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Recycle for LightUpPoUptober

Recycle for LightUpPoUptober

Ryan JenkinsNovember 5, 2024pop-up, light-up, LED, paper circuits, chibitronics, paper engineering, keith allen, lightuppoptober, challenge, recycling, recycle, solar garden, solar power, solar garden lightComment

Last Minute Halloween Costume Ideas

Last Minute Halloween Costume Ideas

Ryan JenkinsOctober 30, 2024the tinkering workshop, halloween, costumes, cardboard, funny, spooky, googly eyes, trash tutu, cardboard skateboard, rearview mirror, big face box, mobiles, defensive dress, book launch, book release, inspirations, ideas, prototypes

The Tinkering Workshop Book Tour Continues

The Tinkering Workshop Book Tour Continues

Ryan JenkinsOctober 29, 2024book tour, book launch, socal, MOXI, timbre books, ReDiscover Center, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura, art machines, cranky contraptions, automata, hard fun, cardboard forts, circuits, electricity

The Tinkering Workshop Book Tour Gets Underway

The Tinkering Workshop Book Tour Gets Underway

Ars Electronica Chain Reaction Workshop

Ars Electronica Chain Reaction Workshop

Ryan JenkinsSeptember 19, 2024ars electronica, chain reaction, tinkertank, habitat augsburg, mrkz, rube goldberg, postcity, linz, austria, scrap, junk, create your world, hope, forge of hope, materials, tinkering, workshop, STEAM, facilitation, building, construction

Materials Spotlight: Magnets

Materials Spotlight: Magnets

Ryan JenkinsAugust 1, 2024magnets, materials spotlight, The Tinkering Workshop, bonus content, magnet switch, on the go switch, magnet car, construction kit, music machines, uftes, tips, automata, cabaret mechanical theatre, paul spooner, homopolar motors

Making a Book: Rough Draft to Final Iteration

Making a Book: Rough Draft to Final Iteration

Ryan JenkinsJuly 19, 2024The Tinkering Workshop, behind the scenes, making of, photography, photoshoot, first pages, rough draft, marble machines, storey publishing, marble machine, sky tram, cranky contraptions

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

Material Spotlight: Fidget Spinners

Material Spotlight: Fidget Spinners

Ryan JenkinsJuly 9, 2024materials spotlight, the tinkering workshop, bonus content, fidget spinners, kaleidoscopes, solar spinners

Podcast with Paul Orselli

Podcast with Paul Orselli

Ryan JenkinsJuly 4, 2024podcast, paul orselli, POW, explainers, john holt, talking about tinkering, tinkering, the tinkering workshop Comment

Ball Run Inspirations in the Wild

Ball Run Inspirations in the Wild

Ryan JenkinsJuly 3, 2024ball runs, marble machines, tracks, rollers, kugelbahn, trentino, forest, wooden ball runs, mini golf, berlin, george rhodes, mary ziegler, science center, inspirations, examples, new directions Comments

Light and Optics Prototyping with Phaeno: Part 2

Light and Optics Prototyping with Phaeno: Part 2