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Making Our FuturesHow Hardware Could Further Free Libraries

@griffey on Twitter Jason Griffey

Head of Library Information Technology University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Maker Movement

Maker Faire

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Art

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Science

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Fandom

Making is Powerful

Making vs

Knowledge Work

Building Things is Fun

Open Source Software

Open Source Hardware

Moore’s Law

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Koomey’s Law

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Arduino

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Why Arduino?

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Shields

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Sensors

ArduinoIDE

Open Hardware Design

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Raspberry Pi

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A La Mode

Building Your Own Hardware

Patron Counters

$300

$280

Build One Yourself

• Arduino - $35

• Data Logger Shield - $20

• SD Card - $10

• Sensor (infrared, laser tripwire, ultrasonic, or PID) - $10

• TOTAL COST - $70

Temperature/Humidity Loggers

$240

$415

Build One Yourself

• Arduino - $35

• Data Logger Shield - $20

• SD Card - $10

• Temperature/Humidity Sensor - $5-10

• LCD Display screen - $15

• TOTAL COST - $85

Other Possibilities

• RFID Reader

• Barcode Scanner

• Seat usage detector

• What else?

The Future of Hardware

Learn More

Make the Tools that

Measure the Future

Next Steps

SSID: LibraryBox - Free Content! Connect to wifi signal, then launch/refresh any browser

http://librarybox.us

Thank You

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Jason Griffey