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The Rise of the Maker Movement for Kids

The Rise of the Maker Movement for Kids

By Erica Iannotti

Erica Iannotti

Erica Iannotti is an entrepreneur, an educator, an engineer, and a maker. She serves multiple non-profit boards including the THINQubator kids makerspace at the Tech Valley Center of Gravity in Troy, NY. She’s passionate about kids, STEM, the arts, the Maker Movement, and the intersections within.

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If you’re a Maker Faire veteran, you’ve seen the growing droves of kids engaging in the excitement and promise of the Maker Movement. Watching a child solder that first LED followed by the amazed “ah ha” look that inevitably appears when it lights up is infectious. Maker Faire is teeming with adults who’ve been inspired […]

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Designing Makerspaces at Maker Faire New York

Designing Makerspaces at Maker Faire New York

By Gui Cavalcanti

Gui Cavalcanti

Founder of Artisan's Asylum, co-founder of Project Hexapod, former systems integrator and mechanical engineer at Boston Dynamics, and contestant on the new Discovery Channel show The Big Brain Theory.

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It’s time for another World Maker Faire! Soon, tens of thousands of people will come to New York to see hundreds of art pieces, robots, vehicles, and everything in between. Many of the pieces on display were created by dedicated makers working out of their garages, but a growing number of them are being designed and built in makerspaces around the country – spaces that provide access to equipment, training on that equipment, dedicated areas to work on your project, and a community of like-minded makers.

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Hackerspace Happenings

Hackerspace Happenings

By John Baichtal

John Baichtal

My interests include writing, electronics, RPGs, scifi, hackers & hackerspaces, 3D printing, building sets & toys. @johnbaichtal nerdage.net

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