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The Lightbot and Lightbot Jr. apps are mobile device and online games for preschoolers recently featured during Hour of Code (available for IOS and Android). Like similar apps designed to teach children how to code, Lightbot introduces kids to critical thinking skills through gamification. The Lightbot lives in a world of tiles and when he lands on a blue tile he needs to light it up. Kids learn...

She turned, blowing a kiss to me as she left the room. And so ended the first Senior Cyber Society meeting. We had just finished figuring out how to find, save, and send pictures on her iPad. Her granddaughter regularly sent fun messages with pictures and she wanted to know how to reply with the similar images. In just a short time, we were able to open a new way of communicating across...

Hello Omaha! As you may know, Do Space - this one of kind community tech space built just for Omaha - launched on November 7th. Since then, we've seen over 15,000 visitors, and over 800 people have attended Do Space programs and events. Our Grand Opening weekend alone, we saw over 3,700 people visiting the space to check out this unique project! In the short time we've been open, we've seen...

We have two great 3D printers; the UPrint SE Plus and the Dimension sst 1200es. With these you can print almost anything you can think of but there are some limitations you should know before you begin. The only material available for these printers is ABS plastic. This plastic is hard and pretty ridged which is why it’s used to make amazing things like Legos. If you want to make something...

Little things can add up to something big. This was the lesson behind “Art Day” at our November 24th Junior Makers meeting. We talked about how small pixels on your computer screen can add up to eye-popping graphics. Armed with a variety of colorful sticky notes, our Makers colored the walls, creating images out of the pixel-like pieces of paper. We also explored stop motion animation,...