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In my last blog post I went into detail about accessorizing Halloween costumes with homemade cardboard swords. Now, there is the main question left unanswered…what to do about the costume itself? The answer lies in the same material I’ve been happily preaching about since starting this blog – sweet, sweet cardboard!
Today’s will be the last Bridges column, at least until next year — not because there isn’t plenty more to share, but because there have just been too many other things stacking up on the Math Mondays shelves. The final installment for this year is devoted to polyhedra and some of the incredibly diverse ways they can be presented.
Workshop Weekend is this weekend in Oakland, Calif. One to six hour long workshops on things like taste hacking, Arduino, wearable electronics, liquid nitrogen ice cream, sugar skull making and more are programmed over a weekend. A flat $40 admission gets you as many workshops as you can handle. Special discount code for MAKE readers inside the post.
Amy Oyler, The Scientific Mom, and her daughter have learning adventures. Tune in to Phoenix Ignite on Oct. 18th 2013, at 6:30 pm (MST) to hear about their day spent as beekeepers. There are 18 speakers in all. The event will be streamed live on the front page of Ignite Phoenix.
Just two more posts on the mathematical wonders found at Bridges 2013 — not because there wouldn’t be more material, but because there are so many other topics to pursue. Today’s post focuses again on themes which have occurred earlier in the annals of Math Mondays and which showed up with some very sophisticated examples at Bridges.
Imagine a building set that not only allows you to make your own creations, but changes color depending on how your put it together.
In this episode of “Projects with Ryan Slaugh” I highlight using the Arduino Mini with the FTDI Friend. Normally, using an Arduino is as simple as plug and play into your USB. With the Mini, however, you need to use the FTDI Friend. The Friend itself is a simple device that converts USB to serial that can […]
