> Greg,

> Both Josh W. and I agree that it would be awesome to show. If you think
> kids will get something out of it, then yes! We trust your judgement on
> that one. If you are concerned about a not-finished project, there are 2
> things we can do if you are still in proto/construct-phase:

> 1. Bring it anyways, kids love to see parts of things, even if it doesn't
> work. You can still explain how it would work. This is engaging because
> it's not a fully constructed thing so it engages kids rather than spews
> facts at them. They can fill in the blanks and maybe even imagine different
> stuff it could do. Kids are awesome theoretical hackers in this
> environment, but I'm sure you know that :)
> 2. Build Nights. We have plenty of people who don't have stuff to work on
> coming down to build nights and would love to hang out and help. Let the
> group know what kid of help you need.

> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Michael Grube <michae...@gmail.com<javascript:>
> > wrote:

>> Greg, that sounds like a ridiculously awesome thing to show.

>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Greg Austic <gbat...@gmail.com<javascript:>
>> > wrote:

>>> I doubt I can get my act together in time, but I'm making a game which
>>> models the electricity grid, with high (7V) and low (3V) trasmission wires,
>>> little substations, and brown outs where there's not enough power.  I have
>>> a simple version now which uses a hand crank to light up little LEDs on a
>>> game board, but it's fairly simple.  That may be a fun thing to show.  Let
>>> me know if that's a good fit and I'd be happy to share it -

>>> Greg

>>> On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 11:11:11 AM UTC-4, Nate Y. wrote:

>>>> Hello all,

>>>> The AADL will be hosting us ( http://www.aadl.org/events/**
>>>> list?id=16603 <http://www.aadl.org/events/list?id=16603> )
>>>> on October 21st 1:00-3:00 for an event themed around seeing
>>>> electricity.  We are looking for one or two more projects to round out
>>>> our presentation, and some volunteers who can help make those projects
>>>> happen.

>>>> So far, we have in the works a bicycle-powered generator, slow-falling
>>>> magnet in-a-tube demonstration, and a Kelvin water dropper apparatus (
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Kelvin_water_dropper<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin_water_dropper>).  As an example of
>>>> something you could make, consider a simple DIY motor clearly showing
>>>> all the parts that make it work.  This event is very free-form, so just
>>>> about any *visual* idea showing how electricity behaves could easily
>>>> pan
>>>> out.

>>>> I will be down at the space this Thursday evening and Sunday afternoon
>>>> working on the bike generator.  If you want to join in on the fun, I
>>>> would be thrilled to get you started and help out any way I can.

>>>> Cheers,
>>>> -- Nate Y.

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