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Herald: Welcome back to our studio in[br]Halle. And today, the the next
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presentation will be about the Careables[br]a moving exhibition. The speaker Saad
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Chinoy, is managing his local makerspace[br]called Salvage Garden in Singapore. He
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considers himself a geek and maker, and[br]we'll talk about the moving exhibition
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today.
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Saad: Thanks again, and sorry about all of[br]this. It's become the necessary dance that
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we have to do with all the remote[br]connections and multiple streams and so
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on. But thank you again for the intro and[br]I'm really happy to be with you guys in
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spite of all of the distances and not[br]really happening in the physical space,
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which is kind of what I'd like to talk[br]about with you a little bit. And before I
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get into it, let me do a little bit of an[br]intro. My name is Saad and I'm based in
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Singapore. Normally, I'd set up a little[br]maker spaces and I'm all about trying to
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apply tech for good. And I have[br]volunteered with Engineering Good, which
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is a nonprofit charity based in Singapore,[br]and we work with persons with
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disabilities. I'm here today to try and[br]talk to you and to share with you a little
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bit about what we've been doing in[br]combination with partners from around the
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world through a program called Careables.[br]And if you've read the little description
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of the talk, you'll probably be wondering[br]why all of the people mentioned there
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aren't here. And it's kind of what this is[br]all about. They weren't able to join me in
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conversation for various COVID related,[br]safe distancing travel related issues.
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Ricardo is in-between places. Geraldine is[br]also in between places. And so as far as
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you are, and I'm actually quite fortunate[br]to be able to jump in and share with you
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what we have. So I'm going to keep it nice[br]and informal and brief. But for my co-
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presenters, I hope that continued health[br]and that they have safe travels and I hope
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to see them again soon. All right. So if[br]I'm able to if you're able to see my
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screen, I'd like to show you around a[br]little virtual space that we've created. I
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mean, careables.org is the project and[br]you'll find more about careables on the
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website and so on. But because of the[br]restrictions that we're all under around
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the world, having a physical interaction[br]is like CCC to be next to impossible right
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now, and it makes perfect sense. And we[br]need to put health and safety first. So
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the virtual exhibition that I'm about to[br]show you is created in a two dimensional
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world on a platform called Cabbagetown,[br]which is not unlike the 2D world that RC3
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also has. It's actually inspired by last[br]year CCC, if you see and the sort of
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interactions that we saw while people were[br]able to sort of run into each other and
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have a spontaneous conversation just by[br]the fact that they were in back for the
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virtual space and a moment in time. So the[br]idea of having that virtual space seems a
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little bit strange because, you know, it's[br]all on the screen. So why bother? But I
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think the more you try this out, the more[br]you move around in this, in this two
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dimensional environment, you realize that[br]even though there's a slight difference
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between having a little character running[br]around. It really makes a huge impact. So
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that's kind of what we were inspired by.[br]And we create a little two dimensional
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space here, and we call this the[br]Terrible's International Park. And it has
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various instances or little jump off[br]points for different cables, moving
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exhibitions. And I'll show you one of[br]them, in particular the one that I've been
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facilitating in Singapore last year. And[br]you'll see that in a second. But if you're
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going to show you a little video to sort[br]of situate you as to where what these
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careables are moving and conditions that[br]are a bit like. And the video might be a
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little bit choppy because of their screen[br]share, but that's OK. There is no text,
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really. There's just a bit of music.[br]video plays So that's what the sort of
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intro video and you see this ad right in[br]the middle of this crossroads. So when you
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join the virtual space later on, I'll[br]share with you the link. You'll be able to
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sort of orient itself by looking at the[br]video, and I'm hoping that what you what
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you saw in that video, a little snippet of[br]the various exhibitions that have taken
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place around the world. I was the one sort[br]of facilitating curating the exhibition in
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Singapore and gave us an opportunity to[br]take this EU Horizon 2020 funded project,
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which is careables and invite other local[br]partners within Singapore to come forward
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with similar ideas. And just to give you a[br]little briefing there. It's about
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assistive technology, so things that are[br]either 3D printable or modified or custom
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made that cater to persons with[br]disabilities or try to address a need that
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has to do with persons with disabilities.[br]So those are the sorts of examples of
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objects, physical or otherwise that we put[br]together at these exhibitions. So let's
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take a quick look at Singapore. All you[br]have to do is sort of walk around to this
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portal, and once you get there, you got a[br]little instruction that says, you know,
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the key to continue and it will transport[br]you to another virtual space, which is
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also built on the town. So I'm going to[br]switch off this little video here and we
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can just use the moving around virtual[br]space, so all of these spaces were created
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by volunteers and super enthusiastic[br]interns, so they are a work in progress.
