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We’ve recently added some new tech kits to the Do Space shelves. To know which kits are available, just look to see if that kit’s white tub is on a shelf in the computer area, Teen Hangout, or Littles Lab. If you see the tub, then the kit is available. We keep all the parts for the kits (including the parts that need to charge) behind the Tech Desk and we'll load them into your selected tub...

Did you know September is International Save Your Photos Month? At the Do Space Tech Desk, we get a lot of questions about saving, transferring, and storing photos. Sometimes staff or volunteers are available to offer tips or even work directly on the issue. Other times, it is clear the job the member is hoping to accomplish is too complex for us to address in that moment. Then our options are...

There is an unfortunate but well-documented lack of women in the science, tech and mathematics fields. Out of 8,000 incoming freshman at Indiana University the gender is split pretty evenly. However, only 3% of those women were in a remotely tech-related degree! The gap is so large that there are niche scholarships available for women interested in computer science, engineering and math. The...

Keegan Korf, Regional Manager of Common Sense Media, will join us at Do Space on Tuesday, August 23rd at 6:00 PM for a discussion about kids and social media. The session will be for parents and will help them guide their children toward using social media in empowering and positive ways. Then on Tuesday, September 20th, Keegan returns for a new session titled Managing Screen Time. This one will...

Living in the Omaha metro area, it’s hard to miss the start of the Huskers’ season. But fall means the start of both college and pro football. Even if you’re not a die-hard fan of a professional football team, you can still enjoy the NFL season with fantasy football. Fantasy football leagues provide friends and family a fun experience as they compete to show off their knowledge of the...

www.iheartdospace.org was created to show off all the amazing activities occurring at Do Space everyday and it was a huge success! From searching for a new job to creating laser cut puzzles to 3D printing to playing with tech kits to learning to code, Do Space members shared over 300 updates — more than 5 per day! The Do Space community was particularly active in creating and learning new...

At Do Space we’ve welcomed just over 15,000 visitors in both June and July. And new members are signing up for free everyday! So far, we’re a community of over 33,000 unique members. But what if you aren’t one of those many visitors? What if you still haven’t made it to 72nd and Dodge to check us out? Here’s what you can expect: Start out at the Information Desk, immediately to your...

Do Space is pleased to announce that we are launching a new Girls Who Code club in Omaha! Would you like to create apps, design video games, and take the world by storm with your coding skills? Girls Who Code might just be for you! What kinds of skills will the Girls Who Code curriculum help you develop? Mobile app development and game design are definitely on the list, but did you know that...

Like food? How about computers? Omaha’s first food computer anyone? A group of makers, programmers, educators, and students have recently embarked on a project to help create personal food computers in the Omaha area. Aside from just being a fun project, this group of “doers” saw the chance to build something for the community which provides countless opportunities for local food...

Do Space truly values the feedback and support from our users. In an effort to better serve the community’s technology needs, we are holding another series of focus groups with our users throughout the end of July and August. We highly encourage any interested user to join us at one of the focus group sessions to provide opinions and thoughts about Do Space. The focus groups will last...