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Tinkering R&D Process: Focus on Kaleidoscopes

Tinkering R&D Process: Focus on Kaleidoscopes

Ryan JenkinsJuly 15, 2024Tinkering R&D, kaleidoscopes, process, prototyping, TIPs, community of practice, LEGO playful museum learning network, collective ideas, documentation, tinkering within reach, old ideas, feedback, blogs, slack, inefficientComment

Light & Optics Prototyping with Phaeno - Part One

Light & Optics Prototyping with Phaeno - Part One

Ryan JenkinsMay 23, 2024exhibits, prototyping, phaeno wolfsburg, light, optics, colored shadows, light island, artists, tinkering, tinkerable, reflection, design, color mixing, primary colors

'A Secret Club' Mini-Residency in Freiburg

'A Secret Club' Mini-Residency in Freiburg

Making Kaleidoscopes More Collaborative

Making Kaleidoscopes More Collaborative

Ryan JenkinsJanuary 19, 2024kaleidoscopes, collaboration, tinkering inventive playsets, TIPs, LEGO playful museum learning network, tinkering studio, projector, raspberry pi, social scaffolding, webcam, toys, junk, remix, tinkertank, duck into a kaleidoscope, prototyping, activity design, activity development

Workshops at TinkerTank and Experimenta

Workshops at TinkerTank and Experimenta

Ryan JenkinsJuly 13, 2023tinkertank, treadmill rollers, germany, experimenta, inter.aktion, LEGO, makerspaces, community, prototyping, halbgar, half baked ideas

Automata Tour in Falmouth and Hastings

Automata Tour in Falmouth and Hastings

A Playful Residency at Connecticut Science Center

A Playful Residency at Connecticut Science Center

Thinking about Tinkering Materials

Thinking about Tinkering Materials

Ryan JenkinsMay 5, 2023rollers, treadmills, materials, prototyping, prototyping process, R&D, jumps

Tinkering with Treadmills

Tinkering with Treadmills

Ryan JenkinsApril 2, 2023rollers, ramps and rollers, prototyping, treadmills, LEGO, LEGO playful museum network, TIPs, slinky treadmill, wind tubes, derders, open kit, conveyor belt

A Customizable Shadow Remix Station

A Customizable Shadow Remix Station

Ryan JenkinsAugust 26, 2022shadow remix, ufte, exploratorium, tinkering studio, prototyping, app, makeymakey, digital, shadows, light and shadow, after dark, at home, tinkering at home, tinkering in the kitchen

Roller Sidetracks and Marble-Run Inspirations

Roller Sidetracks and Marble-Run Inspirations

Ryan JenkinsJuly 16, 2022uftes, exploratorium, marble runs, marble tracks, marble machines, ball runs, prototyping, tinkering, tinkering in the wild, public spaces

Automata Tinkering Workshop Sketches to Prototypes

Automata Tinkering Workshop Sketches to Prototypes

Ryan JenkinsJuly 7, 2022automata, cabaret mechanical theater, online workshop, atgw, tinkering, prototyping, global workshop, caterpillar, rain forest, planetary gears, walnut automata, sketches, works in progress