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7. Taylor Waddell | The Maker Movement, Makerspaces, and Make-athons
Maker Community & Virtual Reality at NASA
About This Episode
In this episode, Max sits down with Taylor Waddell, a manager, designer, and student maker for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Makerspace, and co-founder of 2twenty5, a Madison-based student-maker consulting group.
Insights Shared
- What is a maker?
- How do you get better as a maker?
- What is a makerspace?
- How can maker students and the business community collaborate for networking and other opportunities?
- How businesses can tap into the vast thinking and technical power of college students
Highlights of the Episode
Becoming a Maker
[2:00] How did you get into making?
[5:40] Taylor shares how he made the leap from an interested high school junior to newbie maker
[7:06] Building a Maker Portfolio
[8:30] Experiences within the maker community
[13:34] Experiences in a makeathon
[16:00] Building connections with student makers and the business world
[21:08] Why companies should get involved with student makers and makerspaces
[23:40] How can students leverage makerspace to develop their own career
Making: From Minecraft to Virtual Reality at NASA
[27:20] Getting into NASA
[31:11] What was it like working at NASA?
[35:43} What’s the most important thing you’ve learned from NASA?
[39:10] What are you most excited about it right now?
[48:17] Why Minecraft sparked his birth as a maker
Key Quotes from Our Guest
“It’s always the community. That’s always the focus of a makerspace.”
“The makespace embodies such a variety of different technical backgrounds.”
“It’s almost guaranteed when you walk into that [a makerspace] that you’re going to learn something that you didn’t know before.
“The main thing with makerspace is people and that environment…It’s all about community.”
“For NASA, you’re just given a full-on project.”
“One of the most satisfying things about programming is that it’s just so easy to make mistakes and correct them.”
“ I always wanted that job that made you feel like a part of something bigger.”
“I can guarantee that almost everyone is a maker.”
Resources Mentioned & Other Links of Interest
What is a Makerspace?
Makerspace
FFF Printer
SLA Printer
Arduino
Major League Hacking
Hack Illinois
TreeHacks
What can you get from Makeathons and how to get the most
Insight Wisconsin
MadMakers at Wisconsin
SpaceX
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Maker Community & Virtual Reality at NASA
About This Episode
In this episode, Max sits down with Taylor Waddell, a manager, designer, and student maker for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Makerspace, and co-founder of 2twenty5, a Madison-based student-maker consulting group.
Insights Shared
- What is a maker?
- How do you get better as a maker?
- What is a makerspace?
- How can maker students and the business community collaborate for networking and other opportunities?
- How businesses can tap into the vast thinking and technical power of college students
Highlights of the Episode
Becoming a Maker
[2:00] How did you get into making?
[5:40] Taylor shares how he made the leap from an interested high school junior to newbie maker
[7:06] Building a Maker Portfolio
[8:30] Experiences within the maker community
[13:34] Experiences in a makeathon
[16:00] Building connections with student makers and the business world
[21:08] Why companies should get involved with student makers and makerspaces
[23:40] How can students leverage makerspace to develop their own career
Making: From Minecraft to Virtual Reality at NASA
[27:20] Getting into NASA
[31:11] What was it like working at NASA?
[35:43} What’s the most important thing you’ve learned from NASA?
[39:10] What are you most excited about it right now?
[48:17] Why Minecraft sparked his birth as a maker
Key Quotes from Our Guest
“It’s always the community. That’s always the focus of a makerspace.”
“The makespace embodies such a variety of different technical backgrounds.”
“It’s almost guaranteed when you walk into that [a makerspace] that you’re going to learn something that you didn’t know before.
“The main thing with makerspace is people and that environment…It’s all about community.”
“For NASA, you’re just given a full-on project.”
“One of the most satisfying things about programming is that it’s just so easy to make mistakes and correct them.”
“ I always wanted that job that made you feel like a part of something bigger.”
“I can guarantee that almost everyone is a maker.”
Resources Mentioned & Other Links of Interest
What is a Makerspace?
Makerspace
FFF Printer
SLA Printer
Arduino
Major League Hacking
Hack Illinois
TreeHacks
What can you get from Makeathons and how to get the most
Insight Wisconsin
MadMakers at Wisconsin
SpaceX