Скачать или смотреть Bill Young: Open Works, Makers Unite, and the Desk Project

In this video, ShopBot’s Bill Young talks about our friends at Open Works, a makerspace in Baltimore, and the “social good” that they do. As an example, at the beginning of the pandemic some of the work they have been doing has been in the form of Makers Unite, “a collaborative emergency manufacturing effort to combat the covid-19 crisis in Maryland.” It started with face shields and other forms of PPE, and it took on a life of its own with participation from a collective of companies and individuals looking to serve the greater good.

The latest project is a “pay-it-forward” desk, for at-home learners. Bill summarizes it like this: With kids doing school from home, a lot of them are having to do their work on the kitchen table or dining room table along with their brothers and sisters and then when it’s suppertime, they have to clear everything off… it’s hard enough learning from home, away from your teacher, away from your friends, but we shouldn’t make it any more difficult than it has to be.

When we learned about the initial requests to Makers Unite for the desks in the Baltimore area (4,000 in the first two days!), we realized that there were more people in need of something like this than a lot of us ever imagined. That’s why we decided to contribute funds to Makers Unite, so that they could build as many desks as possible.

Watch the video for some more information about the project, and Bill’s participation in it.

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Here are links of interest for the organizations involved in the project and some other things that Bill references:
Open Works website: https://www.openworksbmore.org/
Makers Unite: https://mdmakersunite.org/about
Makers Unite Desk (Pay-it-Forward): https://www.openworksbmore.org/produc...
Makers Unite Desk (Downloadable Plans): https://www.openworksbmore.org/produc...
Makers Unite Stool (Pay-it-Forward): https://www.openworksbmore.org/produc...
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