Presentation for #RSE2018

1. Matteo Cancellieri
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Matteo Cancellieri
KMI, Open University
Milton Keynes
Working on the world’s largest
aggregator of Open Access research
papers
core.ac.uk
Who am I

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How it started
Introducing David Pride,
PhD student and…
Maker

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Mission
Put academics and
makers in the same
room.
…and possibly lock the door J

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What we’ve done so far…
v1.0: ~30 attendees v2.0: ~40 attendees v3.0: 53 attendees v4.0: 66 attendees

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Workshops
3D Printing Workshop
Talking to Robots Design using Haptic technology

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Next
• Knowledge Maker v5.0:
• Raspberry PI CEO coming to the OU
• Python Crash course
• Game makers workshop
• Advanced text and data mining
• Knowledge Makers v6.0:
• A Knowledge Maker Christmas

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Showing off a bit…
Knowledge Makers - A catalyst for the academics and the makers!

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And so what?
Well…
• It’s a creative way to show what
technology can achieve
• It shows how amazing things are made
from micro to space.
• It helps teaching technical skills in an
original (less boring) way
• It knocks down walls around campus
• It creates a place where you can learn
who’s doing cool stuff around you

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What do I want from you?
•Have a chat and a drink together?
•Discover if there are other similar
networks running in your
university
•Would you like to start a new one?

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Thank you
Keep making!