$10M to Carbon3D Last week, we featured a University of Buffalo student who printed a 40ร40ร100mm Eiffel Towerย in just over 12 minutes. That same day, VentureBeat reported that Carbon3D โ another startup working on speedier 3D printing โ received $10M from Autodesk’s 3D printing fund. Carbon3D calls the technology Continuous Liquid Interface Production, and claims […]
Talking with “Experiment Boy,” one of the leading French-speaking YouTube creators attempting to make science, science experiments, and phenomenon, fun!
Is there a mini scientist in your house? Encourage curiosity and creativity–and introduce kids to the idea of density–one colorful layer at a time with this fun rainbow jar science experiment!
What could be more fun than smashing protons and neutrons together using and Arduino and Processing? Doing it as an arcade game perhaps?
Einstein’s Workshop, based in Massachusetts, has had enormous success teaching 3D design to children as young as 8 while getting them excited about math and programming. Their secret? They’ve developed an educational CAD program called BlocksCAD. The interface is easy for developing minds to grasp, with interlocking blocks and sliders, simple shapes, and quick visual […]
Out in Zone 5, Liz Barry of Public Lab is sensing strong interest in spectrometry. The reason: “It’s like a Tricorder for $10!” The Public Lab is a community where you can learn how to investigate environmental concerns. Using inexpensive DIY techniques, Public Labs seeks to change how people see the world in environmental, social, […]
Amy Oyler has made homeschooling into a project, and homeschooling has made Amy Oyler into a maker. Her blog, The Scientific Mom, tracks Oyler’s hands-on projects as she teaches science to 8-year-old Kat. Amy started writing it to explain this whole homeschooling idea to friends and family, but it has grown in popularity as she […]
