Design. Engineering. Education.

love vision, bring joy

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This book is my number one top recommendation. 

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Reusable produce bag, sewed a prototype today #makersgonnamake

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The 2017 Year. It’ll be a gooder.

The ambitions of 2017 have been identified. 

Projects to be Realized: Design of collapsible silicone cups (or other material), produce reusable bags design, cork molding, jaggo LED dress, pencil 2.0, geometric jewelry, cane concept 2.0, lamp prototype, cork front binder

Skills to be expanded: coding with autoCAD, practice with reusable mold material, working with machine shop, electronics knowledge, sketching

Classes/workshops to be developed (online or in person): collapsible cup making, lamp design, “seeing” engineering (what would you make it out of, why does this happen, material properties), “less of an impact” workshops (how to), how to unclog a 3d printer pen, how I “flipped” my tutorials videos

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Making pencils! And a cork fabric case...

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The first technology and society - student module. 

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The REDI game console prototype in action! 

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The enclosure design is happy to see me :) and after 14 hours and counting - I’m happy to see it! Hang in there printer and electricity bill! #makersgonnamake

(First version...)

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Game Console Design CAD

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My husband’s doing. The kind of guy who absolutely does it right, doesn’t skip a step. Measure 3 times, cut once, perfect execution. That’s his style. 

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Red #3dprinter snowflakes this year, in PLA. Custom to match names.

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Red #3dprinter snowflakes this year, in PLA. Custom to match names.

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Lamp - take 2

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Lamp Design 2016

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Circuit Enclosure Design Sketches (V1)

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Sketches for Raspberry Pi Game Case...

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Day 14 || Reverse engineering a koh i noor lead pencil. I feel in love with this pencil in Sweden. How'd I do so far? Small adjustments next print, then maybe machine it! (Black is aluminum original , white is mine resin 3d printed).

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Day 13 - 3d printer pen, in prep for the workshop at archeloft

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Day 12 - sharing the 3D printer skills with my brilliant and creative neice and nephew

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Day 9,10,11 || Cane + Grabber Mechanism group design with Tinkun Olam Makers (TOM YYC 2016) for Rose (our need knower)

3D Printing, Solidworks, Machining thanks to use of the space at EGB Manufacturing in Cochrane and the amazing opportunity through TOM YYC 2016 co-design event. 

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Young engineers build 'life changing' tools for Calgarians with disabilities at Makeathon

Young engineers have built a lift to help a quadriplegic man get in and out of bed, and designed a cane with a gripper for a woman with Parkinson’s – as part of a 72-hour Makeathon in Calgary this weekend.