Newsflash: Ottawa Makerfaire = Awesome
Ottawa Mini Makerfaire went off without a hitch thanks to organizers, supporters and makers! There were 4420 people! The Makerfaire was posted on Hackaday. Lumipendent got a mention as well! Other...
CTV Morning Live, Squirrel, Dinky and FireFly
This morning I went on CTV Morning Live with Britta, Olivia and Andrew. Britta presented the Makerfaire this weekend at the Museum of Science. Olivia and Andrew presented their very...
Dinky Motor at Ottawa Mini Makerfaire
Dinky Motor will be at this Ottawa Mini Makerfaire this year (Aug 31-Sep 1, 10a-5p, free, Science Museum, 1867 St. Laurent)! In fact I just started making up motors which...
Dinky Motor Kits and Instructions V1
Here are the video instructions for Dinky Motor. Questions welcome. If you’re in Ottawa send me a note if you want me to drop by to help. For those who are...
Squirrel at Ottawa City Hall
This passing Thursday I showed the Squirrel Model Airplane at Ottawa City Hall. This was a preview of the Ottawa Mini Makerfaire to come. It was fun. My friend Phon...
Dinky Motor at Ottawa Maker Market
After prototyping and testing the first version of Dinky Motor is here. Tomorrow is the two month anniversary of the project by the way. It was the 3rd of June...
Dinky Motor V1 Testing
Last night we did a test run of the Dinky Motor V1 using the new brush system. I prepared some kits, packed them in a litlte box and headed for Kanata...
Dinky Motor New Brushes
The Dinky Motor Project is a kit for kids to learn about electricity, magnetism and other miracles. Below is a brief video of an older version to see how easy they are to...
Dinky Motor Experiments
I made a few revisions and am in the midst of a few experiments with the Dinky Motor project. The video is at the bottom. Armature I added some features...
Dinky Motor Testing
Tonight was a Dinky Motors group build. The test group was just right so it was fun and we all learned a lot. Especially me. We had a lot of people...
Hey Kids! Red’s Not a Primary!
That’s right! It’s a primary for light but not paint. The red, green and blue circles (below and right) show primary colors for your eye. The additive RGB system reflects human physiology since we have receptors...
Space
I’ve been asked for my opinion about communal work-space. Here are some thoughts on starting a hackspace and what a space needs. Infrastructure vs. People and Projects I think like any...
Crank Charger for Cell Phone
Before I made my good DIY solar charger, I just had this simple charger. So I made this crank backup to survive times when there wasn’t enough sun for the...
Feel the Power
The average person doesn’t understand the scope of human energy use. I decided to make installations to demonstrate energy by letting people peddle or crank a generator to power common...
Perpetual Motion
I did a presentation for the Inventors Association on business, sharing and fabrication. To make it more interesting I made a perpetual motion machine during my talk. It was designed in Sketchup...
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