Girls Who Build: Make Your Own Wearables Workshop

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Kristen Railey leads the introduction to Make your own wearables by discussing the definition of engineering. Kristen Railey leads an exercise that breaks down gender stereotypes of engineers. Katy Olesnavge presents the engineering design process through an example of building prosthetic feet. Volunteers prepare the laptops with Solidworks and Arduino software. Girls participate in the icebreaker “Where the wind blows”. Girls participate in the icebreaker “Where the wind blows”. Girls learn about the iterative design process from mechanical engineer, Katy Olesnavage who designs prosthetic feet. Dave Scott of the Technology Office Innovation Lab at MIT Lincoln Laboratory introduces 3d printing and its applications to the students. Dave Scott of the Technology Office Innovation Lab at MIT Lincoln Laboratory introduces 3d printing and its applications to the students. Dave Scott of the Technology Office Innovation Lab at MIT Lincoln Laboratory introduces 3d printing and its applications to the students. Girls examine the Makerbot 3d printer creating an object. Girls inspect sample 3d printed object that could not be manufactured. Volunteer inspects sample 3d printed object. Girls inspect a 3d printed Eiffel Tower. Girls inspect a 3d printed Eiffel Tower. Girls work together in pairs to design a bracelet in Solidworks with help from a volunteer. Girls work together in pairs to design a bracelet in Solidworks with help from a volunteer. Girls work together in pairs to design a bracelet in Solidworks with help from a volunteer. Girls work together in pairs to design a bracelet in Solidworks with help from a volunteer. Girls work together in pairs to design a bracelet in Solidworks with help from a volunteer. Girls work together in pairs to design a bracelet in Solidworks with help from a volunteer. Girls work together in pairs to design a bracelet in Solidworks with help from a volunteer. Girls work together in pairs to design a bracelet in Solidworks with help from a volunteer. Girls work together in pairs to design a bracelet in Solidworks with help from a volunteer. Volunteers prepare the laptops with Solidworks and Arduino software. Gavin Lund of MIT Lincoln Laboratory introduces basic computer programming concepts like variables. Mike Gibson of Embr Labs presents Wristify, a wearable electronic circuit for moderating body temperature. Mike Gibson of Embr Labs presents Wristify, a wearable electronics circuit for moderating body temperature. Girls gather around Mike Gibson of Embr Labs to ask questions about entrepreneurship and his product, Wristify, a wearable circuit. Girls gather around Mike Gibson of Embr Labs to ask questions about entrepreneurship and his product, Wristify, a wearable circuit. Volunteers prepare the wearable shoe circuit for demonstration. Kristen Railey teaches computer programming through an interactive exercise of building a peanut butter and jelly sandwich as a robot. Kristen Railey teaches computer programming through an interactive exercise of building a peanut butter and jelly sandwich as a robot. Kristen Railey teaches computer programming through an interactive exercise of building a peanut butter and jelly sandwich as a robot. Kristen Railey teaches pin outs on the Arduino board to the students. Kristen Railey teaches pin outs on the Arduino board to the students. A volunteer guides girls through the Fill-in-the-blank coding activity for programming light up shoes. A volunteer guides girls through the Fill-in-the-blank coding activity for programming light up shoes. A student presents her wearable shoe circuit while waiting for her code to compile. A volunteer helps a girl compile her “Firewalker” code on the light up shoe circuit for the first time. A volunteer assembles the wearable shoe circuit as a working demonstration for the students. A volunteer helps a girl compile her “Firewalker” code on the light up shoe circuit for the first time. A student assembles the wearable shoe circuit of LEDs, pressure sensor, and arduino board. A completed shoe circuit with LEDs, pressure sensor, and arduino board is used as a demonstration for the students. A student assembles the wearable shoe circuit of LEDs, pressure sensor, and arduino board. Students assemble the wearable shoe circuit of LEDs, pressure sensor, and arduino board. Students assemble the wearable shoe circuit of LEDs, pressure sensor, and arduino board. A volunteer helps assemble the wearable shoe circuit of LEDs, pressure sensor, and arduino board. Volunteers and students work together to debug and compile the light up shoe code for their wearable circuit. Volunteers and students work together to debug and compile the light up shoe code for their wearable circuit. Girls demonstrate a working light up shoe circuit of LEDs, pressure sensor, and arduino board. Girls demonstrate a working light up shoe circuit of LEDs, pressure sensor, and arduino board. Girls demonstrate a working light up shoe circuit of LEDs, pressure sensor, and arduino board. Girls demonstrate a working light up shoe circuit of LEDs, pressure sensor, and arduino board. Girls demonstrate a working light up shoe circuit of LEDs, pressure sensor, and arduino board. Girls demonstrate a working light up shoe circuit of LEDs, pressure sensor, and arduino board. 50 High school students attended the pilot Make Your Own Wearables workshop at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Volunteers from MIT Lincoln Laboratory helped with teaching and setting-up the Make Your Own Wearables workshop. A lasercut purse designed by Kristen Railey was demonstrated in the machine shop tour and raffled off at the end of the workshop. To learn computer aided design, the girls followed a tutorial to build a twisted bangle bracelet in Solidworks. Kristen Railey models the 3d printed bracelet in the Intro to Computer Aided design tutorial.