Month: August 2012

In the MAKESHOP – Informal Learning and Making at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh

In the MAKESHOP – Informal Learning and Making at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh

An interview with some of the staff at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh – topics include their MAKESHOP, informal learning, materials literacy, and the CMP’s presence and role in Pittsburgh.

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Hacker Scouts: Open Lab @ Ace Monster Toys

Hacker Scouts: Open Lab @ Ace Monster Toys

Hacker Scouts: Open Lab @ Ace Monster Toys. Ace Monster Toys presents Hacker Scouts Got a Maker kind of kid? Traditional kind of scouting not a good fit? Want to Build community with other maker families? Hacker Scouts is a new program designed to acquire new skills, reinforce knowledge, provide mentoring, and build community. Join […]

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Backyard Ballistics Returns With a 2nd Edition

Backyard Ballistics Returns With a 2nd Edition

Our friend Bill Gurstelle is dropping an updated version of Backyard Ballistics, one of his trademark flingin’ books and one of his earlier works that made his name as the go-to man for catapulting and exploding. This bestselling guide has been expanded and updated, enabling ordinary folks to construct even more exciting ballistic devices in […]

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Fluorescent Light Moon Sculpture

Fluorescent Light Moon Sculpture

Chinese artist Wang Yuyang constructed his own Artificial Moon using thousands of differently shaped fluorescent lights.

His work conveys the consumption of energy, the awe of looking at the moon, and an ancient Chinese fable.

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