Matteo Cancellieri presents information about Knowledge Makers, a group he founded that brings together academics and makers. The group has hosted workshops on topics like 3D printing, robotics, and haptics technology. Attendance has grown from 30 to over 60 people. Upcoming events include sessions on the Raspberry Pi, Python, game development, and text mining. The goal is to foster creativity, sharing of technical skills, and collaboration across disciplines.

1. Matteo Cancellieri
0000-0002-9558-9772
knowledgemakers@googlegroups.com
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@kmakersou

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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!