A few members of our partner hackerspace OmniCorpDetroit are participating in the The Great Global Hackerspaces Challenge. Thirty hackerspaces were invited to participate in the Challenge to help the goal of improving education around the world with technology. With less than two months and only $900 in funds the teams rose to the challenge and produced some amazing results. OmniCorp designed a DIY Laser Tag shield for the Arduino microcontroller so that youngsters could build and program their own Laser Tag game. For an afternoon Sprintshop, the OCD folks came over to the Makerspace to show our makers how to solder together a circuit board and test the Laser Tag kit. Fun Stuff! This summer, we will go much deeper into circuits and microcontrollers with the makers so that they might someday be able to create their own interactive devices and games.
