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You may have heard that Do Space now offers a "resin-based" 3D printing. This process is known as Stereolithography or SLA printing. Here's a great short video explaining how this amazing technology works. Image:...

We have a new Tech Kit at Do Space: the da Vinci mini Maker 3D printer. It's small enough for you to take to a corner or table at Do Space and learn how to use a 3D printer.  The build size is 6" x 6" x 6" so it's great for smaller objects.  There are fewer settings to get hung up on for your first time.  It has three that correspond to layer height and speed which covers the basics for...

Tractors probably wouldn’t make the top five, or even top ten list of things that you might consider hackable, but farmers are increasingly finding themselves in the position of hacking the firmware on their tractors so that they can fix them. Most new tractors rely heavily on computers to control various aspects of how the tractor will run, similar to the average new car. Thanks to a software...

In my past life as a presenter I sometimes needed to create a timeline in order to show the development of a topic over time. While not everyone need to create timelines on a regular basis, they can be a welcome change from the standard PowerPoint presentation. Enter TimelineJS from Knight Lab. While the tool will take a little getting used to, the key idea is that you enter your information into...

Wondering how to fill up that new Summer Passport? Looking for a way to fill a few hours at Do Space? Here’s an example of how one member could earn five stamps in only one day. (We checked, and six just isn’t possible - but five is the next best thing!) Here’s how: Member arrives at Do Space around noon and goes to the Littles Lab to look for the Osmo Tech Kit. She takes the box...

The keynote for WWDC, Apple’s annual developer conference, was recently held in San Jose, California. During the keynote Apple featured major changes coming to their computer lines, iPad Pros, and operating systems. Some of the highlights included: Amazon Prime on the Apple TV--out sometime this year. macOS High Sierra out this fall.Features include: A faster Safari that’s...

Do Space is pleased to announce our inaugural Innovation Fellows! We have a great group of educators from the Omaha area who will be building innovative projects related to 3D printing, robotics, and software development. Local schools, libraries and learning centers will be able to independently administer the resulting projects. Our fellows will be working at Do Space during the summer and...

Do you run a Web site? If you do, head on over to GravityScan and run a free malware and vulnerability test of your site. I've run it on my own sites and luckily no issues were found. Even though I was sure it wouldn't find anything, the piece of mind it gave me was worth the sort time it took for the scan to run. So much so that I'm seriously considering upgrading to the paid version for the...

WorldCat is a catalog database that provides listings for Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) member libraries. The organization has more than two billion holdings and along with three hundred and ninety-five million bibliographic records.  Using WorldCat, It is possible to search libraries all over the world for books in four hundred and ninety-one languages and dialects. WorldCat also...

One of the newest tech kits we’ve added to the Do Space shelves is the Kano Kit. Kano is a Raspberry Pi body with a proprietary OS designed for kids. The Kano is kid-friendly in every way. Part of the Kano experience is building the computer and the assembly directions are age appropriate and fun. Kids begin learning as soon as you open the box. The bootup process becomes an educational moment...