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HRRC Conference and AI Workshop Recap
HRRC Conference and AI Workshop Recap
Ryan JenkinsJune 30, 2025AI, AI tinkering, NEXUS experiments, HRRC, University Freiburg, University of Connecticut, Scratch labs, playful AI
Tinkering with AI Prompts and Cardboard Construction
Tinkering with AI Prompts and Cardboard Construction
Ryan JenkinsJune 25, 2025AI, AI images, freiburg, stadtbibliothek freiburg, digitaltag, workshop, experiment, schulki, cardboard city, cardboard construction
Cabinets of Curiosities in Freiburg and Bologna
Cabinets of Curiosities in Freiburg and Bologna
Ryan JenkinsJune 23, 2025cabinet of curiousities, inspirations, museums, freiburg, bologna, tin figures
Innovative Automata Investigations
Innovative Automata Investigations
Ryan JenkinsJune 6, 2025carl schurz haus, freiburg, automata, cranky contraptions, workshop, cabaret mechanical theatre, automata global tinkering workshop
More Toddler Tinkering Dispatches
More Toddler Tinkering Dispatches
Ryan JenkinsMay 27, 2025toddler tinkering, tinkering with toddlers, paper cars, LEDs, early childhood tinkering, ramps and rollers, blocks, painting, tubes, wooden robots, woodworking, linkages, mechanisms, construction site
Forest Tinkering with Sky Trams
Forest Tinkering with Sky Trams
Ryan JenkinsMay 19, 2025naturwerkstatt, breisach, forest tinkering, green tinkering, nature tinkering, sky trams, zip lines, crawlers, woods, forest, tinkering, prototypes
AutomataFest 2025 Recap`
AutomataFest 2025 Recap`
Ryan JenkinsMay 13, 2025cabaret mechanical theatre, automatafest, hastings, mechanical making space, observer building, automata magazine, paul spooner, tim hunkin, lisa slater, fi henshall, carlos zapata, tom haney, steve guy, loulou cousins, automata global tinkering workshop, LEGO, LEDs, computational tinkering, digital automata, OBX, natalie freed, nexmap, ensemble kit, cardboard automata, linkages, giant linkage party, festival
Automata and "Carolices" at Fabrica Centro Ciencia Viva
Automata and "Carolices" at Fabrica Centro Ciencia Viva
Ryan JenkinsApril 29, 2025the tinkering workshop, portugal, aveiro, fabrica, ciencia viva, cranky contraptions, crank slider, cardboard, carolices, avo carlos, grandpa carlos's little nonsense things, makerspace, tinkering environment
Art Machine Prototyping with an AI Chatbot
Art Machine Prototyping with an AI Chatbot
Ryan JenkinsApril 15, 2025art machine, twisted turtle, programmable art bots, turtle, AI, AI tools, reflection, pros and cons, chatbot, chatGPT, facilatation, microbit, micropython, makecode, coding, programming, digital tinkering, troubleshooting, iteration
Chair Marble Machines School Library Takeover
Chair Marble Machines School Library Takeover
Ryan JenkinsApril 12, 2025chair marble machines, marble machines, ISP, prague, international school of prague, library, school library, third graders, educators guide, book tour, the tinkering workshop, clean up, popcorn, reflection, activation, large scale
Martian Windmills at Weltraum Festival
Martian Windmills at Weltraum Festival
Ryan JenkinsApril 5, 2025weltraumfest, weltraum festival, raumschiff, zurich, dubendorf, the tinkering workshop, book tour, european book tour, space, mars, everyday materials, experiments, cardboard
Playful and Creative AI Workshop in Freiburg
Playful and Creative AI Workshop in Freiburg
Ryan JenkinsApril 4, 2025AI, Emancipatory AI, University Freiburg, NEXUS experiments, library, HRRC, University of Connecticut, UCONN, project week, animation, AI animations, scratch, scratch lab, face sensing, gallery walk, AI blocks, chatbot, large language model, 3d printing, experiment, coding, workshop, AI odyssey, YouMedia Center, inter.aktion
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