Index
A
Abstract concepts
Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)
Additive vs. subtractive manufacturing
Alkaline batteries
Arduino
Arduino programming. See also Raspberry Pi
ecosystem
breadboard
chips
CNC machine tools
compatible boards
floating
input pins
interface
light-emitting diode
output pin
shields
stepper motors
electronics (see Circuit design and components)
learning technologies
adult supervision
circuit design
code
electronics
kit costs
online learning
solder class
packages
paths
processing computer language
Arduino-compatible board
Arduino-type Wearables
conductive thread
Flora board
LilyPad boards
NeoPixel
Artisan’s Asylum
B
Batteries
common single-use alkaline
LiPo
NiMH
Bhopal disaster
Biohacking
Biomedicine
Broader social implications
intellectual property issues
prototyping cheaper
Brushed DC motor
Brushless motor
Build My Lab Instructables
C
Cape Cod National Seashore
Career and Technical Education (CTE) program
Cartridge filament
Chibitronics
Christmas Bird Count project
Circuits and Programming
Circuit design and components
current vs.amperes
power supplies and batteries
resistance
resistors
breadboards
potentiometer
pull-up/pull-down
terminal block
voltage
Citizen science projects
data analysis
by amateurs
professionally-generated data
by scientists
iNaturalist.org
instrumentation
centralized database
data storage
environmental hazards
sensor networks
PSHB
Closed-loop system
Commercial spaces
Community colleges. See also Pasadena City College (PCC)
Community makerspaces
Crashspace
equipment considerations
Fab Labs
TechShop
Vocademy
Commutator
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models
Computer-aided design (CAD) software
Computer-numerically-controlled (CNC)
Concurrent Versions System (CVS)
Consumer 3D printer
beginner packagers
CAD software
downloading STL files
file sending
firmware
hardware
materials
acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
elastomers
nylon
polylactic acid
slicing program
3D-scanning technology
use of
Cosplay
Buckram
costume designs
knitters
Panniers
structural analysis
Creative space
Crowfunded inventions
circuit scribe
costs
dough circuits
drawing circuits
Hummingbird
Indiegogo
LEGO Mindstorms
magnetic connector circuits
Circuit Stickers
LightUp components
MaKey MaKey
alligator clips
celery piano
grounding user
pledging money
programming language
D
Design iteration
Digital light projection (DLP)
Direct-current (DC) electric motors
Direct metal laser sintering (DMLS)
E
Educators
Elastomers
Electronic Speed Controllers (ESCs)
Encoder
Engineers
differences
robotic inhabitants
F
Failures
bar clamps
biological evolution
Mini-Mendel
replacement
RepRap printer design
Thingiverse
Wallace printer
and frustration
vs. iteration
Bhopal Disaster
MVP concept
passenger aviation
problem-based learning
robust design
Space Shuttle Challenger
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Joan’s View
Fashiontech
accelerometer
goggles
haute couture
NeoPixel ring
Female makers
bias
Bridgette Mongeon
builder toys
Castelleja School
cost estimation
engineer life
hackerspace
learning
male techies
Marlborough School
numbers
one girl at a time
problems
purposes
in teaching
technical discipline
Filament-based printers
Filament cartridges vs.spools
Firmware
Flash memory
Flora boards
Future ascepts
G
Gray code
H
Hacker peer review process
decision
Truecrypt program
Hackerspaces. See also Makerspaces
Hacker vs. maker
Hardware
Historical events
Hobbyist robots
batteries
brushed DC motor
brushless motor
closed-loop system
commutator
DC electric motors
encoder
Entrepreneur Qtechknow
gearing
gray code
hobby servo
open-loop control
remote-controlled
RFID
Rich’s collection
stepper motor
winding
Hybrid technologies
I
Innovators
Input pins
Instructables website
Instrumentation
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Intellectual property issues
Intel MakeHers report
Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C)
Internet of Things (IoT)
Iteration
J
Jargon File’s definition
K
Kickstarter. See Crowfunded inventions
L
Labs. See Makerspaces
Laser cutter
Learning
Learning by iterating
Learning Science
Light-emitting diode (LED)
Lithium-ion and lithium-ion polymer (LiPo) batteries
Los Angeles basin
Los Angeles Unified School District
M
Makerbot CupcakeCNC printer
Makerspaces
basics to start
biohacking
cost to start
creation for community
creative space
at museums and libraries
need for
types of
Windward School
Younger Set
Making
Arduinos
challenges
chemistry models
coral printing
glass paperweights and vase
on instrumentation
mechanical learning
sensors
3D printing
CAD
design aesthetics
design principles
material properties
robotics
virtual world
visually impaired students
wearable tech
Mathematicians, mental frontiers
Michigan Tech Open Sustainability Technology Lab
Minimum Viable Product (MVP) concept
Möbius strips
Museums and libraries
N
Nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries
Nylon
O
One-off lab automation
Open-loop control
Open source
bug reports
community
definition
early days
free beer
free speech
GNU licenses
derivative works
patent prevents
hackathons
internet
machine code
perspectives, collaboration
pull request
redundant requests
RepRap printers
source code
Subversion Versions System (SVN)
Open source lab
DIY lab equipment
Public Lab
university labs
websites
Output pin
P
Pasadena City College (PCC)
Design Technology Pathway
CTE program
facility
project
experience
Tactile models (see Tactile models)
Passenger aviation failures
Peer review process
Polylactic acid (PLA)
Polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB)
Printed circuit boards (PCBs)
Processing computer language
Product prototyping
Prototyping cheaper
Q
Quadcopter
R
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Raspberry Pi
RepRap project
Rich, John
Hacker path
Hacker vs. Maker
limitation
physical software
Rivers, Joan
engineering research
virtual apprenticeship
Robot combat
Robots
Botball
cost
feedback
feedforward only machines
FIRST robotics
hobbyist robots (see Hobbyist robots)
human-in-the-loop
kits
quadcopter
robot combat
safety
tethered
S
Science fiction
Scientific funding problem
Scientists
abstract concepts
astronomers
brid societies
building experience
business of science
CFD models
common core
consultants
coring
curating and protecting
daily grind
developed theory
early stages
educational implications
equations
experimenters
experiments
vs. hackers
low cost innovations
peer review process
scientific funding problem
hypothesis
indirect measurement
measuring tools
makers
observers
observing
one-off lab automation
peer review
philosophers
proto-scientists
reproducibility
reviewers
science fiction
scientific method
southern crossings
spectacular results
theoreticians
3D-printed insect traps
well-executed project
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
Secure digital (SD) card
Selective laser sintering (SLS) printers
Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
Service bureaus
Servo motor
Shields
Slicing program
Space Shuttles failures
STEAM learning
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math)
Stepper motor
Studios. See Makerspaces
Subtactive manufacturing techniques
T
Tacoma Narrows Bridge failure
Tactile models
eye
map
Teaching-only-success style
Tekla Labs
additive vs. subtractive manufacturing
consumer 3D printer (see Consumer 3D printer)
hype distracts
layers
limitations
layer lines and feature size
metal/glass
printer mechanical issues
print time and size
printing cost
purchasing considerations
bed size
community support
educators
filament cartridges vs.spools
heated bed
service bureaus
small consumer
filament-based printers
hybrid technologies
powders
resin
21st Century shop teacher
broader social implications
maker’s holiday tree
makerspace
paths merge
problem definition
scientists
technologies and activities
U
Upcycling
V
Visualizing complex abstract concepts
Voltage potentials
W, X
Wearable Tech
Winding
Y
Z
Zooniverse projects
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