Probably not good
for soldering, but otherwise real good for this sort of thing. I can
probably get an Astros van for transportation.
>From what I've heard of makerbots at events like this, they draw a crowd.
It may be good to have a couple around to give a bit more space for a crowd
to see.
JSR/
On Apr 4, 2012 4:49 PM, "Matthew Tuerk" <mtuerk at allentownedc.com> wrote:
> We can bring some of AEDC's tables as well.
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> On Apr 4, 2012, at 4:21 PM, David Smith wrote:
>
> 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
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> 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/
>>>>
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