Workshop organizer profile: Michael Shiloh and Judy Castro

Lift10 is in 3 weeks time, and we are posting profiles of the workshop organizers. Don't forget to have a look at the program!

Michael Shiloh and Judy Castro, the founders of Teach me to make will be running a Contraption Building Workshop at Lift10.

Michael Shiloh is an engineer, hobbyist, researcher, artist, and educator. Michael creates by himself and collaborates with children and students of all ages and with other electro-mechanical artists, including San Francisco-based Survival Research Labs.

Judy Aime' Castro is an artist, industrial designer, and teacher. Judy has developed projects and educational toys for Make magazine, and as an art and technology instructor she focuses on teaching workshops in Spanish. Judy has conducted and organized Make Play Day, the largest workshop at Maker Faire.

At Lift, Teach me to make will conduct a collaborative tinkering workshop in which you will build electromechanical contraptions which will be exhibited during the conference.

Tinkering is the art of learning by chance discovery while building or experimenting, delighting as much in the journey and the diversions along the way as in the goal itself.

You will have access to discarded objects, soldering irons, hot glue guns, hand and power tools, random materials such as motors, batteries, LEDs, wire, wheels, magnets, mirrors, mouse traps, rubber bands, and switches. You are encouraged to bring any items to add to the creative pool of materials.

Sign up for their workshop here. They've promised that this workshop will exceed our expectations :)

This workshop is brought to you by International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) - the standard in electricity.