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How many of you played with Hot Wheels growing up? Or maybe you have kiddos who can't get enough of the small cars? Now there is a new twist on the classic toy! Osmo Hot Wheels™ MindRacers is our latest tech kit that combines physical pieces into a digital game. Osmo Hot Wheels MindRacers uses actual Hot Wheel cars that you race in an app. The set up is incredibly easy! The MindRacers app...

Our Tech Kit Cubelets allows anyone to learn robotics and engineering by playing. They are cube shaped robots that connect together by magnets to create more complex robots. There are various kinds of Cubelets to help you create robots with various functions such as Brightness, Drive, Battery, Inverse, Blocker, and more.  There are example projects that can be found online here to help you get...

Even with my use of Google Sheets over the past 2.5 years, I just discovered this last week and it's already made some very specific data tasks I have much, much...

You can search your Google Drive files directly from Chrome’s Omnibox: Go into the “Edit search engines” menu and add a new search engine with the name “Google Drive” and the keyword gd(or whatever keyword you prefer). For the URL, enter http://drive.google.com/?hl=en&tab=bo#search/%s, then click the Done button. Now, type gd into the Omnibox, hit Tab, and search away within...

Do Space would not be possible without all the volunteers that contribute to our programs and assisting our members. They are the pulse of everything we do and give us the ability to offer members help in all different kinds of skills. The goal of this effort it to capture and share the people that are volunteering at Do Space and how it positively affects their lives. What led them to volunteer?...

Come to Do Space on December 28th and/or January 4th to test out your command of robotics with a variety of machines. We'll have racetracks, wrestling rings, agility courses, and battle zones. You can also stop by for more traditional robotics like Bee-Bot or Dash and Dot. Racetrack: Use Dash to drive through the course quickly and reach the end before anyone else. Wrestling...

https://youtu.be/pzOTmG5StNY Did you know that Omaha has a connection to Auckland, New Zealand? Learn more about Unleash Space and how a former Do Space employee went on to help shape the maker community for university...

Windows 10 has a little-known feature that allows you to record and take screenshots of your gameplay. To find it type WIN-G on your keyboard and it'll appear on your screen for you. The folks over at How-To-Geek have a great tutorial on how to use it. What might be more interesting is that others have been successful at using it to record the screen in programs other than games. PC World has a...

This week we updated our Solidworks installations to the newest 2017-2018 version. Below is the data sheet highlighting what's new in this version. Those interested in more details can check out the Solidworks Web...

This past semester I had the opportunity to be Do Space’s marketing intern and while I knew it would offer some first-hand experience with marketing and social media, I had no idea all the new skills I would gain in just a few short months. Do Space is truly a one of a kind place in that not only do they grant free access to technology and offer a variety of programming to community members,...