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A Playful Residency at Connecticut Science Center

A Playful Residency at Connecticut Science Center

Automata Workshop at National Children's Museum

Automata Workshop at National Children's Museum

Ryan JenkinsMay 26, 2023automata, cranky contraptions, workshop, professional development, NCM, National Children's Museums, DC, facilitation, cabaret mechanical theatre

Cardboard Circuitry Starting Points

Cardboard Circuitry Starting Points

Ryan JenkinsMay 16, 2023cardboard, cities, circuit city, LEGO, tinkering studio, tinkering inventive playset, ufte, solar power, sustainable tinkering, switches, LEDs, gear motors, copper tape, scrappy circuits

Thinking about Tinkering Materials

Thinking about Tinkering Materials

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

Circuit Cities Inspirations and Prototypes

Circuit Cities Inspirations and Prototypes

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