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But you can get a sense of what they're[br]all about. So here we are at in little
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tiny little shop house. If you're familiar[br]with Singapore, you'll know what shop
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houses are. It's basically a shop in the[br]downstairs area and a house upstairs
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traditionally. This has been converted[br]into an office, and it's a rather narrow.
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So the 2D space is created sort of to[br]resemble what it would feel like if you
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were in the physical space in and around[br]Singapore. So I'm just going to walk you
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through the space and show you all of the[br]things that we have on display here. The
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exhibition was late last year, and with[br]some really nice fun people, some of these
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are local partners. And so that's the[br]little poster at the entrance. This is our
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little lobby area. It's a courtyard and[br]it's open to the air. But we sit outside
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and talk about things and smoke cigarets[br]and things like that. Want to get in? It's
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a tiny little space where you'll see a[br]whole bunch of laptops arranged along the
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side, and there's a lot more in actual in[br]the actual space. And to tell you a little
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more about why we've got so many laptops,[br]here's a little intro video to give you an
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overview of what engineering is and why we[br]do what we do. So I hope this comes across
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OK? If not, you know, there will be help[br]outpaced the link in the chat or something
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similar.[br]Video is played When we started the CAC
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Initiative Competition Against Corporate[br]Initiative, we actually initially thought
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we would just refurbish 24 laptops and[br]pass it on to the beneficiaries and then,
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you know, watch Netflix and play[br]PlayStation for another two months. So
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far, we've been able to give out five and[br]a half thousand laptops. We work with more
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than 200 social service organizations or[br]charities. And true then we've given out
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all of these five and a half thousand[br]laptops.
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Joanne: I am Joanne. I am the director for[br]engineering good. We are a Singaporean
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charity who started out in 2014 working[br]with persons with disabilities to enable
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their inclusivity in daily life. We grew[br]in 2020 where as a cause of the pandemic,
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we started a new initiative to refurbish[br]and donate laptops to people who need
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them. And now we are working on new[br]initiatives that have come my way because
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of our work in assistive technology and[br]our work in digital inclusion. So, for
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example, our next big initiative is[br]troubleshooting community framework, where
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we will train volunteers to help[br]troubleshoot the laptops, the digital
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devices of people in need. Together with[br]our group and digital inclusion, we also
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have grown our initial work, which was[br]working with persons with disabilities.
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Our tech for good, for example, grew from[br]80 participants to 150 participants this
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year. We've grown from only working with[br]the six special schools to the 200
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charities in Singapore that work for and[br]with persons with disabilities. So because
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of the impact that we continue to make and[br]the impact that we are requested to make
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by our various social service[br]organizations, we have an internal
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conscience that makes us want to do more[br]and help more. And because of that
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engineering good. It is growing in leaps[br]and bounds. We got our first office in
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India in September 2020 and being a small[br]team of three four people. We thought this
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was all all. We need it right and a nice[br]little schoolhouse next to the mighty so
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that the volunteers can come in. However,[br]because of the growth in the initiatives
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that we want to do, we are hiring more and[br]more people. We now stand it full timers
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and we are hiring another five more. That[br]together with the rolling bunch of interns
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and the part timers and all the volunteers[br]that we have, it's making this space a bit
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congested too. We actually are moving to a[br]bigger space and industrial estate where
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we have about 2700 square feet and we can[br]then run small workshops and more programs
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and also trained digital inclusion efforts[br]that we will be doing. We would like to
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ask for your support in providing us with[br]more devices to refurbish, to pass on to
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the people who need them. We ask for your[br]support to come in and help volunteer as
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engineering, but we do not only need[br]engineering volunteers, we need volunteers
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of all types, we need people to work comes[br]comms, meaning people to help us with our
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website design our accounting just like[br]any other organization. So please, if you
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have the time and want to give more of[br]yourself, come and join engineering good.
