What we do ...
What we do ...
Our work focuses on physical computing, to make it all more visual and tangible. We do this through Robotics, Unmanned High-Altitude-Ballooning, Urban-Agriculture experiments and Maker-Space related activities.
We also reflect on the impact of an increasingly technological environment in which we live to make our kids more critical consumers of that technology.
RoBlock robotics workshops. RoBlocks are small Arduino based educational robots of our own design which are are programmed with a block-based programming language. Our adventures start with S.O.S. light signals to solving taped mazes. In our adventure we explore deserted islands, sandy desserts and mazes where there could be dragons. We are continuously developing more challenges and increasing the possibilities of our RoBlocks.
Urban-Agriculture Science Programmes. These workshops focus on an understanding of the scientific method. We run experiments enabled by physical computing by regulating and measuring parameters such as light, temperature, humidity, soil acidity and compare the growth of plants over different controlled conditions. These workshops also include a light introduction to the basics of inferential statistics and the nul-hypothesis.
The Geeky Girls workshops focus on (pre-)teenage girls who may bring their mother or grandmother. In these workshop we generate code, build robots, reflect on technology and express ourselves in e-art. It are the same STAMPEde Ac@demy workshop but for a selected public.
STAMPEde Ac@demy are Maker-space related workshops around physical computing. While they can me quite wild, there are no cows or bulls involved. We focus on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) for teens and throw for good measure Art and Philosophy in the mix. Where STEM goes Wild !!!! If you think STEM is boring you have never attended any of our workshops. They are a lot of fun.
We focus on facilitating activities such as 3D printing, laser cutting, electronics and computing, available within your community and coach kids through these activities. We do it such way that kids can explore these further after the workshop(s) ended.
The poor kid's space exploration programme are workshops in which we send materials into near space by Helium or Hydrogen Balloons. We develop with the kids the payload and they program and test the measurements they require. We do the launch in collaboration with others as this is quite a specialized activity. We are working on our own certifications so we will be able to run our own launches in 2019.
The Cheapskate Hackers Convention are long term collaborations around achieving a physical computer projects as cheap (or achievable) as possible for scientific or artistic reasons or just for fun. For now we have none running but are open to discuss the possibility of such a projects.