How-To: Make Your Own Maracas
Your kids will go cha, cha, cha for these homemade maracas by Babyccino that you can make with simple paper mache techniques and colorful tissue paper. [ via AT ohdeedoh ]
Kids & Family
How-To: Make a Rubber Band Powered Toy Car Launcher
Dot at Dabbled has created an Instructable for making this awesome “Hot Wheels” type car launcher that sends cars flying across the floor. My son would love this, though as Dot mentions, I’d have to keep him far from any low windows!
GeekCycling at the MIT Flea Market
Where do you get that special something for that special project if you aren’t quite sure what it is or where to get it? Why the MIT Flea Market, of course! The MIT Radio Society, in conjunction with the MIT UHF Repeater Association, the MIT Electronics Research Society, and the Harvard Wireless Club, sponsors a […]
WEEE Man teaches with technojunk
Image from WEEE Man WEEE Man is a massive pile of technojunk brought out of the netherworld of the e-waste stream. As an educational project, the WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) Man site provides useful resources for teachers and students. Their overview is a good place to start on the big picture of the […]
Teaching sustainability with STEP
Image from STEP Looking to teach sustainability in to the young’uns in your life? Try the Sustainability Technology Education Project, or STEP. There are 35 case studies on the STEP site, primarily aimed at key stage 4 students. These provide a range of examples of sustainable solutions to technology issues from around the world. Each […]
Wing Commander papercraft
By way of the fine folks at Boing Boing comes word of this awesome site featuring dozens of papercraft spaceship models from the Wing Commander series of games, from the main Wing Commander titles, through Privateer, and spin-offs like Armada. Paper Commander
Welcome to the (laser-cut) dollhouse
Fascinating little piece (no dollhouse puns intended) on the Ponoko blog: Mass customization and rapid manufacturing are still considered to be in the early stages of popular usage, but there’s at least one hobby that has embraced both from the beginning. Think Victorian architecture, painted lady grilles, miniature side chairs, and tiny four poster beds. […]
