Duct Tape Delusions
Amy Fitzgerald, Amy Smith, Amy Banzaert
Thu Jan 27, Fri Jan 28, Sat Jan 29, 02-04:00pm, 4-402, Final session at MIT Museum
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Who can make the coolest stuff out of duct tape? Come to the Edgerton Center and make your duct tape dreams come true. We'll provide the duct tape, you provide everything else. Entries will be judged in a variety of categories. The kickoff will be Thursday, at 2:00 p.m. in 4-402. The rolls of tape will be given out at the kick-off but will also be available to latecomers on Friday from 2:00-4:00 (4-402). Final entries will be due between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Awards Ceremony will be held at the MIT Museum at 2:45 on Saturday, but come ahead of time and we'll have extra duct tape to play with!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/edgerton/outreach/duct_tape/
Contact: Amy Fitzgerald, 4-406, x3-7931, amyfitz@mit.edu
Cosponsor: MIT Museum
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IDEAS Design Challenge - Design Process Workshop
Andrew Heafitz, Alison Hynd
Fri Jan 7, 06-08:00pm, 4-402
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
The IDEAS Design Challenge - be a manioc maniac!
Invent a new gizmo to process manioc/cassava and win a $250 prize. (See Jan 6 for Kick-Off details)
This Design Process Workshop will give you extra insight in how to make the leap from a design challenge to a prize-winning solution!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/ideas
Contact: Alison Hynd, 7-133, x8-0691, hynd@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Public Service Center
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IDEAS Design Challenge - Design Review
Andrew Heafitz, Alison Hynd
Thu Jan 20, 01-03:00pm, 4-402
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
The IDEAS Design Challenge - be a manioc maniac!
(For info on kick-off see Jan 6, and for design process workshop see Jan 7).
Invent a new gizmo to process manioc/cassava and win a $250 prize.
At the Design Review our team of expert designers give you feedback on your work and help you perfect your prototype.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/ideas
Contact: Alison Hynd, 4-402, x8-0691, hynd@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Public Service Center
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IDEAS Design Challenge Kick-Off
Alison Hynd, Amy Smith, Amy Banzaert, Sally Susnowitz
Thu Jan 6, 11am-02:00pm, 4-402
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
IDEAS Design Challenge Kick-Off be a manioc maniac!
Invent a new gizmo to process manioc/cassava and win a $250 prize.
The manioc (also called cassava) is a staple food crop of Haiti, Ghana, and many other countries. It is also a significant element of an MIT project to reduce deforestation and produce a clean-burning cooking fuel that could improve the health of millions of people. In both Haiti and Ghana, the current methods of processing cassava are dangerous, hard work, and extremely time-consuming. This IAP, can you invent a device to help?
We will provide basic materials, expert advice, and fun events. You bring the ideas and enthusiasm.
Web: http://web.mit.edu
Contact: Alison Hynd, 7-133, x8-0691, hynd@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Public Service Center
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IDEAS Design Challenge Prototype Demo and Judging
Alison Hynd, Sally Susnowitz, Amy Banzaert, Amy Smith
Thu Jan 27, 06-08:00pm
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
The IDEAS Design Challenge - be a manioc maniac!
Bring along your prototype, or come and see what the teams have been up to over IAP.
The manioc (also called cassava) is a staple food crop of Haiti, Ghana, and many other countries. It is also a significant element of an MIT project to reduce deforestation and produce a clean-burning cooking fuel that could improve the health of millions of people. In both Haiti and Ghana, the current methods of processing cassava are dangerous, hard work, and extremely time-consuming. This IAP, can you invent a device to help?
We will provide basic materials, expert advice, and fun events. You bring the ideas and enthusiasm.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/ideas
Contact: Alison Hynd, 4-402, x8-0691, hynd@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Public Service Center
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Intro to PCB Layout
Tony Caloggero
Tue Jan 25, 01-03:00pm, 4-402
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 24-Jan-2005
Limited to 10 participants.
Single session event
There are free software packages for laying out printed circuit boards (PCBs), and this activity offers a quick introduction to one such package. We will walk you through some simple design examples, and will submit designs of your choosing to a production house so you will get a set of small PCBs bearing your circuit layout. We presume you will be able to get to a PC on the web. If not we will help you work out alternative arrangements.
Contact: Tony Caloggero, 4-409, x3-9782, acalogge@mit.edu
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Introduction to Machine Tools
Fred Cote
Tue Jan 4 thru Fri Jan 7, 09am-12:00pm, 44-023
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Dec-2004
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
This short 12 hour course introduces the milling machine, metal lathe, and related processes; participants will learn by constructing two simple projects.
Selection is by lottery. To enter lottery, you must contact Fred Cote before the signup deadline of Dec. 10.
Contact: Fred Cote, 44-023, x8-7728, fpcote@mit.edu
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