It was Mozilla Festival on Oct 26 2013, halfterm weekend. My children were very excited to create and then 3D print models using Minecraft as the development tool.
The person running the PRINTCRAFT server is Paul Harter, who used to work with my old colleague Simon Schofield on Simon's art algorithms.
Clyde created an elephant which was then saved and exported as an STL file. The original Minecraft blocks were reduced to 2mm cubes for printing on a Makerbot 2.
We snapped off the strands holding up the trunk, cleaned out his ears and he was ready to play.
Sunday 10 November 2013
3D Printing Minecraft
Labels:
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Saturday 14 September 2013
Technology Will Save Us DIY Synth
My sons are way better at soldering than me after about 5 minutes...
We went to Technology Will Save Us and Little Bits Global Make-athon at Limewharf, Vyner Street. DIY little synths were very successful, and we also constructed Snowkilla the Iceman with revolving chainsaw...
Location:
London, UK
Friday 12 July 2013
Robot workshop with Year 4
Year 4 at Chesterton are learning about circuits at the moment, so I went in to spend the day doing a bristlebot / robot workshop. We looked at a commercially produced hexbug and the kids figured what was inside - battery, switch and vibrating motor.
The children worked in pairs, listed all the parts they would need and stripped the connecting wires. We used pliers and sticky tape to secure contacts; matchsticks and sticky tape to scupper the motors.
They created all sorts of great stuff.
Simple circuit |
Putting the bits together |
No sensors, no intelligence, but cleverly designed legs.
Then we looked at some home-made versions, using larger toy motors and simple slide switches. One was made with wire legs and the other had a brush for a base.
Plastic cup Dalek |
The children worked in pairs, listed all the parts they would need and stripped the connecting wires. We used pliers and sticky tape to secure contacts; matchsticks and sticky tape to scupper the motors.
They created all sorts of great stuff.
Brush beast |
Helicopter |
Brush aeroplane |
Octopus |
Location:
London
Tuesday 4 June 2013
Cardboard record player
Sunday 24 February 2013
LEGO decal
First attempt to create Lego decal, using a template from http://www.minifigcustomizationnetwork.com/templatecentral. Linton wanted Captain Cody and Black Spiderman; Clyde decided to do own custom design:
These are the Lightning Lads, who subsequently starred in their own photo-cartoon story. Here are a couple of scenes:
These are the Lightning Lads, who subsequently starred in their own photo-cartoon story. Here are a couple of scenes:
Ready for action |
Raiding the bank |
Location:
London, UK
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