Pi-Bot, an Affordable Arduino Robot
I was recently forwarded a link to the soon-to-be released Pi-Bot robot kit. The Pi-Bot’s Kickstarter campaign is fully funded and is estimated to ship this June. This robot kit …
Category: Kid-Friendly
Squishy Circuits – Color Mixing with Light
A Math/Science activity night is coming up at my kids’ elementary school, requiring a 30 minute class project. I decided to check out squishy circuits. They consist of two kinds …
Arduino / e-Textiles / Kid-Friendly / Lilypad
A Soft-Circuit Potentiometer Makes Music
I recently received some e-textile components in the mail from an Italian company called Plug and Wear (www.plugandwear.com). In the interest of full disclosure, I should state that the company …
3D Printers with Kids – Part 3 (Printrbot Prints!)
After last week’s frustration with the Printrbot Simple, we were on the verge of returning it and looking for a different model. Research revealed, however, that there was no other …
3D Printers with Kids – Part 2 (Printrbot Problems)
The travails of our Printrbot assembly continue (see previous post for background). On about August 20, I’d contacted Printrbot via the support page on their website about the faulty cable …
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, …
Wii-Nunchuck Controlled Servo Motors
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. …