Makerspace

Makey Makey is a collaborative project between Jay Silver and Eric Rosenbaum of the MIT Media Lab and Sparkfun Electronics. It is an invention kit that encourages people to find creative ways to interact with their computers.
"Using the Makey Makey you can make anything into a key just by connecting a few alligator clips. The Makey Makey is an invention kit that tricks your computer into thinking that almost anything is a keyboard. This allows you to hook up all kinds of fun things as an input. For example, play Mario with a Play-Doh keyboard, or piano with fruit!"

The SparkFun Inventor’s Kit (SIK) is a great way to get started with programming and hardware interaction with the Arduino programming language. The SIK includes everything you need to complete 16 circuits that will teach you how to read sensors, display information on an LCD, drive motors, and more. You don’t need any previous programming or electronics experience to use this kit.
The kit does not require any soldering and is recommended for beginners ages 10 and up. Version 3.2 of the kit adds a new Simon Says circuit experiment with all the LEDs and tactile buttons you will need to complete it, and a new full-color guidebook (Manufacturer's Description).

The Digital Sandbox (DS) is a learning platform that engages both the software and hardware worlds. It’s powered by a microcontroller that can interact with real-world inputs – like light or temperature sensors – while simultaneously controlling LEDs, motors, and other outputs. The Digital Sandbox is equipped with everything, on board, you will need to complete 13 experiments, including controlling an LED, measuring how loud things are, detecting what the temperature is, and more. Think of this as a SparkFun Inventor’s Kit, all in one board!

The SparkFun LogicBlocks Kit allows you to play with logic gates by literally plugging one into another and watching the progression of an input to an output! Each LogicBlock represents a different logic function: the NOT block is a simple inverter, where the output is the opposite of the input. The AND block will only output a 1 if both of the inputs are 1. The OR block will output a 1 if either of the inputs are 1. There are also input blocks and splitter blocks.

Each block has a light on board that will light up to represent the 1 or “true” state with a slight delay from the input signal. This way, you can flip the switch on an input block and follow the propagation of that signal through your logic tree. This delay also allows you to use the Feedback cable to generate new inputs based on the output of your logic circuit!

The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ is the latest production Raspberry Pi 3 featuring a 64-bit quad core processor running at 1.4 Ghz. It incorporates built-in WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity with enhanced dual-band 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi, Bluetooth 4.2/BLE and faster Ethernet.
To take full advantage of the improved power management on the Raspberry Pi 3 B+ and provide even support for even more powerful devices on the USB ports, a 2.5A adapter is recommended.
The power supply included in this kit incorporates a noise filter to provide the highest stability and comes with a 5-foot cable. This power supply can power the Raspberry Pi 3 B+ and other USB accessories (such as most portable hard drives) without requiring an external powered USB hub

"The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It is a capable little computer which can be used in electronics projects, and for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays high-definition video."--Raspberry Pi Foundation FAQ page (http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs, viewed on January 15, 2015).

Package includes 1 Raspberry Pi model B+ (700MHz Broadcom BCM2835 CPU with 512 MB RAM, 40pin extended GPIO, full size HDMI, 4 USB ports, and micro SD slot) ; 1 8GB NOOBS micro SD card class 6 with choice of 6 operating systems and a recovery tool ; and a regulatory compliance/safety sheet.