Category: Member Made
Generator members come from a variety of backgrounds with different skill sets. Here are some of the projects that members have been working on with the tool suite available at Generator.
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Devin Wilder – Electronic Sensor Translating Data into Sound
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Lighter, Faster, Stronger- Innovation in Sports Gear
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Seven Days: Jake Blend’s Spirograph Is One for the Record Books
Jake Blend broke the record for largest spirograph during Art Hop at Generator! All it took was experimenting with laser cutters, CNC routers, rubber, and wood to bring his vision to fruition. Read the full Seven Days article>>
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Textile Maker Treats AI to Fashion Taste
Textile Maker Treats AI to Fashion Taste
Generator couturier and instructor Lucy Leith has been traveling to Lincoln, Vermont on an unusual mission: to fit one of the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence ‘presences’ with a new outfit. BINA-48 is an advanced robotic intelligence under development by the Terasem Movement Foundation; in her work, she travels the world. In her next tour, she’ll be wearing what is perhaps the first outfit fashioned from the hopes and affections of an AI. Exciting! Stay tuned for more. -
Meet Courtney Reckord: January/February 2017 Educator-in-Residence
Meet Courtney Reckord, Generator’s very first January/February Educator-in-Residence. Courtney is always looking for real world projects that are at the intersection of art and technology for herself and to do with her students. She teaches at Milton High School in drawing, painting, fine metals, ceramics, digital arts and STEAM.I enjoy doing real world projects with students as much as possible. At one of the Big Maker talks that Generator hosted, Saeed Arida was talking about a project that they worked on with NuVu where students created a prosthetic hand for a child who wanted to be able to draw, so they created a customized hand. I was inspired by that.
Courtney set out to use her residency to bring doggie prosthetics to the classroom. Her students get to experience step by step what goes into designing and creating wearables that require skills in art and design, engineering, and mechanics. What a fun project to introduce students to rapid prototyping equipment like the laser cutter and 3D printers to spark new connections. Just like anyone else, it is always advisable to do a test run when doing something new. Who knew one of the biggest challenges would be to find a furry creature in need!?!
So far I have spent a lot of time trying to find a dog to work with. I didn’t realized how difficult it would be to find a pet that would fit the criteria for this project. After a long discussion with a veterinary surgeon I switched gears a little bit and decided to create a brace for a pet with a torn ACL instead. What I have learned is that most amputations on dogs and cats occur up at the hip joint or shoulder joint, making prosthesis difficult because there is no residual limb. Once you start looking for pictures of dogs with prosthetics, you realize that a lot of them are actually the same dog. Not to say that it never happens, but prosthetics for pets is rarer than I first imagined.
Courtney’s students are looking at pets in a whole new way and can’t wait to get building. Check out the creative strides achieved at Courtney’s show and tell at Generator’s next member meeting on Monday, March 13th at 5pm at Generator.
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Member Activity: Brian Merrill
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Generator member, Brian Merrill is hard at work again. Check out his laser cut/hand crafted wood flutes! It’s amazing what can be accomplished with a combination of tools from different disciplines. Take a tour at Generator anytime between 11am to 9pm to check out what members are working on.
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Pop up bar is MADE!
m//e (https://www.mattanderikdesign.com) and alice & the magician (https://www.aliceandthemagician.com) have been working hard to present to you their pop up bar!!!!!!! Experience it first hand at the next 3rd Thursday in January!
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If Pete Can Do It, So Can YOU!!!
How to turn your idea into reality!!!
If Pete can do it, so can YOU! We have built a home for all of your brilliant ideas and suggestions to live.
Step 1: Fill out the proposal form and put it in the box
Step 2: Ideas get reviewed
Step 3: Ideas get voted on at the members’ meetings