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So we hope you can support engineering[br]good by donating to our cause and helping
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us grow so we can help more and more[br]people.
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Saad: OK, so it's a bit of a background of[br]the organization, but I have been
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volunteering with, as you heard from[br]Joanne is our executive director and he
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put in a lot of his heart into the work[br]that we do, and it's all about reaching
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out to those who are in need. And in the[br]last two years during the pandemic, we
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found ourselves responding to the call for[br]addressing the digital divide through
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refurbishing laptops. Although that is not[br]exactly what engineering good use to do,
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it is all about assistive tech. And so now[br]that we've handled that campaign, it's
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because of the volunteers and the sort of[br]devices that we've had. We were able to
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continue this campaign way beyond we[br]initially thought we're coming on to now.
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I think close to 6000 laptops in the last[br]two years that have gone to families that
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don't have access or are unable to work[br]from home and study from home at the same
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time. So in sort of combination with this,[br]laptop computers against COVID, as we like
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to call it, campaign, we've also now being[br]able to re energize our assistive tech
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work. And those are the exhibits that we[br]have on display here as part of the
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cababilies exhibition. So we do have a few[br]more videos, but I'm not going to bore you
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with those. I think as you explored the[br]space by yourself, you'll be able to view
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those without any lag and delay. So let me[br]just walk you through the upstairs area.
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So here we've come up to the top floor of[br]the space, and at the back you'll see
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there's a little corner that's been[br]designated the salvage garden, and it's a
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sort of reference to Savage Garden. We do[br]have sort of a vague. I mean, there's a
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broad range of volunteers that would that[br]that spend time with engineering good. But
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with the reference to Savage Garden, I[br]think you understand what demographic
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we're working with, and that's kind of how[br]the the the name came about. But the idea
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was that we would salvage as many of these[br]devices that were not working into working
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devices and then send them out to the[br]families that need them most. And this is
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work that. So this is the corner that is a[br]little makerspace. And you know, like most
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maker spaces, it tends to be appropriately[br]messy. You could probably also see in the
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in the corner there we have our supervisor[br]stick stuck to the window. She's our most
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furry volunteer, and she just wandered in[br]while we were refurbishing laptops and she
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wasn't being cared for because everybody[br]was on lockdown and she didn't have the
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usual source of food, which was leftovers[br]from cafes and restaurants. Wandered in
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from the street. And she's been with us[br]ever since, sort of keeping an eye on
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things when nobody is there. Gordon is a[br]space with a cat. She does also keep an
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eye on activities, and I'd like to show[br]you that, but before I show you some of
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the current projects, let's have a look at[br]what's on display here for each of these
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tables has sort of like a representation[br]of what was displayed in the actual
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physical exhibition. So if you walk up to[br]it and hit X, you'll be able to see a
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photograph or a video or a series of[br]photographs and videos that show you the
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object of this event as a good example of[br]one of the careables. It was designed by
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an Italian consortium member, and they[br]went on to have a successful Kickstarter
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program around commercialization of this[br]idea. But the open source files and the
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models do exist, so you're able to just[br]download and 3D print and edge a
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noncommercial version of this to try out[br]for yourself. And of course, you know,
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being 3D printable, it allows for[br]customization and personalization. And
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this particular object is designed for[br]children with fine motor control
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difficulties that are instead of being[br]able to hold a pencil with their index
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finger in their thumb. You have sort of a[br]wearable ring that goes on to multiple
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fingers, and they're able to hold their[br]pens and pencils and draw on on paper. If
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you look at the little poster at the end,[br]I think that'll give us a little bit more
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of a detailed view of what this is all[br]about. And, you know, just like an
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exhibition, you have links to where it's[br]available and how you can get involved if
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you choose to do so. So that, Cliffo, so[br]let's have a look at the next stage, this
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particular one is a personal favorite of[br]mine. I mean, this is engineering goods
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careables if you like, and it is in doing.[br]Ever since we started as. When I make
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these assistive switches, which are 3D[br]printable and are incredibly easy to
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lightweight and easy to adapt to specific[br]circumstances. So if you have a mobility
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issue, say you are wheelchair bound and[br]you have to install switches or access
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control mechanisms around your wheelchair.[br]Then having it be as lightweight and
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modular as possible is a good idea. So[br]these switches really help, and we've been
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using them in various ways. In particular,[br]we've been plugging them into toys. And as
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part of our hackertoy workshop, where we[br]teach caregivers and cognitive behavioral
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therapists how to make the switches[br]themselves. So the idea behind what
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engineering good does is not just create[br]the devices, but to engage the primary
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caregivers as well as the end users as[br]much as humanly possible, and share the
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skills behind making the idea of thinking[br]out of the box and looking at what your
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specific needs are and repurposing things[br]that you have around you in order to
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create something new. This is another[br]example of a very interesting invention.
