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Now that we have completed our first session of AwesomeShops, we are collaborating with our makers to figure out what to do in terms of projects and workshops for the summer that will make for interesting learning experiences and good … Continue reading →

Our final day was supposed to consist of more wind turbine work, but unfortunately over half of the makers were absent due to a mandatory school function. Why doesn’t anyone ever tell me about this stuff? Doh! No worries though…we … Continue reading →

Today during Open Shop, Raven and continued our work repairing the discarded stereo (See Electronics Rescue! Part 1). We finished reassembling the body with the newly soldered power cord, and began work on the speakers. In order to access more … Continue reading →

Given that the last AwesomeShop covered the basics of generators, it was time for some practical application. Using some basic kits purchased from our friends at Kidwind along with some recycled cardboard and hot glue, we built our own mini … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

Unfolding the mysteries of electromagnetic induction…this could be the most important AwesomeShop yet! Today, we taught the makers how to produce their own electricity by making an ultra simple generators out of magnets, a bolt, a hand-wound coil of enameled … Continue reading →

To strengthen our knowledge of series vs parallel circuits, using the multimeter, and incorporating switches, we issued our makers some circuit building challenges: 1. Build an on/off circuit with the least amount of batteries possible that generates 6V 2. Build … Continue reading →

The weather was so beautiful today that all of us thought it would be best to get out of the basement and into the cool spring air. So, we decided to walk the Belle Isle bridge. This was a great … Continue reading →