[sudo-discuss] sudo kids robotics

[Steve Berl]

You might want to contact Aaron Vanderwerff <
aaron.vanderwerff at lighthousecharter.org>
and Ed Crandall <ed.crandall at lighthousecharter.org> at Lighthouse Charter
School in Oakland.

-steve


On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Hol Gaskill <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:

> this would be a good way to bridge the generations.  i always thought
> there was way too much age segregation in schools and kids should learn to
> teach eachother.  anybody know any offhand?
>
> also...subject line
>
>
> Jul 17, 2013 02:16:28 PM, dis at gruntle.org wrote:
> Have you thought about approaching any of the local high school or middle
> school robotics clubs? I know there are plenty on this side of the bay, I
> assume east bay schools also have some. Possibly some cool outreach
> opportunities and getting more kids involved in sudokids?
>
> >
> >-hep
> >
> >On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Eddan Katz eddan at clear.net> wrote:
> >
>
> >+ 1. (though it needs to start early so enough so that it doesn't end
> late)
>
> >You guys are awesome.
> >
> >sent from eddan.com
> >On Jul 17, 2013, at 1:42 PM, Marina Kukso marina.kukso at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
>
> >
> >it may come as no surprise that i support the idea of a sudo kids
> robotics night 100%. i think we should ask the kids what project they'd
> like to do. hol, if you're around next tuesday, maybe you can introduce the
> idea to the kids and together we can frame a realistic project?
> >
>
>
> >- marina
> >
> >
> >On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Hol Gaskill hol at gaskill.com> wrote:
> >
>
>
> >Hi Folks,
> >
>
> >
> Last night went pretty well overall despite not getting my beer machine
> operational due to disappointing answers to such questions as "how many
> power cords into power strips into power cords can I connect?" and the ever
> popular "will the plumbing leak where you least expect it?"  We did have
> some newbies there working on a robotics project for a school assignment
> and let me tell you, there's something about the smell of burning servos
> that just can't be beat.  Overall their objective is to use machine vision
> as a feedback for actuators, seems pretty cool.  Rabbit and I put together
> some power hardware to map 4D visualizations to some addressable LED strips
> for a burning man project.  We did a little probing of the door raspi but
> couldn't get a rise out of the relevant GPIO pin so I defer to the original
> system designers, but volunteer to fabricate a plug-in circuit board to
> streamline the component layout.  Also got some soldering assistance from
> one of the sudo kids who gravitated t
> >
>
>
>  oward the table full of wires.
> >
>
> >
> This final point lead me to an idea - I'd like to incorporate a sudokids
> robotics event once a month.  Open to any and all ideas as to how this
> would play out, but at minimum we could have them build and compete remote
> controlled rovers, in both co-op and free for all modes of course.  Let me
> know if you have any ideas for kid-friendly microcontroller projects.  I'd
> like to develop this idea and start mid-september.
> >
>
>
>
> >
> Happy Hacking,
> >
> hol
> >
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-steve
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