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This was contributed by S.G. Enable, which[br]is a local Singapore based organization
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that has a physical library for assistive[br]tech from commercial examples, engineering
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good tends to focus on sort of like a low[br]cost alternative to what's available in
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the marketplace. But if you are in[br]Singapore and you want to have access to
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assistive tech devices just to get a feel[br]for what they look like, S.G. and A they
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will make you try these things out. So[br]they contributed this, which is a very
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interesting little jacket, and it looks[br]like a hoodie like any other. But if you
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look closely, the pockets in the lining of[br]this jacket actually have little air
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pockets inside and they can inflate and[br]sort of give you a feeling of a hug. And
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it's used for kids who are have NZD[br]disorders, and it's found to be quite
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useful and helpful in situations like[br]that. And of course, there are other
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scenarios where this could be useful as[br]well. That's the T-jacket. Let's look at
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what else we have here. This is a good[br]little 3-D printable that was again a
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collaboration between two maker spaces.[br]And it offers up for attachment that is
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incredibly lightweight because a 3D[br]printable and incredibly modular because
0:22:30.970,0:22:39.019
you can attach different little pieces to[br]it. And as the arm grows or as the user's
0:22:39.019,0:22:44.179
needs change, it's easier to make[br]something that is 3D printable on the
0:22:44.179,0:22:49.041
spot, and it's easier to modify it so that[br]it doesn't rub against the skin, or it's
0:22:49.041,0:22:55.539
know a little bit bigger on one side or a[br]little bit more bent this way. So we find
0:22:55.539,0:23:03.500
that the possibilities around these kinds[br]of objects are far more conducive towards
0:23:03.500,0:23:07.249
the user rather than what's available in[br]the marketplace, and they tend to be
0:23:07.249,0:23:14.789
heavier and mass and incredibly expensive.[br]So we feel that salvage garden, that we
0:23:14.789,0:23:20.039
don't just play the role of making these[br]things in 3-D printing. We have the
0:23:20.039,0:23:24.780
responsibility to also make the[br]modifications and the changes necessary in
0:23:24.780,0:23:31.629
order to facilitate its use. I mean, it's[br]all very well to have as much, you know,
0:23:31.629,0:23:38.270
brilliant AI enabled fancy tech in the[br]world. But if it's not going to be usable,
0:23:38.270,0:23:43.340
then what's the point of the fancy tech?[br]So we want to try and bring to you
0:23:43.340,0:23:50.340
printable objects and 3-D printing closer[br]to the end users as much as possible. And
0:23:50.340,0:23:53.340
we're not alone in this. There are other[br]spaces that are doing it. And I think
0:23:53.340,0:23:59.289
Campbell's is a good example of who those[br]people are. One last little exhibit that
0:23:59.289,0:24:06.309
I'd like to point out here is something[br]that is available in the marketplace, but
0:24:06.309,0:24:16.129
incredibly useful. It's called the roll[br]around. And it is the commercial product,
0:24:16.129,0:24:21.899
it is not particularly cheap, but it is[br]incredibly useful in making spaces
0:24:21.899,0:24:31.049
accessible. It rolls up into a sort of[br]like a yoga mat kind of format. And since
0:24:31.049,0:24:36.691
it's metal, it is quite heavy. But once it[br]rolls out, you can bridge over the little
0:24:36.691,0:24:44.520
tiny little steps like this and allow[br]access for wheelchairs and so on. And
0:24:44.520,0:24:56.049
let's just have a quick look at the poster[br]on the wall. Books are on the wall is not
0:24:56.049,0:25:04.649
OK. It seems to be connected to Syria. The[br]whole can still coming through. I'm going
0:25:04.649,0:25:12.750
to quickly reload this. But in the[br]meanwhile, at the end of my little talk
0:25:12.750,0:25:22.590
here, I'll share the link to the main[br]space and to a like a little QR code as
0:25:22.590,0:25:26.909
well with the tiny URL that will point you[br]to the virtual space, and I highly
0:25:26.909,0:25:32.769
encourage you to come and visit and[br]explore on your own time. It looks like
0:25:32.769,0:25:38.289
we're OK here. All right. One last thing I[br]want to show you at Makerspace is what I'm
0:25:38.289,0:25:49.279
currently working on and. You'll notice on[br]this table we've got a bunch of pie. And
0:25:49.279,0:25:53.580
that was the closest analog I could find[br]in this virtual 2D space for the Raspberry
0:25:53.580,0:26:02.909
Pi, which is the sort of programable[br]pocket sized credit card size computer
0:26:02.909,0:26:11.990
that I feel has tremendous potential. And[br]the little slice of pie on the table. And
0:26:11.990,0:26:16.600
I'd like to show you that as an example[br]here. Hopefully, this will work. Yeah.
