The Loog Guitar
This is an awesome kit that I stumbled upon on Kickstarter. The bidding is closed to fund the project, but it looks like designer Rafael Atijas had no problem funding his project – got 437% of his...
View ArticleMy First Invention: Impossible Without Dad
A couple of years ago, I was building stuff from paper towel and toilet paper tubes with my two kids, then 3 and 4. We assembled a bunch of random sculptures using tape, scissors, and lots of glue,...
View ArticlelittleBits: EZ Electronics for Kids
This electronics kit requires no soldiering and is a perfect way to introduce kids to electronics. The components are designed to be snapped together with small magnets to make all kinds of...
View ArticleConstruction Kits Unite!
The provocateurs at F.A.T. Lab and Sy-Lab have created their “Free Universal Construction Kit“, a set of 80 adaptor bricks that allow popular construction toys to work together with custom-printed...
View ArticleSillyduino – Silly Fun Button
8 LEDs, one button, some wire and resistors and are all it took to transform this old cigar box into a “Silly Fun Button”. Press it and you, or your friend, or both of you have to do something silly...
View ArticleThree-year-old + Power Tools = Good Building Times
My kids (6 and 8 now) spent some time making some great stuff at this camp this summer. Love this video of 3-year-old Ryan making a chair, especially at :44 when he masterfully drills a hole, with Deb...
View ArticleKinecticate: Kinect-powered Email
My mom has lived with aphasia ever since she suffered a serious stroke twelve years ago. In the meantime, there’s been a revolution in communication – powered by social media. Like a lot of people, I...
View ArticleScreen Time: Foldify Video Review – A Great App
I love this app Foldify. Anything that is at the intersection of pixels and molecules by way of a printer has to be fun for the kids. My kids were comfortable with this in less than a minute and really...
View ArticleThe John-E-Reader in Action
Finally, a nook for your Nook. Or in this case, a corner for my Kindle. John-E-Reader
View ArticleCereal Box Brownstone
I love taking stuff you can find from around the house and adding some 3D printed parts to upcycle them into something else. For this project, I added some windows and a door to a cereal box to make it...
View ArticleUntrashables: Nine 3D-Printed Projects Inspired by Trash
Untrashables started off one Sunday morning this summer with an empty egg carton we were about to toss discard. Just for fun, I challenged the kids to think about something that we could design and 3D...
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