by Meredith Martin | Feb 11, 2016 | Collaboration, hardware, MakerEd, STEM
I’m always looking for new things to try with my students, and I recently picked up two new ‘toys’ to test out for my classes. The first one is a project I backed on Kickstarter called Wink. Wink is a nifty little robot with programmable LED eyes...
by Meredith Martin | Jan 11, 2016 | Collaboration, hardware, How-To, MakerEd, STEM
I’ve been itching to do an Altoid tin project at some point, and at yesterday’s #HackSunday I finally had the chance! My buddy @danborghoff walked me through making an Altoid Tin Fume Extractor, a project from Make Magazine. This nifty little gadget uses...
by Meredith Martin | Oct 30, 2015 | 3D Printing, hardware, MakerEd
A while back, I read about a new 3D pen being developed on Indiegogo, the Creopop. What made this pen stand out from current 3D pens such as the 3Doodler was that it was a heatless pen. Instead of heating up and melting plastic to draw with, this pen used...
by Meredith Martin | Sep 5, 2015 | 3D Printing, hardware, MakerEd, STEM
You know the cool kid at school? You know, the one all the girls giggle and sigh about and the one all the boys secretly want to be? Yeah, that’s pretty much the description of the Polar3D Printer. This little thing is amazing. One of it’s best...
by Meredith Martin | Jul 18, 2015 | General Update, hardware, MakerEd, STEM
Today’s grand adventure: @kerszi and I took a trip to Fazzio’s to explore the surplus side of the store. Pro Tip – Maker shopping is twice as fun with a friend! As I mentioned in my previous post about this place, it’s extremely overwhelming....
by Meredith Martin | Jul 16, 2015 | General Update, hardware, MakerEd, STEM
Last week I rang up my dad to see if he wanted to go to Harbor Freight with me. I wanted to browse for some new additions to my Maker Toolbag, so that one day it will be as awesome as @davezirk‘s Bag Of Holding. We spent about an hour puttering in the store as...