0:26:16.600,0:26:24.470
Here we go. And let's get rid of these[br]here. It's very quick. It's a little, a
0:26:24.470,0:26:30.070
few slides, and I'm sure you've had a lot[br]of you are familiar with this wearable
0:26:30.070,0:26:37.899
device, which is the Google Glass, and[br]it's quite pricey. It didn't make it into
0:26:37.899,0:26:43.429
the mass market, but it still is around[br]and is being used in enterprise
0:26:43.429,0:26:51.320
environments and is quite expensive. But[br]that was an interesting article, which the
0:26:51.320,0:26:58.960
link to a use case where children with[br]disabilities or in this case autism could
0:26:58.960,0:27:05.780
use this device as a variable in order to[br]assist with the activities of daily
0:27:05.780,0:27:10.210
living. And it's still being explored.[br]There are sort of very small little use
0:27:10.210,0:27:17.009
case and trials where this is being tried[br]out, but I personally, I feel this is an
0:27:17.009,0:27:22.940
excellent use case for something that[br]didn't quite make it into the mass market.
0:27:22.940,0:27:31.499
However, the technology behind it is[br]inaccessible financially, because for 999
0:27:31.499,0:27:35.100
US dollars, it might be OK for an[br]enterprise to use it, but for an
0:27:35.100,0:27:42.480
individual that is still quite hard to[br]reach. And there's little caption at the
0:27:42.480,0:27:49.259
bottom red state surprisingly simple. But[br]if you take apart one of these devices,
0:27:49.259,0:27:53.750
you very quickly realize that it's far[br]from simple and there's a phenomenal
0:27:53.750,0:27:57.840
amount of tech that an engineering that[br]goes into making a device like this
0:27:57.840,0:28:03.559
possible. Just the idea of having the[br]screen in front of your eyes so close kind
0:28:03.559,0:28:11.570
of defies the laws of physics. And to be[br]able to overlay a little bit of text or a
0:28:11.570,0:28:19.889
little bit of information wire will to see[br]through it. The key thing, but it took a
0:28:19.889,0:28:29.200
whack at it and in our low cost sort of[br]DIY maker kind of way, we said, Look,
0:28:29.200,0:28:34.450
let's find a low cost alternative to this[br]and see if we can make it work. And what
0:28:34.450,0:28:40.590
we have here is a device that basically[br]auto translates. It has a little
0:28:40.590,0:28:46.389
microphone that picks up what is being[br]said, and I'm sure everybody is familiar
0:28:46.389,0:28:52.750
with this by now on YouTube or other video[br]things. You can have little auto generated
0:28:52.750,0:28:59.970
captions that text that speech to text[br]technology and having that be visible to a
0:28:59.970,0:29:07.789
person who has difficulty with hearing is[br]a good idea, and it assists with
0:29:07.789,0:29:14.280
scenarios, where otherwise you would be[br]required to lip read. And now everybody's
0:29:14.280,0:29:18.389
wearing masks. And if you have more than[br]one person in the room, it's a bit tricky
0:29:18.389,0:29:24.179
to be able to manage it all. So the use[br]case, that we were looking at is a low
0:29:24.179,0:29:28.129
cost alternative to something like the[br]Google Glass, something that can be worn,
0:29:28.129,0:29:33.279
but it's also lightweight and incredibly[br]affordable. So we did manage to put
0:29:33.279,0:29:37.600
something like that together. And again,[br]you know, in true maker Open-Source
0:29:37.600,0:29:43.690
fashion, all of our volunteers very[br]happily made everything open and
0:29:43.690,0:29:52.570
parametric. So this these are preliminary[br]designs. It's a work very much still in
0:29:52.570,0:29:56.480
progress. But the intention here is again[br]to keep it as open and accessible and
0:29:56.480,0:30:02.129
modular as possible. So where we are now[br]is we have successfully made a functional
