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When many of us think back to the first video game we ever played it brings pleasant memories of Pong, Super Mario, or for some younger gamers, Minecraft.  Ask anyone around you and more than likely they will have a story about the wonder of picking up a game for the first time.  Though most everyone has heard of Pac-Man and Street Fighter, not many know the history of the first commercial...

Summer tours at Do Space are now available for booking! We have big plans for June and July at Do Space, including new family-oriented afternoon programs, a Summer Passport for the kiddos, and a Do List for teens and adults. And each summer we offer advance reservations for youth group tours. We are pleased to once again offer a limited number of Youth Tour reservations for tours that take...

Having problems with your tablet?  Maybe you want to learn more about your new smartphone?  At Tech Help Tuesdays we strive to find solutions to all of your technology woes.  Our top-notch volunteers come from a variety of backgrounds and have the experience necessary to solve your issues.  Sixty-eight percent of our visitors leave with a better understanding of how their devices work and are...

March is Women’s History Month and to celebrate we’ll be sharing the stories of amazing women who have contributed to the fields of science, math, technology, and engineering. Hedy Lamarr was a well known Hollywood starlet and her contributions to the tech world enable us to communicate securely.  While shooting huge blockbuster films she was also working on her true passion, inventing....

March is Women’s History Month and to celebrate we’ll be sharing the stories of amazing women who have contributed to the fields of science, math, technology, and engineering. Known as the “First Lady of Physics” and the “Queen of Nuclear Research” Chien-Shiung Wu was a prominent Chinese American nuclear physicist.  She worked on the Manhattan Project and taught for some of the...

March is Women’s History Month and to celebrate we’ll be sharing the stories of amazing women who have contributed to the fields of science, math, technology, and engineering. Many children daydream about becoming an astronaut, though not many see that fantasy realized.  Ellen Ochoa made her dreams come true by becoming the first female Hispanic astronaut. She is one of only 60 women that...

In partnership with NET Nebraska and NET KIDS, Do Space is hosting the PBS: NET Family Creative Learning program.  This course uses ScratchJr and was created for families to learn together in a project-based environment. ScratchJr was created by MIT to teach children, ages 5-8, the basics of computer programming through animations and storytelling. The Family Creative Learning Program runs...

March is Women’s History Month and to celebrate we’ll be sharing the stories of amazing women who have contributed to the fields of science, math, technology, and engineering. Ada Lovelace, considered the first programmer, lived in mid-19th century England where she studied mathematics and science.  Her claim to fame is a translation she did for a Swiss Journal about the analytical...

To celebrate Black History Month, we’ll be focusing on African American inventors, scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and educators. Evelyn Boyd Granville is an American mathematician who has made a large impact on STEM communities with her contributions to NASA and higher education.  She studied mathematics at Yale and became the second African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in the...

To celebrate Black History Month, we’ll be focusing on African American inventors, scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and educators. At only 24 years old, Edward Alexander Bouchet became the first African American to earn a PhD. in the United States.  If that wasn’t impressive enough, he earned his degree from the prestigious Yale University in the field of physics.  He used his...