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The UK’s European university
The Shed
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Overview
• What is The Shed?
• Why did we build it?
• How is it being used?
• What’s Next?
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What is The Shed?
• The Shed is a `Makerspace’ homed in the
School of Computing.
• It is equipped with a wide variety of machines
(e.g. 3D printers and laser cutters) and
development equipment (e.g. the Oculus Rift
and Raspberry Pi).
• Currently, students and staff of the School can
use `The Shed’, not only to build physical
devices for taught modules, but also to support
and develop their own personal interests and
hobbies.
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Why did we build it?
• In the last decade, there has been a
transformation in the ease with which complex,
interactive objects combining software and
hardware can be made.
• A constellation of overlapping technologies and
ways of working have come together to make
this happen.
• This, in turn, enables ways of learning and
collaboration that are based on interacting
around a developing prototype.
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This isn’t just about the technology.
It’s about how the technology enables new
ways of working together.
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How is it being used?
• Initially the space is being used for informal
learning and teaching within the School of
Computing.
• It is also being used by other University groups,
primarily Tinkersoc (who encourage associate
members from the public to join), for their
community activities.
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What has been happening there?
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Final year project: Formation flying drones
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What has been happening there?
Designing and
fabricating HAT’s for
the Raspberry Pi.
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What has been happening there?
Experimenting with
`wireless’ power.
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What has been happening there?
Lots and lots of 3D
printing
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What has been happening there?
Iron man arc reactor
replica.
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What has been happening there?
Amateur radio
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What has been happening there?
Lots of laser cutting
and gluing.
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What has been happening there?
Community outreach.
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And much more….
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We have only been open 10
weeks.
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What’s Next?
• Increasing the machines available based on
current use.
• Increasing outreach.
• A public seminar series hosting maker’s from
around the UK –• Circumnavigating the globe with a party balloon.
• Designing a new academic module (possibly
on building sensor networks, e.g the `Internet of
Things’.
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