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The Power of Junk

The Power of Junk

Ryan JenkinsJanuary 23, 2024tinkertank, hackathon, ludwigsburg, games, junk, dissection, tinkering, explorations

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

Visit to the German Clock Museum

Visit to the German Clock Museum

Ryan JenkinsJanuary 8, 2024Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, German Clock Museum, black forest, tinkering, mechanisms, cuckoo clocks, clocks, models, music machines, bellows, lithography, press, printing, printing press, kitchen table lithography, studio lula, DIY cuckoo clock kit

2023 Year in Review

2023 Year in Review

Ryan JenkinsJanuary 4, 2024year in review, 2023, workshops, conferences, washington DC, bremen, aarhus, freiburg, treadmills, circuit city, kaleidoscopes, tinkering book, photoshoot

Get Started Tinkering with Mirrors

Get Started Tinkering with Mirrors

Ryan JenkinsDecember 19, 2023tinkering inventive playset, TIPs, kaleidoscopes, art and science, mirrors, LEGO, LEGO playful museum learning network, hinged mirror, exhibit walk, turntable, shadow kaleidoscope

OctoStudio Kaleidoscope Experiments

OctoStudio Kaleidoscope Experiments

Going Deeper with Cardboard Kaleidoscopes

Going Deeper with Cardboard Kaleidoscopes

Ryan JenkinsNovember 24, 2023kaleidoscopes, mirrors, kaleidoscope, cardboard, motors, LEGO, simple kaleidoscopes, Gary Newlin, Octo Studio, Magna-tiles, lights, flashlights, experiments, prototypes

Making and Tinkering Exhibitions at Universum

Making and Tinkering Exhibitions at Universum

Ryan JenkinsNovember 20, 2023Universum, Bremen, kaleidoscope, forts, rainbow lightbox, rollers, ramps and rollers, wolkenkuckucksheim, milchstrasse, cloud cuckoo land, trees, construction, cardboard houses, cabinet of curiousities, nooks

Lanterne Basteln for St. Martin's Day

Lanterne Basteln for St. Martin's Day

Ryan JenkinsNovember 10, 2023st martins day, freiburg, tinkering, basteln, lanterns, lanternelaufen, bubble wrap, solar panel LED, garden lights, dichroic vinyl, parade, solar energy, plastic fusing, DIY Laternen, Martinstag

Lights and Rollers at Universum

Lights and Rollers at Universum

Ryan JenkinsNovember 6, 2023universum, bremen, workshop, pd workshop, tinkering, light play, ramps, ramps and rollers, flashlights

Ten Tinkering Inspirations for Summer 2023

Ten Tinkering Inspirations for Summer 2023

Ryan JenkinsAugust 31, 2023tinkering, inspirations, automata, AI, pen plotter, music machines, cardboard costumes, biotinkering, scratch, maker faireComment

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