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Making and
gaming; exploring
the relation
between gaming,
maker spaces and
Fab Labs
Pieter van der Hijden msc
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Agenda
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Background
Pieter van der Hijden
Sofos Consultancy (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Consultant Fab Lab, Gaming/Simulation,
eLearning
Fab Lab Paramaribo (Suriname) –
http://fablab.vicepresident.gov.sr
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1. Overview
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1. Overview - history
Year Phenomenon Community Assumed impact
on education
1950 Radio /
electronics
Hobby club School events
1970 Personal
computers
Computer
club
Improved learning
thanks to ict
1990 Video games LANfest,
MORPG
Learning through
gaming/simulation
2010 Digital fabrication
tools
Maker
movement,
maker faire
Tinkering as social
constructivist
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1. Overview - worldmap
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Worldwide
Loosely connected
From layman to prof
Mix of technologies
Ict in design, production and products
Making, sharing, learning
Open design, open software, open hardware
Number of Fab Labs
worldwide doubles every 1.5
years, now 250+;
http://bit.ly/1fXPQEm
1. Overview - conceptsFab Lab Maker Space TechShop
Origin MIT Center for Bits and
Atoms (Neil Gershenfeld)
Make magazine Commercial
initiative
Inventory Limited set of digital
production machines
Not defined Extended set of
machines & tools
Target
audience
Everybody Everybody Everybody
Legal Independent foundations
or embedded in institutes
Community based Holding with
subsidiaries
Set-up costs 50-100,000 USD 5-20,000 USD 1-2,000,000 USD
Entry fee Free (at some days of
week)
Free Subscription100
USD monthly
Number 250+ Unknown 5
Geographical Worldwide USA, Europe, Asia,
Egypt
USA, plans to go
Europe
Mission Learning, sharing Making (for the
maker faire)
Making/ earning
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1. Overview – a typical fab lab
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3D scanner
3D printer
Laser cutter
Milling machine(s)
Vinyl cutter
Electronics
Computers
Teleconference set
Etc.
At the top a CNC milling machine
(behind safety glass), in the centre a
3D mobile scanner plus laptop, at
the bottom a laser cutter / engraver.
Source: Fab Lab Paramaribo
1. Overview – a typical fab lab
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One time visitors
Regular visitors,
tinkerers, students
Special project
teams
Designing
Making
Source: Fab Lab Paramaribo
1. Overview – new education
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Motivation
Learning outcomes
Social learning
Learning by making
Side effects
Informed citizen
Economy (more STEM)
Meet other disciplines
Meet the world
Lab for teachers
1. Overview – examples
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Timothy Rifano, SPI, Fab Lab
Paramaribo, Suriname
Ateneu de Fabricació de Les
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2. Try-out
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2. Try-out – Raspberri Pi
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EUR 30 computer
Linux
LAN
5V power
Raspberry Pi -
http://www.raspberrypi.org/
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2. Try-out - Arduino
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Programmable microprocessor
Digital inputs (switches)
Analog inputs (sensors)
Digital outputs (LEDs)
Analog outputs (speaker, servomotor)
Arduino Uno – http://arduino.cc
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2. Try-out – Makey Makey
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Keyboard emulator
Reacting on
electrical current
E.g. Via organic material YOU!
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3. Making for gamingWhat can “making” contribute to “gaming”?
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3. Making for gaming
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Access to people Co-design
Test
Access to methods Open design
Programming
Access to machines Paraphernalia
Electronics (wearable)
Game board
Programming
Packaging
4. Gaming for makingWhat can “gaming” contribute to “making”?
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4. Gaming for making
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Access to people
Educators
Clients
Access to methods
Game
development
User experience
Access to products
Learning by visitors
Learning by staff
References
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References
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Digital Fabrication and ‘Making’ in Education: The Democratization of Invention; Paulo Blikstein; in: In J. Walter-Herrmann & C. Büching(Eds.), FabLabs: Of Machines, Makers and Inventors; Bielefeld: Transcript Publishers; 2013; http://stanford.io/1cMLRdL
Fab Lab At School; website; https://tltl.stanford.edu/projects/fablabschool
Fab: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop--from Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication; Neil Gershenfeld; Basic Books, 2007; http://amzn.to/1fXMb9p
Four in balance monitor 2013; Kennisnet, The Netherlands, 2013; http://bit.ly/1lLN9hc
Getting Started with Arduino; Massimo Banzi; Maker Media, 2011; http://bit.ly/1i1Bgkk
Getting Started with Raspberry Pi; Matt Richardson; Maker Media, 2012; http://bit.ly/1i1BtUw
Instructables; website; http://www.instructables.com
Invent to learn; making, tinkering, and engineering in the classroom; Sylvia L. Martinez, Gary Stager; Constructing Modern Knowledge Press; 2013; http://www.inventtolearn.com/
Maker space playbook; 2013; http://bit.ly/1lLMMTT
Making, living, sharing; movie; a Fab Lab world documentary; Jens Dyvik; http://bit.ly/MZ4Uup
Constructing modern knowledge press: book cover
Thank you for your attention!Pieter van der Hijden
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