Jay Margalus

Projects

Certificate in Innovative Making

The 2020 pandemic has introduced many new challenges for universities, one of which is the large percentage (20% or more …

Illinois PPE and Distributed Fabrication Network

At the outset of the 2020 pandemic, I reached out to friends of mine from around the city and state …

IRL Yearly Review

From the report: The Idea Realization Labs are DePaul’s student-led makerspaces created to initiate collaboration and creativity through hands-on learning. …

Speaking

May 23, 2020

Global Maker Faire

A group of us from Illinois PPE gave a talk at Global Maker Faire about our initiative and how people …

May 11, 2020

Tastytrade Interview

An interview with Tastytrade about the work we’ve been up to at Illinois PPE.

May 2, 2020

NPR Interview

Kate McGee at Chicago Public Radio interviewed Jeff Solin and me about our work with Illinois PPE. You can read …

Podcast

February 19, 2020

Session 25 – Amanda Hudgins, Thosuand Button Project, Unwinnable, and More!

Another fun episode of This Should Work*! This time with Amanda Hudgins. Description: Amanda Hudgins is a game designer and …

December 11, 2019

This Should Work – Maya Bird-Murphy Interview

I found out about Maya’s work by happenstance, and am really glad that I did. Maya is a really interesting …

December 11, 2019

This Should Work – Paul Valente Interview

Paul is a former teacher, now administrator at Chicago Public Schools, and he has been a friend of mine for …

Builds

Thotcon 0xA Badge

My creative partner, Rudy Ristich, and I are happy to release the Thotcon 0xA badges, a culmination of about a …

Thotcon 0x9 Badges

The Thotcon 0x9 badge this year included the Sparkfun ESP8266 Thing Dev board with WiFi and 8 I/O pins. The …

Thotcon 0x8 Badges

I recently collaborated with Rudy Ristich over at Workshop 88, Nate Matteson, another DePaul faculty member, and some of my …