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Caffeinated Geek, Maker SpudnikLab.com: bridging digital divides with appropriate and frugal innovation Salvage.garden: co-creation of assistive devices with digital fabrication EdibleMakerspace.com: DIY-Bio artscience play https://linktr.ee/saadcaffeine

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๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ GOSH 2025 Community Council elections are coming up!

Voter registration is open now through July 21:
goshcommunity.limesurvey.net/528242?lang=en

Thinking of running? Nominations open June 25! Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged! ๐Ÿซ…๐Ÿฝ

21.06.2025 17:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An absolute joy to geek out with @oshwassociation.bsky.social at #OHS2025 love the magic that happens when community brings networks together over things that make sense #makersGonnaMake #weAreWhatWeCoCreate #openHardware #openSource #openCulture

11.06.2025 09:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image with AbleToPlay logo and the words, "The Best Way to Find Accessible Games". White box below it reads "1 like = 1 Games Accessibility Win"

Image with AbleToPlay logo and the words, "The Best Way to Find Accessible Games". White box below it reads "1 like = 1 Games Accessibility Win"

๐Ÿš€ HERE WE GO โ€” Accessible games mega-thread! ๐ŸŽฎ๐ŸŒ 

While creating AbleToPlay, we found tons of *amazing* games with great accessibilityโ€”letโ€™s celebrate them! ๐ŸŽŠ

โ™ฅ๏ธ 1 Like = 1 Games Accessibility Win ๐ŸŽ‰

03.04.2025 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 225    ๐Ÿ” 76    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 73    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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On day one of #OHS2025 we've got @saadcaffeine.bsky.social presenting on the BrailleRAP braille embossing device, an open source hardware project created to engage communities, address sustainability challenges, and make things that make sense. Get your tickets today: 2025.oshwa.org/attend/

25.03.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
 schedule posted outside the training room showing the sessions of the day including the BrailleRap

schedule posted outside the training room showing the sessions of the day including the BrailleRap

Exhibition visitors sharing their open hardware project with other onlookers at the GOSH booth table

Exhibition visitors sharing their open hardware project with other onlookers at the GOSH booth table

Two Exhibition tables setup side by side, HackClub on the left with two young members. Table on the right showing an open hardware braille embossed and a poster for GOSH

Two Exhibition tables setup side by side, HackClub on the left with two young members. Table on the right showing an open hardware braille embossed and a poster for GOSH

Regular fossasia presenters from Singapore doing a selfie at the check-in desk

Regular fossasia presenters from Singapore doing a selfie at the check-in desk

At #FOSSASIA in Bangkok with @gosh-community.bsky.social showcasing open science and open hardware. Workshopping how we might make things that make sense using the brilliant open source BrailleRap embosser

19.03.2025 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When I tell u that Dinacon is one of the best things you can do in ur lifeโ€ฆ.like this experience will fully change ur perspective and I deeply encourage you to apply and join us in Indonesia

30.11.2024 17:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Young boy with two adults working together to figure out how to operate a 3D printed plastics recycling machine at a makerspace table

Young boy with two adults working together to figure out how to operate a 3D printed plastics recycling machine at a makerspace table

Young boy at a makerspace table using a 3D printed tool to turn plastic bottles into strips of plastic

Young boy at a makerspace table using a 3D printed tool to turn plastic bottles into strips of plastic

Woman proudly holding up the carefully shaped ends of long blue plastic strips made from bottles

Woman proudly holding up the carefully shaped ends of long blue plastic strips made from bottles

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Using the wonderful Opensource Recreator3D community build for hands-on learning by doing workshop with @edibleMakerspace at an up and coming community makerspace "EDR2" at VidaCity

01.12.2024 01:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mothbox Watches Bugs, So You โ€” Or Your Grad Students โ€” Donโ€™t Have To To the extent that one has strong feelings about insects, they tend toward the extremes of a spectrum that runs from a complete fascination with their diversity and the specializations …read more

Mothbox Watches Bugs, So You โ€” Or Your Grad Students โ€” Donโ€™t Have To

19.09.2024 11:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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5 Myths about Artificial Intelligence | SpudnikLab When it comes to AI, it can be difficult to know what's fact and what's (science) fiction. SpudnikLab looks into what's artificial intelligence myth and reality.

spudniklab.com/5-myths-abou...

16.05.2024 08:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Writers and publishers in Singapore reject a government plan to train AI on their work Singapore's literary community is pushing back against an official effort to train LLMs using their published works, part of a growing global resistance.

restofworld.org/2024/singapo...

14.05.2024 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Everywhere, All the Time: A creative digital literacy intervention for youth. โ€œEverywhere, All the Timeโ€ย is a creative and playful digital literacy intervention for youth. Developed by Tactical Tech's youth initiative What the Future Wants, this learning experience equips educa...

co-creation and collaboration are definitely the better way to build a meaningful product.
theglassroom.org/youth/everyw...
"Educators working with young people will find โ€œEverywhere, All the Timeโ€ helpful in fostering critical conversations about technology, AI and their impacts."

30.04.2024 05:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We Need To Rewild The Internetย  | NOEMA The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists.

Yes, please. www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-r...
โ€œOur online spaces are not ecosystems, though tech firms love that word. Theyโ€™re plantations; highly concentrated and controlled environments โ€ฆ that madden the creatures trapped within.โ€

29.04.2024 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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