Tinkering Moment of Zen at Maker Faire
As soon as turntable got power and turned itself on, a spontaneous play break infected all of us as we were setting up a giant booth for this weekend’s Maker Faire shenanigans. Walter came up with a...
View ArticleTinkering Moment of Zen: Improvising at Oscylinderscope
Two visitors busted out a guitar in the Tinkering Studio, and started improvising a tune using the string of Norman Tuck’s exhibit Oscylinderscope as a base. I love the fact that the atmosphere in the...
View ArticleYour Tinkering Moment of Zen: plant improv with MaKey MaKey
This mostly qualifies as a moment of zen because of where I chose to ground myself. Look closely… MaKey MaKey is an awesome project from our friends Eric Rosenbaum and Jay Silver at MIT Media Lab....
View ArticleMonent of Zen: Mylar Music Video
About to leave for the kingdom but had to post this last moment of zen before I go of our testing the capabilities of the mylar tube wall as a video screen pixelator for our favorite music video… We...
View ArticleTinkering Moment of Zen: Uroborus
We’re testing out Norman Tuck’s new version of the uroborus in the tinkering studio this week and it didn’t take explainers long to figure out a way to mess around with the exhibit and connect a light...
View ArticleTinkering Moment of Zen: One Ring to Rule Them All
Last week as part of our wind-up drawing machine explorations, our group messed around with melting crayons to make little molded parts for the contraptions. We also were interested in mold making on...
View ArticleMoment of Zen: Perspective Drawing
While trying to talk to Nicole through the window between the wood shop and the office, we realized that the window could be used for writing messages, which led to us making perspective drawings!...
View ArticleTinkering Moment of Zen: pushup competition
The Tinkering Studio cross-fit training regimen is brutal. Next up: support beam pull-ups. It’s good to be back at work!
View ArticleMoment of Zen – Same As It Ever Was
Same as it ever was! from The Tinkering Studio on Vimeo. On Thursday, our friend, colleague, and guest blogger Michael Smith-Welch came by to check out the new building and I roped him into the task...
View ArticleMoment of Zen: Unexpected Outcomes of Exhibit Placement
Looks like our initial placement of Bernoulli Blower may have to be altered slightly… It’s been fun learning all the unexpected quirks and surprises of the new building. Who would have thought the air...
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