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Who says the holidays can’t be high tech? Do Space is hosting several fun, free events for the Omaha metro community throughout the holiday season to learn practical applications of technology in everyday life – from gift wrapping to learning to use a new device to entertaining the kids on break. Come warm up at Do Space with a cup of coffee and our free gigabit of bandwidth, and consider...

In the future, everyone will need to know how to write code. Join me at Do Space for a FREE workshop which provides an overview of Bricklayer – a freely-available online educational ecosystem designed to teach coding to people of all ages and coding backgrounds. Learn algorithms for creating tessellations and fractals using actual LEGO bricks. If you run out of real LEGO bricks, you can use a...

At Do Space, it’s no surprise that we’re big proponents of computer science for all ages. Our free community space was designed with all ages in mind, and we’ve seen how computer hardware and programs can help children learn critical thinking skills and help adults achieve personal and professional goals. And we’re proud to support programs for business, job search, web design, graphic...

The folks over at Make Magazine have written a wonderful article on the difference between the Raspberry Pi and the Arduino. Here’s a sample: Here at Make: we see new, ingenious projects from our community every day. Many of these projects are made possible with the use of development boards. However, if you’re new to the whole idea, it can be confusing to parse out the differences...

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...

In the spirit of the "Humans of New York" photo series and social media phenomenon, Do Space is inspired to work with staff and volunteers to create a "Humans of Do Space" series that shares the stories of our members, volunteers, users and staff. The goal of this effort it to capture the people that are using the space and how it affects their lives. What does it allow them to do? What does it...

I'm very excited to announce Early Bird Access at Do Space! Starting today (December 1st), Do Space will be open at 7am-9am Monday-Friday for all you early risers in the metro area. Early Bird Access is all about having a place in the morning to grab a cup or coffee or breakfast, get some work done, read the news, or meet up with colleagues for an early morning meeting. From 7am-9am, drop by...

You can create some amazing designs in Minecraft but did you know that you can turn those designs into 3D models for other projects and even print them? Mineways, download here, is capable of extracting objects from a Minecraft map and turning them into 3D design files that can be opened in software like Blender or Cura. Mineways has a lot of options available for use but in this tutorial I...

More and more older adults are opting to take steps that will allow them to age in place as they grow older, due in part to the rising costs of assisted living and other senior living communities. Additionally, being able to enjoy the independence and comfort of being in your own home, where you’ve spent many years making memories, is highly desirable for most adults today. Challenges...

Mouse Emulation, one of the Tobii EyeMobile’s two modes of use is exactly as the name describes. By locking the mouse cursor to your eyes the Tobii EyeMobile allows you to directly control a mouse cursor that is capable of all the functions a normal mouse can perform. This includes left-click, right-click, double-click, scroll, drag and drop, zoom and more. Unlike Gaze Selection Mouse...