0:30:02.129,0:30:08.369
prototype of just this idea, and you can[br]see the screen kind of sticks out very
0:30:08.369,0:30:16.039
noticeably, but it does deliver the end[br]functionality that is required, so it's
0:30:16.039,0:30:20.450
not meant to be worn all the time. But,[br]you know, like a fancy pair of glasses,
0:30:20.450,0:30:30.419
you put it on for special occasions and[br]you know where it can figure out. So we've
0:30:30.419,0:30:35.100
made five of these in as many different[br]colors as two different hooks handle, and
0:30:35.100,0:30:42.760
we have five hearing aid users who signed[br]up to trial this out and give us feedback
0:30:42.760,0:30:47.879
on what works, what doesn't work, what[br]needs to be removed, or whether or not
0:30:47.879,0:30:53.119
it's a stupid idea and things like that,[br]but the initial feedback has been quite
0:30:53.119,0:31:02.230
positive. I think that it opens up a world[br]of possibilities here for involving users
0:31:02.230,0:31:10.629
of these devices in its shape and[br]capabilities. So here's where we are now.
0:31:10.629,0:31:19.929
We have this trial. It is ongoing early[br]mid chan. We should have the outcome of
0:31:19.929,0:31:24.529
the user feedback and then we should be[br]able to take it to the next level. But so
0:31:24.529,0:31:28.570
far, we've managed to keep it comfortably[br]within 99 dollars. And again, I want to
0:31:28.570,0:31:33.549
reiterate that affordability is one thing,[br]and it's only possible because of
0:31:33.549,0:31:38.660
volunteers not charging for that time. So[br]the equipment itself is incredibly low
0:31:38.660,0:31:45.130
cost. But if you have a pool of volunteers[br]and give them access to space technology,
0:31:45.130,0:31:51.679
tools and equipment and use it, I think[br]the product that comes out of it, it makes
0:31:51.679,0:32:00.159
good sense on multiple levels. So this is[br]the Ihea prototype, that's a little bit
0:32:00.159,0:32:09.210
about me, my background. You can explore[br]the space and look at the thing at your
0:32:09.210,0:32:17.340
own time. But should you need to contact[br]me? That's my email address. So with that,
0:32:17.340,0:32:22.929
I'm done with this space and I've given[br]you a little walk around of our little
0:32:22.929,0:32:30.200
Singapore exhibition. And before I sort of[br]end, I'd like to point out the other
0:32:30.200,0:32:35.210
things that we have here, a couple of[br]videos to give you a sense of what spaces
0:32:35.210,0:32:45.220
like. There is, here we go. This is our[br]little website. And we think about the
0:32:45.220,0:32:51.369
space and about what we've been doing as[br]part of the exhibition, will find on a
0:32:51.369,0:32:58.559
little blog post. On this level. So I'm[br]hoping that the physical space is a little
0:32:58.559,0:33:02.279
bit more engaging than just reading[br]another blog post, but you know, it helps
0:33:02.279,0:33:09.359
to have it in this format as well. All[br]right. So that pretty much is this
0:33:09.359,0:33:15.580
particular space. I'm going to walk you[br]out of Singapore and back to the
0:33:15.580,0:33:23.749
international park, so to speak. And on[br]the way, we'll pass by all these hundreds
0:33:23.749,0:33:31.470
and thousands of markups. And go back to[br]the portal that takes us to the main
0:33:31.470,0:33:41.129
space. They're not working anymore. So[br]there we go. I'm really hoping that we
0:33:41.129,0:33:47.049
won't have to do these online things[br]forever. I think it's they're moving
0:33:47.049,0:33:51.649
forwards. It's a good idea to have a[br]hybrid situation. And now that we're all
0:33:51.649,0:33:59.350
sort of forced to get comfortable and used[br]to doing remote sessions, hoping that next
0:33:59.350,0:34:06.070
year we're able to do a more physical CCC[br]again. I really do miss that a lot. All
