Where humans find it easy to throw what is not working anymore and buy new products; a lot of opportunities are missed and resources of the Earth are over consumed and sometimes abused. In this program, we made use of unwanted materials, recycled cardboards and electronic components to teach the participants about the function of each component, tools for assembling and disassembling, importance to recycle the papers and cardboards and preserve the trees. Finally, we introduced the concept of upcycling where they had to reuse the electronic components and recycled cardboards to build sustainable solutions and save the nature.
This lesson is an example of how waste can be used for educational purposes, develop tech and soft skills for youth and raise a community of innovators aware of their responsibility towards preserving the Earth for future generations.
In this lesson, participant are going to use e-waste material:
1- CD-Driver
2- Printer
3- Hand tools
4- Glue gun
5- Solder station
6- Microcontrollers
7- 3D printer
8- Metodology Presentation
In this section we will have the chance to introduce the whole workshop to the participant and what we are going to do in the hackathon in addition to upcycling as a part of sustainability related to earth day.
1- At the start, we will introduce the whole program with the hackathon.
2- Then we will explain the hackathon.
3- Then we will introduce the main potential unlocking institute in Qatar that helps in spreading the sustainability awareness across the state of Qatar.
4- Qatar sustainable week is an intensive week focus on spreading the awareness of recycling and upcycling in addition to different sustainability objectives (energy saving and sustaining earth).
5- Then we will explain what is meant by sustainability.
6- describe some of the sustainability objectives.
7- Then we will show a small video to represent a project that helps in accomplishing one of the sustainable objectives.
8- Then we will ask the participant how could we become sustainable people and how to take care of earth and saving energy.
In this section we will show the participant how to disassemble the electronics component we have in order to upcycle them for a new function.
1- We will start showing the difference between upcycling and recycling.
2- Then we will show some real life example about upcycled products.
3- Then we will describe the procedure of Upcycling a product.
4- Some more examples about upcycled products in a robotic shape.
5- Then we will ask participant to follow up with them.
6- Then we will start explaining what is the disassembly process and how it’s been done.
7-We will show the part we need to disassemble.
8- Then we will tell the participant what we will do exactly in this day as we have to disassemble the CD-Drive.
9- What we need to proceed.
10- A video shows the process of disassembling the CD-Drive Step-by-Step.
11- After we disassemble the components, we will classify what we have to have things organized and easy to reach.
In this day participants are going to be introduced to fabrication and all the tools and equipment's that are being used in fabrication.
1- Show the Hackathon schedule.
2-Open Question What is the meaning of upcycling?.
3- Show a video that explain the difference between upcycling and recycling.
4- Where can we recycle in Qatar?
•Show a map with all the recycling dumpster locations in Qatar.
5- Show a video about climate change.
6- Open Question: What is the meaning of fabrication?
7- What is the process of fabrication?.
•Show a video about fabrication.
8- Show a video about the lifecycle of a plastic bottle.
9- Show examples of plastic made upcycled projects.
10- Show a video about the lifecycle of cardboard.
11- Show examples of cardboard made upcycled projects.
12- Elite paper recycling company.
•Show a video about elite paper recycling company.
13- Open Question: What tools and resources can be used in fabrication?
14- show a video about 3D printing.
15- what is 3D design?
•Explain what 3D design.
•Show examples of 3D design software’s.
•Introduce Tinkercard.
•Show participants how to use Tinkercad.
•Introduce the participants to thingyverse.
16- introduce participant to Vinyl cutting.
•Show a video about vinyl cutting machine.
•Show the process of vinyl cutting step by step.
•Challenge some of the participant to create a design in Tinkercad.
In this day participant are going to introduce to the function each of the component able to run and also how it could be connected in circuits.
1- We will start the day with an Ice-breaking question, after we recap what we have done in the previous days.
2- Then we will explain what is meant by functionality.
3- Then we will go through what we will be doing today.
4- Then we will show the component we are going to briefly explain.
5- We will start with the Motor.
6- Then we will describe the optical driver and how it works, in addition to the history behind this component.
7- Then we will describe the operation of a push button and how we can connect a push button in a circuit.
8- Then we will explain the LED “Light Emitting Diode” and how this component works, in addition how we can connect it in the circuit.
9- Then we will explain the PCB in general.
10- Now we will ask participants if they know how functions can be automated.
11- Then we will explain the function of a microcontroller, and how it works.
12- Some microcontrollers we might use.
13- Then we will explain the sensors and why they are being used.
14- Sensor are activated by being exposed to a certain physical quantity that may stimulate the particles inside the sensor to move, this movement will cause an electrical current the amount of this current is measured very accurately, other sensors may have a change in the resistance so the reading of the current going through are changed this change will represent a quantity.
15- We will ask participant if they know sensors.
16- Temperature sensor is a sensor to respond to the change in the surrounding temperature.
17- Ultrasonic sensor is used to measure distance between the sensor and other particles, or can be used to detect other object over a known distance.
18- Some life examples of ultrasonic sensor.
19- Light sensor do respond to light and measures the intensity of light touching the top surface of the sensor.
20- We will let participant brainstorm about which sensor they want to use in their robot.
21- Then we will teach the participant a skill they might need.
This is the End of the session as it gonna be followed by 2 days of hackathon.
This program was developed in way serving the need of reducing the e-waste around using sustainable procedure and Ideas. Studio5\6 has contributed with two major organization plays an impactful role in sustainability and also spreading the knowledge of saving our planet Earth. Elite: It is recycling factory focus on sustainability, that reuse and transform paper waste to a new papers or carton boxes distributed in Qatar and exported outside too. Earthna : Is a non-profitable organization directed its aim towards spreading the awareness among the Qatari community about the ideal uses of sustainability. Studio5\6 Also had the honer to collaborate with Workinton; a co-working place where we run the Hackathon
The Hackathon consist of 2 days (about 18 hours), participants are requested to design and assemble a working prototype from e-waste in order to serve one of the sustainable goals that aims to save the planet Earth.
We had the chance to work with 20 amazing youth who were divided to 6 teams each one of them succeeded to build his own sustainable robot.
Below some pictures and videos from the event on Studio 5\6 Instagram page.