STEAM Camp Business Plan

Executive Summary

The Open Source Microfactory STEAM Camp empowers novices and experts alike to learn the basics of collaborative product design using advanced, open source tools. Curriculum covers 4 days of using tools and techniques that allow an individual to contribute meaningfully to collaborative, open source product design. These tools include collaborative literacy and development techniques, open source CAD software, open source 3D printers for on-demand prototyping, and documenting everything according to best practices of open hardware documentation. We focus on using Universal Axis - an open source construction set for precision motion - to create open source manufacturing tools - such as 3D printers, CNC mills, and laser cutters - and then apply these tools to building real products that contribute to a public design effort for creating the open source economy.

Using open source techniques and guidance from our team of expert instructors, students build real products that they can then take home with them: 3D printers, a functional cordless drill, a Raspberri Pi tablet, an aerial drone, and many others. All participants are then encouraged to start their own business producing 3D printed electromechanical products and to create the open source equivalent of Amazon.

OSE Dev Kit

Dev Kit gets you started in design and prototyping using Arduino, Simple 3D Printer, Universal Controller, and Sensors.

• Arduino kit - with temperature and humidity sensor, camera, and solenoids. Mega comes with the D3D Simple.
• LCD screen - Basic programming on LCD screen - display and selection. LCD screen included in 3D printer kit.
• D3D Simple - a basic 3d printer for beginning to prototype like a pro. With the D3D Simple, you can start prototyping usable components.
• OSE Linux bootable disk. Has FreeCAD tutorials and other critical assets. Comes with front page of browser configured to load the OSE Part Library, and show the OSE Crash Course - Collaborative Literacy and 12 top design lessons building upon the Open Source Microfactory STEAM Camp Recordings
• OSE Part Library USB - download all of our designs.
• Hacksaw blade with 3D printed holder.

Finances

• Revenue per person - $1250 per seat, 9 days
• Dev Kit B0M - $200
• 9 Day STEAM Camp. Focus on 4 first days Boot Camp in OSE methods.
• Invite the others who are already doing cutting edge stuff to present, with the last 5 days of STEAM Camps being Project Days dedicated specifically to creating a simple, viable 3D printed product of some sort.
• budget of $12k gross, $5k for the Superstar Instructor for 5 days, $2k for materials, $1k venue, $1k video and publicity, $1k admin staff, $1500 (12.5% of gross goes to OSE) + anything above baseline budget is shared 50/50 with Instructor. Superstar Instructor attracts their audiences to the Camp - 12 people need to register for above costs to be met ($1k per seat).

Budget

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Curriculum

Day 1 - 8 hours

• 1 hr - OSE introduction
• People Intros and Learning Goals - 30 min
• FreeCAD Intro - 1/2 hour to the first Complex Shape
• Intro to OSE Dev Kit - OSE Linux, FreeCAD 16 and 18, Cura, Arduino IDE, OBS Studio, Kdelive, KiCAD
• Exporting WebGL 3D graphics - 1/2 hr
• Drawing Arduino Mega in KiCAD - 1 hr exercise to export a

Links

• STEAM Camp Projects
• STEAM Camp Candidates
• Steve.