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Rolling Light Traces

Rolling Light Traces

Ryan JenkinsApril 5, 2023ramps and rollers, rollers, light painting, LEDs, treadmills, prototypes, experiments, exploration, light traces, slow shutter, long exposure

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 Visit to Museum Tinguely

A Visit to Museum Tinguely

Ryan JenkinsFebruary 17, 2023Jean Tinguely, Nikki de Saint Phalle, Inspiration, museum visit, Basel, Kinetic Sculptures, automata, scribbling machines, art machines, sound machines, basel, switzerlandComment

Public Prototyping Tips and Tricks

Public Prototyping Tips and Tricks

Ryan JenkinsSeptember 16, 2022public prototyping, spielmobil, mobiles, solar, solar do nothing, solar panels, environment, materials, bottom-up, tips and tricks, tinkering, tinkering process

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

Ufte Reflections and Big Ideas - Part Two

Ufte Reflections and Big Ideas - Part Two

Ryan JenkinsJune 29, 2022uftes, tinkering studio, exploratorium, rhythm blocks, rollers, ramps, unusual rollers, art of tinkering

Ufte Reflections and Big Ideas - Part One

Ufte Reflections and Big Ideas - Part One

Toy Taxidermy at the KID museum

Toy Taxidermy at the KID museum

Ryan JenkinsJune 13, 2022KID museum, installation, circuits, toy taxidermy, furby, makerspace, electricity, toy take apart, toy dissection

Tinkering with Uftes at Ecsite 2022

Tinkering with Uftes at Ecsite 2022

Ryan JenkinsJune 6, 2022ecsite2022, ecsite, ecsite conference, heilbronn, germany, conference, prototyping, makerspace, tinkering space, tinkering studio, kinetic scupltures, sound machines, rhythm blocks, uftes, exploratorium, LEGO foundation

Playing with the Sun Prototyping at Dokk1 Library

Playing with the Sun Prototyping at Dokk1 Library

Ryan JenkinsMay 26, 2022dokk1, prototyping, sun, solar, solar powere, solar creatures, solar art machines, playing with the sun