[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]UVM BioFabLab needs your feedback! Save the Date: Oct 4 @ 7pm

Nobel laureate Sydney Brenner said, “Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries, and new ideas, probably in that order.”

It’s true; a major part of doing science is coming up with new ways to interrogate the world around us. Even in biology, being able to design, build, and tinker with experimental equipment is a critical skill.

Taking inspiration from Burlington Generator and the Maker movement, UVM’s Biology Department developed BioFabLab, a class for biology majors in which students work in teams to answer real research questions by designing and building experimental equipment. Over the coming months, our students will be spending a lot of time at Generator, learning new skills and interacting with all of you.

In the past, the generous involvement of the Generator community has been essential to our students’ success. So we are asking for your help once
again!

A big part of what we hope to teach our students is how to seek out advice to solve technical problems, and how to explain their projects to non-biologists. We will be holding three presentation sessions during the semester where the students will give updates on their progress, and look for feedback. The first is this Wednesday, October 4th at 7pm in the Great Hall at Generator.

We encourage you all to come by and learn about BioFabLab, and hear our students give a chalk talk about their research questions and initial design ideas![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/2″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”4771″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/2″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”4770″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]For art viewers everywhere, one thing you may not know is that the venue space looked completely different, perhaps even disastrous, just hours before any exhibit opens.  Ryan Melshenker and Cameron Jonas stayed up all night before the sun rose Friday morning on Art Hop weekend to install all the submitted art made by Generator members. Their efforts paid off with the amount of excitement and pride the Generator community felt in one another’s talent on display.  It is that moment of appreciation that the South End Art Hop is all about.

Art Hop weekend was rainier than most but that didn’t slow down the fun-making at Generator. There was always something to do between the DIY photo booth supplied by 802 Events, talking to the Makers at their booths, Music Visualization with Leif Hunneman & DJ Gabriel Nigh, and workshops. Generator instructors were busy sharing the joy of natural dying, laser cutting, electrical soldering, t-shirt hacking and more.

Generator member and teacher, Adriana Lentrichia, is an artist that is actively promoting responsible fashions and lifestyle.  It is with that mission in mind that she demonstrated how to naturally dye fabric. Using a menagerie of dried flowers, you can create an organic colorful pattern on silk. Her simple natural dyeing method can be used to give your old textiles (bed sheets, curtains, clothing) a new life.

Karen Freeman, Generator Studio Member, created a casual sewing session for anyone to hop in and out of on Saturday. The Learning Lab was packed with t-shirts for materials, sample bags, and instructions.

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“There is perhaps no one more excited by our space – by the potential of our space (even if they would not articulate it that way) than the kids who visit us. We are the adults in their lives that are making a difference in the adults they become.” -Karen Cornish

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Generator member, Bill Gottesman is sharing his eclipse sundial project for this rare event.  Check out this handy DIY project to make an eclipse sundial!

Eclipse Sundial August 21, 2017

at latitude 44.480°, longitude 73.210° W

Max. coverage: 68%   Time of max. coverage: 2:40 pm EDT

This is an unusual sundial that tells time only during a solar eclipse, and only for the location for which it was designed.

To tell time during eclipse, set paper flat on the ground, oriented to true north. (To cheat, you can adjust the paper to match the sun at one of the time readings)

Project the sun’s image onto the dial using a pinhole card. The image will be small from a pinhole, but larger from binoculars. Visit staging.timeanddate.com/eclipse/make-pinhole-projector.html to learn how to do this safely. Rotation will be most rapid near the eclipse maximum.

As the moon crosses in front of the sun, the sun’s crescent will rotate. Read time from the line that matches the sun’s crescent tips.

Curiously, the dial rotates clockwise for locations south of totality, and counter-clockwise for locations north of totality.

Designed by Bill Gottesman, member of the North American Sundial Society. This dial may be freely reproduced and distributed.
www.EclipseSundial.com

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