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Independent Individuals
Independent Individuals


Some people I know ( David Thornton )
* Seth Hardy ( Hacking / Pyrotechniques https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethmhardy )
* Seth Hardy ( Hacking / Pyrotechniques https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethmhardy )
* Alex Leitch ( Founder of DMG https://www2.ocadu.ca/event/talkxtalk-presents-alex-leitch )
* Alex Leitch ( Founder of DMG https://www2.ocadu.ca/event/talkxtalk-presents-alex-leitch )
* That resin guy from beavers
* Archive guy at beavers


=== Schools Makers ===
=== Schools Makers ===

Revision as of 04:23, 10 March 2017

The Groups

Vendors

Companies

Ideas:

  • The Purple Purl
  • The Wool Mill
  • Mad Science
  • The Simple Craft Company
  • Hobby Shops
    • Wheels and Wings ( danforht )
    • Hornet Hobbies ( O'Connor )
    • Dragon Hobby ( Gerrard )
  • Sayal
  • Creatron
  • Master Mind Toys
  • Home Depot

Indie

Independent Individuals

Some people I know ( David Thornton )

Schools Makers

Teachers and Students

Community Outreach

for example NGO. community gardeners.

  • Science Centre
  • Harbourfront craft people ( potter , glass making , etc )
  • Toronto Potters ( Facebook group : do they have a "real" group? )
  • Dames Making Games https://dmg.to/
  • Scouts Canada couldp robably do a knots tables easy, but what about whipping and lashing ( Google those separately please )?

Sponsors

Activity Tables

Ideas

  • Paper Craft
  • Paper making
  • Soap Making
  • Toy hacking
    • Apart
    • Together
    • Experimenting
      • Ocilliscope
      • Multi meter
  • Baking
  • Robot Battle
    • Sumo
    • Maze Runners
  • Coding tables
    • talking computers ( Google home , Alexa , other )
    • coding robots
    • IOT / Sensor nets
  • Neighbor ISP HOW TO AND HANDS ON
    • re-purposing old network equipment
    • MESH Networking

Accessibility / Inclusivity aspects

  • Blind
  • Hearing
  • Level access
  • volunteer signers.
  • narration.
  • activities to simulate different abilities
    • wheel chair obstacle course
    • blindfold course

Celebrity Appearances