Michael wanted a bike stand, but didn’t want to pay, and wanted to use it as a project to build his Computer Aided Design and fabrication skills. We had been using ProDesktop by PTC, to learn how to design mechanical parts. He was doing the tutorials along with his classmates. He worked out the idea […]
Lucas and his dad enjoy making stuff. In this video Brad interviews the young Tinkerer about the spiffy new speakers they made and rigged up to their stereo. This was a great project – we followed the plans at https://makezine.com/12/diymusic_plate/ but didn’t have the right wire, magnets, or plates. Instead we used 30 ga wire […]
Stormdrane made this beautiful Star Knot by following this tutorial. Stormdrane’s own tutorial for making a Paracord bracelet can be found in the new Make book, The Best of Instructables, reviewed recently by Marc de Vinck and available in the Maker Shed.
We’re really liking Discovery’s new show, Time Warp – it’s the perfect combination of science, woohoo! moments, and how things work. The hosts, Jeff Lieberman and Matt Kearney, both have an infectious sense of curiosity that make the show really fun to watch. Do you know how your dog uses its tongue to drink? In […]
If you really want to understand electric circuit theory, eventually you will need to come to terms with Ohm’s Law. So how can you get the concept across that I=VR? Will your students be able to figure out that V=I/R or that R=V/I, or that all three of these equations are pretty much the same? […]
Wonderful collection of painted hands.
Last week at the Duxbury Student Union, Lee Pulis and I held a workshop on using trash to learn about electricity, design and mechanical devices. We used CD drives from old computers. Inside the drives we found motors, gears, switches, and lots of interesting looking stuff. The main tools were small phillips head screwdrivers and […]
