A few days ago, the Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation awarded $1,000 in cash to University of Michigan Mechanical Engineering undergraduate Beverly Chou (seen below accepting the award from A2 Awesome founder Lisa Dengiz) to help fund the launch of an event that she and fellow students are calling Makeathon. After our meeting, I took the […]
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U-M undergrads to launch Makeathon with A2Awesome grant
Posted in Ann Arbor, Awesome Foundation, entrepreneurism, Uncategorized Also tagged 3D printing, A2Awesome, art & design, Awesome Foundation, Beverly Chou, collaboration, College of Creative Studies, competitions, Detroit, entrepreneurship, Facebook, Google, hackathons, Hardware Hacks, IDEO, interdisciplinary, kids today, Lisa Dengiz, Makeathon, makers, mechanical engineering, micro-philanthropy, MIT, MPowered, produce design, students, Sydney Bigelow, TechShop Detroit, University of Michigan 5 Comments
Amanda Sari Perez on winning this month’s A2Awesome grant, and the geodesic dome she’s built with the money
Today, the trustees of A2Awesome handed over $1,000 to Amanda Sari Perez for the creation of an enormous geodesic dome, which she hopes will serve as a platform on which others in the community can express their creativity. Following is my interview with her. MARK: To start out, could you tell us a bit about […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Awesome Foundation Also tagged A2Awesome, A2MechShop, Alice Liberson, All Hands Active, Amanda Sari Perez, brain implants, Buckminster Fuller, Burning Man, creativity, Dick Soble, DIY, Dome Sweet Dome, Figment, geodesic dome, grants, hacking, Heather MacKenzie, inh Song, interview, Lakes of Fire, Lisa Dengiz, Maker Faire, Maker Works, micro-philanthropy, Paul Saginaw, public art, Syncytium 6 Comments