The Tilt association began its summer entertainment cycle on July 17, 23 and 24 with workshops at the center of the Happy School in Grand-Case.
About fifteen children aged 6 to 9 years participated in a session led by Laure and Caroline in the presence of their animator Selma. After answering a short general knowledge quiz on cyclones, the children learned how to make a liter of light: a lamp intended to produce daylight in a dark or windowless room in a typically Caribbean habitat. This is to use the refraction of light in the water of a bottle embedded in a roof. "The rays of light enter the bottle and are diffused inside", explained Laure to the children. Armed with scissors and tape, the children made cardboard prototypes imitating the darkness of a room.
By locking themselves inside the box, they noticed the effect of refraction of the light through the water of the bottle on the walls. This simple and easy to install system allows lighting without electricity.
As a variant of this installation, an LED immersed in a water bottle creates light in the form of a large mobile lamp. "These are the water molecules that refract light through the bottle," commented Laure.
Highlight of this fun and educational intervention, the children discovered with great interest the operation of a 3D printer. As an example, Laure launched the manufacture of a small paper clip explaining to them the main lines of the programming and printing of an object. 3D printing is a great way to make all kinds of small useful parts in the event of a cyclone (nuts, plumbing parts, roller shutter parts, wrists, etc.).
Finally, an intervention followed with great interest by the children and objective achieved: develop the sense of "Do It Yourself" and sensitize them to simple solutions to make yourself during the hurricane period.
• Program of upcoming interventions:
Wednesday July 31 at 9 a.m., Introductory 3D printing workshop at Happy School.
Wednesday July 31, from 18 to 21 p.m., Afterwork initiation to 3D printing (open to all) at the Blue Martini, in Grand Case. In the event of a cyclone, new technologies such as 3-D printers make it possible to manufacture deteriorated and untraceable parts (door frames, plumbing, door or car handles, etc.). “From a plastic material heated to more than 180 degrees it is possible to manufacture all kinds of parts in volume by superimposing layers of material according to the coordinates transmitted by a computer file. Depending on the level of filling of the form, the resistance of the object varies, ”explains Laure Lambert, volunteer of the association and fabmanageur at Expleo in Toulouse. In its traveling truck, the fablab makes its two 3 D printers available to the public. Accessible to everyone, it allows you to train in 3D printing in a few hours and make your own parts yourself. It is also possible to ask the fablab to manufacture parts on demand.
Wednesday July 31 from 18 p.m. to 21 p.m. Launch of the “Do It Yourself” kit at the Blue Martini in Grand Case, a 16-page booklet made up of instruction sheets to make useful items in the event of cyclones with recovery material (plastic bottles, cardboard, etc.) an auxiliary air conditioner, a desalinator, a craft lamp, a stove, a solar charger and others. These tutorials will be presented in preview during this event. They will be available at various distribution points (Boutique Cotton club Grand Case, Cadisco route de Baie Nettlé, Grand Maison at Hope State) from Friday 2 August.
For the time being, the fablab works in an itinerant truck which travels in schools and neighborhoods. In the medium term, Tilt plans to open a permanent premises for the reception and training of the public.
(Source Soualigapost).
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