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Awesome Foundation + DIY AT Lending Library = Access for All
Zero Day Camp has been supporting the Makers Making Change movement through its local chapter programs. To further support the mission of making assistive technology accessible regardless of geography or financial means, we are happy to announce a partnership in developing a growing lending library of DIY switches and devices from the Makers Making Change…
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DIYAT: Joystick Mouse Emulation
A joystick may be used by persons with motor related disabilities as an alternative method of navigating a mouse. Mouse clicks may occur through a button press usually available in most mini joystick models. A user may also set a dwell duration through their operating system which will register a mouse click once the mouse…
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DIYAT: Switch Interface
A switch interface is a common device used by persons with motor disabilities to connect their switches to a computer. Although most switches have an 3.5 mm jack output, simply connecting this output to a computer’s audio jack will not be recognized by a computer. A switch interface works as a relay that reads the…
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Making a Capacitive Board for Interactive Scratch Games
This project takes advantage of the new Adafruit QTPy board’s 6 capacitive pins to create platform for creating an interactive board that may be connected to Scratch for games and activities or other computer platforms. This is a step by step beginner tutorial and uses the CircuitPython language and library which has a smaller learning…
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Fun Things For Kids to Do During the Pandemic
We are compiling and occasionally updating a running list of resources and ideas for what to do with the kids during the stay at home directives. Have something cool to add? Leave it in the comments below. MakeCode: Created by Microsoft, MakeCode offers kids a block and text based ways to program which may also…
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Covid-19 Notice
June 2020 Update: Sadly, due to the continued COVID outbreak and ongoing social distancing guidelines which will be with us for the foreseeable future, we will no longer be holding in person classes and events. We are hoping to organize and hold some online community events. Updates will be sent through our email list and…
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Scratch 3.0: Not Just for Your Kids Anymore
This January, MIT had released their most recent iteration of Scratch 3.0. For those without young children, Scratch is a hugely successful platform for teaching children about computer science while encouraging creative play and exploration. Projects created can vary from animations to games and much more. The platform is web-based and comes packed full of…
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Mini Games with Bitsy
We’ve been having some one-off holiday camps this September and spend one of the days playing around with creating Bitsy games. Bitsy is an online game development platform created by Adam Le Doux. This platform is easy to learn and involves no coding experience. Campers are able to create stories and arrow navigation based games…
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Camper Interactive Fiction Stories
Check out the weird, wonderful interactive stories designed and written by our very own Zero Day Campers.
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Interactive Fiction
Parser Based IF Choice/Variable Based IF