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Light & Optics Exhibits On the Floor at Phaeno

Light & Optics Exhibits On the Floor at Phaeno

Ryan JenkinsJuly 26, 2025light, optics, light and optics, phaeno, phaeno wolfsburg, playful exhibits, RGB shadows, colored shadows

Searching for Tinkering: Water, Cardboard and Sound

Searching for Tinkering: Water, Cardboard and Sound

Ryan JenkinsJuly 25, 2025searching for tinkering, schwarzwald, watermills, saw mill, automata, germay, germany, black forest, LEDs, cardboard, art museum, kunsthaus, monster chetwynd, elztal museum, sound, sound machines

Maker Girl and Professor Smarts Book Review

Maker Girl and Professor Smarts Book Review

Ryan JenkinsJuly 21, 2025jasmine florentine, hex allen, maker girl and professor smarts, MIT kids press, maker books, book review, grappling hook, the tinkering workshop

Approaches to Tinkering with AI

Approaches to Tinkering with AI

Ryan JenkinsJuly 14, 2025AI, KI, Experimenta, inter.aktion, conference, professional development, conferences, prorotypes, nexus, University Freiburg, scratch, scratch labs, face sensing, AI animations, circuit blocks, KI-pavillion, mitchel resnick

Water Factory Tinkering at Boulder Public Library

Water Factory Tinkering at Boulder Public Library

Ryan JenkinsJuly 4, 2025boulder public library, celeste moreno, water factory, the tinkering workshop, toddler tinkering, storytime tinkering, swim swim sink, water tinkering

Klangkugelbahn at Waldkirch Sound and Organ Festival

Klangkugelbahn at Waldkirch Sound and Organ Festival

AI Inspired Sustainable (cardboard) city at Digitaltag Freiburg

AI Inspired Sustainable (cardboard) city at Digitaltag Freiburg

Ryan JenkinsJuly 2, 2025digitaltag, freiburg, stadtbibliothek freiburg, cardboard city, AI, KI, image generation, generative AI, AI tinkering, eco-friendly, schulki, prompts

The Tinkering Workshop at STUDIO 24 Makerspace

The Tinkering Workshop at STUDIO 24 Makerspace

Ryan JenkinsJuly 1, 2025the tinkering workshop, celeste moreno, studio 24, boulder public library, electronics, display wall, library makers, library, kits

HRRC Conference and AI Workshop Recap

HRRC Conference and AI Workshop Recap

Ryan JenkinsJune 30, 2025AI, AI tinkering, NEXUS experiments, HRRC, University Freiburg, University of Connecticut, Scratch labs, playful AI

Tinkering with AI Prompts and Cardboard Construction

Tinkering with AI Prompts and Cardboard Construction

Ryan JenkinsJune 25, 2025AI, AI images, freiburg, stadtbibliothek freiburg, digitaltag, workshop, experiment, schulki, cardboard city, cardboard construction

Cabinets of Curiosities in Freiburg and Bologna

Cabinets of Curiosities in Freiburg and Bologna

Ryan JenkinsJune 23, 2025cabinet of curiousities, inspirations, museums, freiburg, bologna, tin figures

Innovative Automata Investigations

Innovative Automata Investigations

Ryan JenkinsJune 6, 2025carl schurz haus, freiburg, automata, cranky contraptions, workshop, cabaret mechanical theatre, automata global tinkering workshop