Jewelbots: How to Get More Girls Coding!
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Jewelbots are Bluetooth programmable bracelets that use the Arduino IDE and a small documented API so kids upload C++ sketches, control four mapped LEDs, and send short or long haptic messages via friendship pairing. Live demo shows pairing, firmware reset by uploading a blank sketch, and a simple loop that cycles LEDs; girls as young as eight push to use the command line and customize custom buzz patterns with the magic button.
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- 0:00Intro
- 0:34Thank you Sponsors
- 0:58About Jennifer
- 2:51Kansas City Women in Technology
- 10:36What inspired this talk
- 11:11What is Jewelbots
- 12:39The study
- 15:52Silicon Valley
- 16:30Reddit
- 17:25Girls are judged
- 19:52What can we do
- 20:39Simone Gertz
- 21:42Crossing Arrows
- 22:38What are Jewelbots
- 23:17Sara Chipps
- 23:32Program via Arduino
- 24:41Basic Setup
- 25:38Default Functionality
- 25:53Updating Firmware
- 26:10Pairing Mode
- 31:30Upload Mode
- 33:50Messaging Mode
- 37:27API
- 38:37LEDs
- 39:11Custom animations
- 39:36Buzzers
- 40:10Magic Button
- 40:46Charging
- 42:12Friendship Mode
- 42:31Sketch Upload
- 44:09Ellies Tutorial
- 46:45Jewelbots Documentation
- 48:38Jennifers Mentoring Rules
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