Saad Chinoy

Chief Geek
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Pawel Ngei

Saad is a professional geek with a passion for technology for good, critical making, and OpenSource methodology. Co founder of Singapore based Frugal Innovation startup, SpudnikLab, a PotatoProductions company that works to address the #digitalDivide through digital skills education and effective use of low-cost technologies. His Storytellers' Kitchen and EdibleMakerspace community initiatives bring together writers, illustrators, researchers, publishers, citizen scientists, and readers to demystify the complexity of smart-phone interactivity AR / VR / stop-motion animation through learning by doing.

In the non-commercial context, Saad initiated SalvageGarden the assistive technology makerspace that engages a community of makers, engineers, care givers, persons with disabilities, and care professionals towards the research and development of Assistive Tech devices and low-cost solutions.

Saad also serves on the advisory boards of the Global Innovation Gathering and r0g_agency for open culture and critical transformation, and is a Community Council member for Global Open Science Hardware (GOSH).

Saad is a (recovering) coffee snob.

Sessions

Making Things That Make Sense: Repurposing 3D Printers for Good

Saad Chinoy, Stephen Kovats, Seda Seusing

Zusammenfassung
Don't throw away OpenSource machines, they're easier to re-purpose! Looking closer at the parts that make a 3D printer we explore 3 opensource machines that are made from re-purposed parts. Learning by example, we understand how they work, we imagine new machines that could repurpose 3d printers.
Gemeinwohl
Nachhaltigkeit
Teilhabe & Zugang
This is FUN
Makerspace
Workshop
Englisch
Conference

Solar Powered Website: Online when sunny

Saad Chinoy

Zusammenfassung
Replicating the brilliant solar powered Lowtech Magazine setup using a RaspberryPi and USB power bank, we explore the accessibility and limitations of offline digital infrastructures. Come play with the tech, learn how it works, and share how you feel about websites that may not be "always online".
Klimakrise
Nachhaltigkeit
Netzkultur
Teilhabe & Zugang
Makerspace
Workshop
Englisch
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