Download: UBCTeachersPDDay-2010Oct22 (pdf, 36 pg)
1. Engineering as a Creative Outlet
- Physics 253 – Introduction to Instrument Design
- Physics 253 – Competition 2010 (robo-racers)
- Tangible Interaction – at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Closing Ceremonies
- Vancouver Junkyard Wars
- Mondo Spider
- Prosthesis – the Anti-Robot
- EatArt.org
- RepRap – Spoolhead, Spoolhead Blog
2. What to do with students that want to do stuff.
- arduino.cc Board is avaialble for $30 online from Robotshop.ca, or in town at Lee’s Electronics on Main St.
- Top 40 Arduino projects
- www.processing.org
- Processing used for sound: http://mistercrunch.blogspot.com/
- howstuffworks.com Self-explanatory
- makezine.com Step-by-step guides and projects.
- instructables.com
- ifixit.com See the insides of new products within days of product release! (iphones, xbox’s, etc.etc.)
- sparkfun.com, Product vendor with a great project listings and online forum
- robotshop.ca Product vendor in Canada
3. UBC Engineering High-School Competition! Video Component
- Honda Accord Ad – “Cog”
- The making of “Cog”
- UBC all-mechanical 2-minute timer
- Japanese Marble Demos:
- Unwrapped! From the Food Network
4. UBC Engineering High-School Competition! Poster Component
- Sears Canada / DIX Canada-wide Poster Challenge
- Assorted links on making posters – http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~anderson/poster-advice.html
- Guide to making scientific posters: colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/posterdesign
- How to make a bad poster: http://www.bio.miami.edu/ktosney/file/Bad8X10.pdf
- Tools to get ideas on the screen – CAD programs (computer-aided design)
- Google SketchUp – free!
- Alibre Design – $100 (a free downloadable demo for Alibre Design Xpress is available)
- Rhino 3d – $200 (downloadable demo allows for up to 25 saved files)