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Mancala

Submitted by tw on August 14, 2007 - 9:57am

I’ve been working for a while on a simple handheld game machine. It made its official debut at The Farm this summer, so I thought I’d post it here and on the gallery. read more...

Mint Box Theremin

Submitted by tw on August 13, 2007 - 12:13pm

My buddy Bob Stuart makes Noise in Montreal. I thought he should have a theremin. Took a weekend. Works. read more...

Mild cheddar

Submitted by clara on July 7, 2007 - 12:00pm

K: “I’m making eggs. Clara, do you want some?”

C: “Yes.”

T: “Could I put my name in for some too?”

K: “Sure. Do you want cheese on yours?”

T: “Yeah. What cheese do we have?”

K: “I’m having mild cheddar.”

T: “Sounds good.”

C: “I want your old cheddar too!”

First circuit blocks created

Submitted by tw on June 26, 2007 - 9:02am

Clara has always enjoyed playing with electronic components and breadboards. But putting them together to make an actual circuit is still a bit tough for her at 3, even with lots of coaching - getting the leads into exactly the right hole takes a bit more fine motor coordination than she’s got. So, I was inspired by an article in MAKE magazine* to make her some chunky blocks with screw-eye terminals that she can wire together using alligator clip leads. We’ll see how it goes!
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Solstice 2007

Submitted by tw on June 21, 2007 - 8:26pm

PrayBot 2007 photo

For the Summer Solstice this year, I refined last year’s PrayBot project by making it more efficient and robust, and again had it running in our city center at noon. The weather cooperated, and so did the gadget, and the people were great. Success! read more...