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I recently sat down with Do Space Technologist Robert McCown, who is a board member of the Lincoln, Nebraska-area Maker’s Group MakeShift (http://makeshiftlincoln.org/), to talk about his group and what they plan to show at our upcoming Mini-Maker Faire on April 15th. Q: Tell us about your group! A: MakeShift is a non-profit makerspace in Lincoln, NE.  We’re a community hub for creation...

Hello, my name is Paul Wrider, and I’m one of the Do Spacers currently helping to make our upcoming Omaha Mini Maker Faire on April 15th awesome!  Recently, I reached out to Frank Fu, one of our presenters at the faire, as well as a class instructor here at Do Space to find out more about what he has planned for the upcoming event: Introduce Yourself! - Who are you and what do you do for...

If you’re a dedicated member of the Do Space community, you may have noticed that we haven’t offered teen-specific programming recently.  The Do Space learning staff have been working on relaunching our programming with a focus on project challenges to tackle issues in our community, and we are proud to announce that it’s ready! On Thursday, February 23rd at 5:00 PM we will be having the...

If you’re like me, you’re glad that Christmas came, and glad to see it go.  If you’re like me in another way, you got a wireless Bluetooth-powered device for Christmas, like a set of speakers or headphones. (There are many different types of Bluetooth devices, but for the sake of this article, we’ll be focusing on audio.)  If you’ve never paired a device before, it can seem daunting,...

Turn Heads with a Light-Up Ugly Holiday Sweater! Hot on the heels of our popular glow-in-the-dark Halloween Hacks Costume event, comes the sequel: light-up Ugly Holiday sweaters! Join me this Sunday, December 4th from 1:00 - 2:30pm, and we’ll add electrical flair to our sweaters, vests and stockings. I’ll show you how to hot glue and sew eye-catching accents to your winter apparel.  All ages...

Your Halloween costume is LAME! It would be so much better if it glowed. Come to Do Space on Saturday, October 29th at 1PM to find out how to use technology like LEDs and Electroluminecent Wire to bright light to clothes, accessories and decorations!  Bring anything you'd like to light up - we'll provide the tools and materials. Don''t let your family, friends and neighborhood down!  Make...

This coming Thursday, October 13th, Do Space is excited to host an event in conjunction with Outlook Nebraska in honor of World Sight Day. With new tech advancements, computer access for blind and visually impaired users has experienced great strides forward and we would like to invite all community members who have some level of visual impairment, as well as those interested in these new...

This past Thursday, September 22nd, over fifty members of the Omaha startup community joined us for our inaugural Startup Summit.  Participants included entrepreneurs, professionals in the Omaha tech scene and members of the community interested in fostering the city’s burgeoning digital ecosystem. Divided into groups, we were tasked with answering three questions; “What’s working well,...