Children's Day Open House 2012

Overview

To celebrate the Children's Day (June 1st) we will have an Open House at XCJ on Saturday June 2nd to show kids how to hack and DIY.

Show and Tell

• 面团工坊（面团的制作和使用) - Squish circuits
  • Responsible: Sunny
  • Required materials: 导电面团和不导电面团, LED灯
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  • Notes: Sell kits

• 两轮巡线车 - Analog line follower
  • Responsible: Edward
  • Required materials:
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  • Notes: 改成电路板，需要简化，讲解一些基本的原理, Sell kits

• 机器人比赛 - Roboracing
  • Responsible: Paul ?
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• DFRobot 拆弹专家 - Bomb Squad
  • Responsible: Rockets
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• 没有用之盒子 - Ｕseless machine
  • Responsible: Edward
  • Required materials:
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  • Suggested fee: 150rmb per kit
  • Notes: Need to order kits

• 筷子机器人 - Chopstick Junior
  • Responsible: Lutz
  • Required materials: 4xAA batteries
  • Suggested fee: 500rmb per kit
  • Notes: Project description printout

• 脑电波破解 - Arduino brain wave
  • Responsible: 何琪辰
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  • Notes: Project description printout

• 虫虫机器人 - Insectbot
  • Responsible: Lutz, Min Lin
  • Required materials: 2 servos, 1 ultrasound sensor, Arduino board, coat hanger, battery, wires
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  • Suggested fee: 280rmb
  • Notes: Project description printout

• 焦耳小偷和风车自制 - Joule thief powered windmill
  • Responsible: Sunny, Paul
  • Required materials: recycled batteries
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  • Notes: Project description printout

• Scratch入门 - Scratch 101
  • Responsible: Sunny, David
  • Required materials: computer
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  • Notes: Project description printout

• Arduino/Ardublock 101
  • Responsible: 何琪辰
  • Required materials: computer, Arduino starter kit
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  • Suggested fee: 300rmb for Arduino starter kit
  • Notes: Project description printout

• Scratch入门 - Scratch 101
  • Responsible: Sunny, David
  • Required materials: computer
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  • Notes: Project description printout

• 捕鼠器 - Arduino MouseTrap
  • Responsible: Paul
  • Notes: Project description printout

• 电子钢琴 - Arduino Piano
  • Responsible: Little Edward
  • Required materials: Arduino board
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  • Suggested fee: 120rmb per kit (arduino board not included)
  • Notes: Project description printout

• 互动的植物 - Interactive Plant
  • Responsible: Ziyun
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  • Notes: Project description printout

• 微电影工坊 - Mini Stop-motion Animation demo with SAM
  • Responsible: Sunny
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  • Notes: Project description printout

• 马里奥种蘑菇 - Mushroom box with Arduino
  • Responsible: Sunny
  • Required materials: Mushroom box, Arduino
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  • Notes: Project description printout

• 低温煮锅 - Sous-vide Eggs
  • Responsible: Rockets
  • Required materials: eggs
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  • Suggested fee: 5rmb per egg
  • Notes: Project description printout

• 自制街机 - Lio's Arcade
  • Responsible: Lio
  • Suggested fee: 1rmb per game
  • Notes: Project description printout

群体机器人 - Swarm robots

• • Responsible: Swarm robot group
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  • Notes: Project description printout

Mastermind with analog keypad

• • Responsible: Kevin Chen
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  • Notes: Project description printout

Activities

• 电学探秘-导电面团背后的秘密 - Electronic and Electricity-Secrets behind squishy circuit
  • Responsible: Sunny
  • Attendant limit: 15
  • Required materials: 面团, 植物电站材料
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  • Notes: 1) 为什么面团会导电：电子和离子导电和特点 2）电池的结构，为什么会发电 3）LED灯为什么会被腐蚀 4）颜色的秘密----植物颜色（红--苏木 绿--艾草 蓝---板蓝根）

• 焊接工坊 - Soldering workshop (All day)
  • Responsible: everyone
  • Required materials: Soldering iron, solder, cutter, LED, XCJ logo pin
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  • Suggested fee: 15~20rmb each

• 超轻粘土工坊 (All day)
  • Responsible: Fengjia
  • Required materials: 超轻粘土
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• 意大利面搭桥比赛 - Spaghetti bridge competition
  • Responsible: Kevin Chen, Min Lin
  • Attendant limit: 8 teams of 2 to 4 people
  • Required materials: Spaghetti, glue guns, glue sticks
  • Materials cost: 200~300rmb (spaghetti and glue sticks)
  • Suggested fee: Free
  • Notes: 1. Need to purchase bridge hooks (purchase 10-20) (Minlin). 2. Need to purchase spaghetti (one pack per team, estimated 10+) (Minlin). 3. Need to work out explanation of rules (Kevin). 4. Need to work out set up (Kevin / Minlin). Inventory: Glue guns (ok), Glue sticks (ok), Scale (ok), Bucket (ok)

Sponsorship

• DFRobot
• Techyizu
• RobotGroup (Rudy)

Promotion

• Weibo: Min Lin
• Douban: Ziyun
• 旺旺: Sunny
• 小花生: Sunny
• Cityweekend
• CreativeHunt: Min Lin
• 少年报: Min Lin
• 海报/广告/名片/贴纸: Infy, Andi
• 国际学校: David, Liuyan
• 儿童组织
  • Sunny: 小毛驴, 尼德兰童军
  • Min Lin: 之前参加过儿童工作坊的人
  • Lio: Boy scouts

Schedule of the Day

• 11am: setting up

• 12pm: lunch break

• 1pm: XCJ introduction (what is XCJ, what do we do, how to become member...)
  • Responsible: David, Ricky, Min Lin

• 1:30pm: How to be a junior maker - Sharing from Gilbert and Little Edward

• 2pm~3pm: Squishy circuits workshop

• 3pm~5pm: Spaghetti bridge competition