0:34:06.070,0:34:12.620
right. So here we are. You had a look at[br]Singapore. You sort of have a little
0:34:12.620,0:34:19.600
ComingSoon with placeholders for the other[br]moving exhibitions that were done around
0:34:19.600,0:34:25.630
the world in the last year or so. And that[br]was mentioned in the central video. Before
0:34:25.630,0:34:33.720
I end, I would like to just play this[br]video here, which I think captures the
0:34:33.720,0:34:38.929
essence of what all of these spaces and[br]what engineering good inside Savage Garden
0:34:38.929,0:34:48.120
has been trying to do. This one is the[br]open health academy from Be Able. *video
0:34:48.120,0:34:55.599
plays* But she is focusing on that all the[br]interiors of mantle and mentioned focus on
0:34:55.599,0:35:06.680
come on. Oh man, they're part of the[br]weekend and clan teams have smitten on
0:35:06.680,0:35:12.450
life hacks. She does live in Brooklyn for[br]her mom on the idea that some folks in
0:35:12.450,0:35:23.150
the. Sons of much respected fund owned[br]much by seven plus smart ones were loose
0:35:23.150,0:35:32.140
on midday AEDT. Holly, to me, all the[br]Hollywood sign and then a central tenet
0:35:32.140,0:35:36.910
who responded to the English novel. Open[br]source your. I think in this order,
0:35:36.910,0:35:45.500
because I admit you're not ICC cricket.[br]Adina Chung, fullback make it Mervin
0:35:45.500,0:35:53.240
fluent in Spanish. Magdalena Tomasetti is[br]a highly on India's next Adnan Fab Labs.
0:35:53.240,0:36:05.480
He did so early, Tedward SplatS, who also[br]is innovative on workshops and and when I
0:36:05.480,0:36:15.380
did this, put as much potassium and[br]products and pick in deposition this
0:36:15.380,0:36:17.167
opportunity and with my project for the[br]initial release and sold us Kansai Anklets
0:36:17.167,0:36:30.100
on. Just kind of it in traditional[br]bladders and thicker than advancement.
0:36:30.100,0:36:40.555
Couldn't it be open, have I got any test[br]ratings of also having lousy take blame
0:36:40.555,0:37:00.000
the industry? It's would be. That's all[br]being put up and break down. The question
0:37:00.000,0:37:02.000
that you gave me about being accessible to[br]him, given that he keeps asking you. But.
0:37:02.000,0:37:04.560
So with that, I'd like to thank you for[br]your time. And if there are any questions,
0:37:04.560,0:37:13.040
I to take them now, but otherwise I hope[br]everybody is staying safe, be healthy.
0:37:13.040,0:37:22.260
Gekko?[br]Herald Gekko: Yes. There are question, so.
0:37:22.260,0:37:36.940
audio problems by the question.[br]Saad: Yeah, I mean, it's a very good
0:37:36.940,0:37:44.180
question, and yes, that has been the[br]biggest challenge with trying to make
0:37:44.180,0:37:48.430
something new, something innovative,[br]something that goes beyond what's already
0:37:48.430,0:37:54.200
available. It requires hands on[br]interaction and with most maker spaces.
0:37:54.200,0:38:00.150
This continues, to... It wasn't exactly[br]easy to do this even before we went into a
0:38:00.150,0:38:08.770
pandemic situation, inviting people into a[br]space. We had different barriers to entry.
0:38:08.770,0:38:12.710
People were shy, people were not familiar,[br]they were not comfortable, they were
0:38:12.710,0:38:19.780
scared of the noisy machines. And that[br]still is the case. And not to add to that.
0:38:19.780,0:38:27.320
We have, you know, masks and vaccinations[br]and all of these sorts of things, but
0:38:27.320,0:38:34.630
we're still not out of the pandemic yet.[br]So we are finding ways to. You know,
0:38:34.630,0:38:42.300
collaborate while making the hands on[br]element on our own. The idea of 3-D
0:38:42.300,0:38:51.230
printing in the 3-D printable things is no[br]longer just trapped within a maker space.
