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Maker Faire takes up this space

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that space

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All of this that you can see

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(not just for you).

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Next weekend is the third annual Maker Faire,

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here in Centre for Life in Newcastle.

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It's a big celebration, there are hundreds of exhibitors

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from across the country, and some beyond.

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[electronic bleeps and squeaks]

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[music, horse neighs]

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It could be crafts, it could be electronics, it could be gadgets.

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I thought it would be a lovely idea if we had a local group [br]from Newcastle, of young people who hadn't really

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done this sort of thing before. They could get together,

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plan something, design it, make it themselves,

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and then exhibit it at Maker Faire.

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Should we split it down here, and have people making at that side?

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So we need a long ramp? Yeah?

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Then it becomes a competition, but it's kind of in a group.

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Maybe you could have a top ten of points?

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It's a snowboarders game, where we've got two ramps

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where you can fire your little snowboarder -

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made of pipecleaners and lolly sticks -

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across, and then a landing ramp.

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You've got the ramp as well, so when people are ready

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we can mark off how far the snowboarder's gone.

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Put our initials next to it, or something like that.

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I like the white speckles for snowboarders.

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It's very soft wood, it'll only take a couple of cuts and you're through.

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Sanding block, a little bit - just take off...

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It's not that we can't fix it today,

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it's how to fix it for next weekend.

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What about using Blu-tack?

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We can try.

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My name's Ravi, I work for the Community Science Team.

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Our rôle is to go out in the community and enthuse people around science.

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We're working with children from the 4U Youth Club

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which is based towards the West end of Newcastle.

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They've obviously got common interests and they're quite similar ages.

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They're a really nice bunch of lads to work with.

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They've all come out with loads of different wacky ideas [br]as well, so it's quite exciting.

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I can make it better than that.

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ELIN: we've got half an hour.

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Hopefully we'll have a design of snowboarder and a ramp done this morning

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So this afternoon we can do some other things as well.

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They're learning a lot about it as well[br]such as: the skaters, which are part of the game -

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They're learning about how things should balance, [br]about what works and doesn't work.

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It's all about trial and error, letting them make mistakes, working from it trying to get the right outcome.

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We've tried several different launching mechanisms,

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different ramps… but yeah, it's all coming together.

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[laughter]

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That means we need you over there so you can finish it off.

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ELIN: so if I work with Matt to get the instructions sheet,

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You can be taking the photos and using the computer.

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That leaves three of you making the landing ramp.

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I thought we may as well make it into a competition.

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If you all want it to be a competition, we can make it like that.

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No, no.[br]Yes![br][laughter]

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RAVI: I don't think the lads realise the potential of it yet.

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But next week when they've got everybody

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playing the game, testing it out.

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I think then they'll get a real sense of [br]ownership over the game they've devised.

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Hello, my name is Ryan.

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This is our snowboarding game.

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The rules are: you have to get over the jump to get to the finish line.

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You put your snowboarder in the launching pad...

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Now this would be a failed attempt.

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Off we go, see if this works...

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[cheers, applause]