3D Printers with Kids – Part 1
My middle son shares my passion for all things technical. He begged for a LEGO Mindstorms robot when he was 7, and though we held out until he was 8, …
Tech-Based Activities for Grownups and Kids
My middle son shares my passion for all things technical. He begged for a LEGO Mindstorms robot when he was 7, and though we held out until he was 8, …
My 11-year old and I attended an event held by CoderDojo LA at the Google LA offices this morning. The CoderDojo movement is a free, non-profit aimed at turning young …
In March, I posted on experimenting with the MPU-6050 IMU chip (mounted in a GY-521 breakout board). It seems that many people are using the MPU-6050, and I wanted to …
I’m back to playing around with the Raspberry Pi. Right now I’m considering webcam projects, and am looking for interesting subjects around the house. The goldfish have been seeing a …
This Saturday I’ll be running an Arduino workshop for teenagers and young adults at the Young Adult Innovate Conference put on by Advance LA. The conference organizers were looking for …
I’ll be running a hands-on Arduino workshop this Saturday, where the attendees will be assembling simple circuits and connecting them to an Arduino board. Recently I’ve been trying to write …
My previous project explored the accelerometer and gyroscope sensors in an MPU-6050 IMU chip, and showed how the data from both sensors could be combined for greater overall accuracy. …
My last two blog entries discussed demonstrations of gyroscopes and angular momentum conservation at our school’s science fair. One of the demonstrations I put together takes a look at how …
As I mentioned in my last post, my sons’ school had a science fair last week where I ran a demonstration involving angular momentum and gyroscopes. In researching the use of …
Last weekend my children’s school had a science fair which they called “STEAM Day”, for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math. It turned out to be a engaging and dynamic …