0:38:51.230,0:38:57.060
People have these things at home. One of[br]the most sort of heartening things I
0:38:57.060,0:39:03.620
noticed. In the early days before the[br]before the vaccines were an option, there
0:39:03.620,0:39:10.240
was this global shortage of PPE, and a lot[br]of makers stepped forward and said, Look,
0:39:10.240,0:39:15.790
I understand how to use a 3-D printer, and[br]I don't normally think about this. But
0:39:15.790,0:39:23.160
what? He is needed and was being polite[br]until shows intentionally or otherwise it
0:39:23.160,0:39:26.760
was there and it and it has happened and[br]it has happened. *problems with the
0:39:26.760,0:39:33.930
quality". So I feel like we have this[br]opportunity to translate some of that
0:39:33.930,0:39:40.490
potential and bring it forward with us. We[br]are heading to an area where hopefully
0:39:40.490,0:39:46.330
this pandemic situation will be less[br]stressful and allow for more interaction.
0:39:46.330,0:39:49.560
But if we bring the lessons that we've[br]learned while we've been in lockdown, so
0:39:49.560,0:39:54.840
to speak, I think the amount of potential[br]that we can realize is going to be
0:39:54.840,0:39:57.690
phenomenal.
0:39:57.690,0:40:03.892
Herald: That's that's very inspiring.[br]Thank you. And then another question. Do[br]you have any success stories of achieving
0:40:03.892,0:40:12.060
your goal of inspiring the DIY and the
0:40:12.060,0:40:19.010
maker culture? And then so that someone[br]else could develop or even just fabricate
0:40:19.010,0:40:27.440
your prototype and then put it to use?[br]Yeah, Careables.ee is the is the website,
0:40:27.440,0:40:32.880
and I think you'll find several examples,[br]not necessarily ones that have made. I
0:40:32.880,0:40:36.170
mean, the engineering good examples that I[br]showed you with the switches there are on
0:40:36.170,0:40:43.750
careables as well, but we found I found[br]several examples of other people's
0:40:43.750,0:40:50.960
projects that were relevant to the[br]Singapore context and bringing those into
0:40:50.960,0:40:57.160
that physical space where these people[br]interact with makers and other people
0:40:57.160,0:41:01.720
allowed us to have that conversation. So[br]you just hand somebody a thing and they
0:41:01.720,0:41:05.670
say, Look, I understand what you're[br]talking about now. Can you make this for
0:41:05.670,0:41:12.150
me, but bigger or smaller or, you know,[br]hot chips or with the different texture,
0:41:12.150,0:41:17.600
and we're now able to do that. But there[br]are examples on careables that have
0:41:17.600,0:41:24.211
inspired that kind of conversation. So not[br]necessarily an actual object, but
0:41:24.211,0:41:30.000
definitely that interaction is facilitated[br]by looking at other people's good ideas
0:41:30.000,0:41:37.850
for assistive tech. The one that I talked[br]about with the little whearables. Reaper
0:41:37.850,0:41:45.740
ads in Iowa City. And that's what we're[br]working on at the moment. And it will be
0:41:45.740,0:41:52.250
made available for any. Anybody to[br]download, try it out for themselves. I
0:41:52.250,0:41:56.000
will just throw on screen. Our little[br]website where all these projects are
0:41:56.000,0:42:02.670
listed, and I'll point out this is the[br]one. So we're calling it an open source,
0:42:02.670,0:42:08.710
head mounted display. And you can find out[br]more about it over here. I hope that
0:42:08.710,0:42:14.890
answered the question. Herald: Oh, very[br]exciting. Uh, that's a really good cause.
0:42:14.890,0:42:21.880
Thank you so much for talking about your[br]project and your foundation. Of course.
0:42:21.880,0:42:26.320
Saad, thank you.[br]Saad: Thank you.
0:42:26.320,0:42:34.160
Herald: All right. All right. Thank you[br]for the time and attention, and we'll be
0:42:34.160,0:42:37.990
back with the next report in a bit.
0:42:37.990,0:42:40.170
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