Kenneth Hawthorn
@ken_hawthorn
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Author of Super Arduino and a Mechatronics instructor offering PD to teachers including Arduino, TinkerCad, 3D printing and Learn flows in Makerspace design.
Austin, TX
Joined April 2016
Students with bolt cutters at #DefCon32 learning about#De-SignDay at the #DCNextGen community, one of many projects from badge hacking to lockpicking today. @BiaSciLab
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Just north of One Hundred Thousand stitches and the fireplace seating area is done at Driven! The 6 needle @BrotherSews machine is a great community resource in our Makerspace. We invite interesting adults from the @muelleratx and community to come learn how to use the machine.
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Starting the process to cut up hundreds of square feet of used campaign signs for an #upcycling #art project for #DCNextGen with @BiaSciLab #DefCon32
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Giant laser cutters operated by campers at #AustinTinkeringSchool CoLab with Austin School for the Driven
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Ten years old is the correct age to pick up MIG Welding at a school teaching the hacker mindset. Our next school year kicks off @DEFCONNextGen with @BiaSciLab Who else is Austin is bringing students to #Defcon32 ?
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Let's meet on May 4th in the Padawan room on the #Starwars themed 5th floor @capitalfactory in downtown Austin at 6pm for an engaging discussion on what students should learn before going into highschool. RSVP: #maythe4thbewithyou #hackermindset
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RT @KathyCeceri: Check out the fin gripper claws with the bendable arms! The STEP students at Albany Medical College did a great job protot….
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TY @MathHappensOrg & @NeillCochran for making the 1st #DeSignDay a success! @ACEAcademyATX students shared tools and techniques they developed to #upcycle political yard signs. Call it #DeSignDay but add the hyphen: #designthinking #STEAM #STEM
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Opened up a new youtube channel and instagram account to cover more of the #Makerspace projects @ACEAcademyATX Every project is totally free and open-source. Youtube channel: .Instagram: @LockPickingLwyr @toool #locksport #lockpick
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Meaningful conversations with a very diverse group of learners @DEFCON in the @toool lock picking village. I am attending for @ACEAcademyATX to test our prototype developed with Bryan Hill at Longhorn Lockpickers. Files at:
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Headed to #DEFCON to share the new #lockpicking teaching system developed in parternship with Longhorn Lockpicking and @ACEAcademyATX going to support @toool lockpicking village.Files and documentation are open source
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For tomorrow's #crankycontraptions class @ACEAcademyATX a dual #aperture / #iris #cardboard mechanism #GeometicArt . #geometry #mathteachers #edtech #lasercutter .@TrotecUSA @CainesArcade will try to replace screw with tooth pics. #teachmath #STEM #STEAM @MathHappensOrg
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Exploring #GoldenMean #GoldenRatio calipers. TY @MathHappensOrg for the inspiration. Exploring this as a make-and-take kit for an art lesson in the Makerspace #GeometicArt lessons @ACEAcademyATX #geometry #mathteachers #edtech #lasercutter @TrotecUSA #phi #teachmath #STEAM #STEM
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What would it look like to add a slide rule to this cardboard and wood mechanical iris? @CuttleXYZ #maker #cardboard #toothpic #iriscalculator @McLemoreAve @UTeachMaker @ACEAcademyATX @TrotecUSA #STEM #MATH @MathHappensOrg #TeachMath #iris
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Reflecting on #ElevatorHacking - understanding systems as a whole is valuable. We were suprised by a deep sensory relationship with machines and tools as we learned how they work. @TKE_NA @ACEAcademyATX #STEMeducation #mechatronics
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Opened panels and jumped into elevator hacking @ACEAcademyATX thanks to help from our local @TKE_NA tech based in Austin. Students are gaining an inside appreciation for all things Mech. Blog post here: #Mechatronics #STEMeducation
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RT @dorifriedman: It’s been a year of making tabletop #pinball machines! Just finishing the semester with several more amazing creations! H….
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RT @lectrifyit: Inspired by @videopixil’s post of the #Lego Snake by DaveMakesStuff we couldn’t resist printing one….
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An article on why we teach #lockpicking at ACE academy in the Makerspace. TY @LockPickingLwyr for the education. Also a good read for @UTeachMaker folks when looking at #personalagency in the classroom #STEM #Steam @McLemoreAve
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Zero modifications: Any #LaserCutter IS already a 3D Glass SLS printer! Vector cuts, not raster work amazing in a bed of glass powder. Note 0.1mm thick glass ring (upper left) then exploring out of focus after that @TrotecUSA @ACEAcademyATX w/ @HeliosGlass
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