Why Play...(with Arduino.. and Robots!)Slides Prepared for Women Tech Makers Baguio 2016

University of Cordillera March 12, 2016

What is play?

Why should we do it? (aside from it’s fun)

“Play is just doing it for its own sake, it doesn’t have a particular purpose, and that’s what’s

great about play. If its purpose is more important than the act of doing it, it’s probably not play”

STUART BROWN TED TALK VIDEO CLIP

Why play?

Why play?1. So we won’t murder

Why play?1. So we won’t murder others 2. So that we won’t die in fear

Why play?1. So we won’t murder others2. So that we won’t die in fear3. If we play, we might get

hired by NASA

“Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been

sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious,

and immature.”

“Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold“

“Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit

playing.”

Why play?1. So we won’t murder others2. So we won’t die in fear3. If we play, we might get hired by NASA

Why play?1. So we won’t murder others2. So we won’t die in fear3. If we play, we might get hired by NASA4. To advance humanity5. So that the highest intelligence of

humankind can unfold6. So that we stay youthful (and

beautiful) forever!

Open-source electronics

prototyping platform

Fully open-sourced hardware/software!Awesome software!Relatively cheap hardware!

Goal-oriented machines that can sense, plan, act in a continuous loop in effort to achieve their goal.

Can’t do

Won’t do

Shouldn’t do

THE QUEEN OF SH*TTY ROBOTS VIDEO CLIP

- What is play? why play (aside from it’s fun) - Arduino, examples- Robots, examples

- Playing with Arduino and Robots is a fun way to engage your brain and bring your ideas to life.

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Thank you for listening!