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Thursday, December 6, 2012

Introduce Your Kids To The Future of America's Economy

The Bakken Museum offers kids chance to explore amazing devices called Arduinos on Saturday.

  • THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
  • James Sanna
  • Thursday, December 6, 2012

Saturday, the Bakken Museum is offering kids and kids-at-heart a chance to explore and hack little devices that are kick-starting innovation around the country.  To kick of Computer Science Week at the museum, guests are invited to come to the Volta classroom on Dec. 15 between 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to meet something called an Arduino micro-controller, a smart computer chip that can be programed to do a lot of strange and amazing things. Guests will get to try their hands at programming LEGO robots to navigate a maze using sensors, and generally take their first steps towards learning to take over the world. All activities are free with the cost of admission. For example: earlier this year, Southwest Minneapolis resident Zach Supalla and a …

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Monday, February 13, 2012

Kingfield Group On The Forefront Of Economic Innovation

Leonardo's Basement teaching the skills of a new wave of DIY entrepreneurs.

Packed into the low-ceilinged basement beneath Anodyne Coffeehouse, Leonardo's Basement in Kingfield is a jumble of tools, computers and projects in various stages of completion. The place is buzzing with creativity, organizing classes on everything from blacksmithing to open-source computer programing. This hands-on education in science and skills could spur the next generation of American entrepreneurs. Earlier this year, Leonardo's helped organize and sponsor an all-girls team from Lyndale Community School in a statewide Lego robotics challenge called FIRST Lego League. While the group had sponsored a team in 2010, many Lyndale girls felt a bit intimidated joining something they perceived as a "boys' team." "Last year, it was all-boys. …

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Anodyne Coffeehouse, Leonardo's Basement, and Forging Art...With Steel And Fire

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