Open Blackboard

I recently helped a student with a nice, provocative installation with kitschy religious imagery that used EL wires to simulate a neon sign....

Bad GUI for robot control (UPDATE: So this was all well and good as a proof of concept but we found when we brought the motors into the ...

This project is really fun! Lots of people have posted their experience putting it together so I won't do that, but after recovering fro...

Inspired by the brilliant work of Gary Donohue and Josh Burker , I have been working on a project with some of our art teachers that has ex...

I've been having a great time teaching students about 3D design and printing, and helping them print things they need. From robot scoops...

We've been using our new Makerbot 3D printer quite a bit since we got in in December in our school. I've been the one learning ...

My son has a piece of hambergite --I'm pretty sure that's what it is--and I've been wanting to give it special lighting for a wh...

Inspired by these mechanical movements animations , I thought it would be fun to figure out how to make some gears out of one of my favorite...

I love this quote from Len Shustek's article for The Computer Museum on MacPaint and QuickDraw: How do you measure programmer product...

I have a student, 11th grader, working on one of the most complex tech projects ever. Her English teacher gave an open-ended project assig...