First Radio
The the magic they bring and the powerful way they forever changed the world, radios don’t have to be that complicated. Joshua Made his first radio with some wire, and…
Discovery Place
Hackerspace Charlotte and later Makerspace Charlotte have had a great relationship with Discovery Place. We created several lab events including LED blinkies, RC Hovercraft, Compressed Air Rockets with parachutes, as…
Loose tooth? Not in the house of rockets!
Joshua had a loose tooth and really wanted to finish it off with a compressed air rocket launch… and we recorded it in slow-motion video! Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Willie…
Light bulb vs. Liquid Nitrogen
So incandescent lightbulbs are often made with a tungsten filament and the surrounded by arguing gas, to keep the tungsten from burning when it gets so hot it glows. And…
Sir Lance-a-little
The weekend between Disney and Universal we went to a makerfaire and got to participate and a combat robot competition in the 1lbs division. Brian built and drove Sir…
Whitewater swim team
Another wonderful day at the US National Whitewater Center. This time while attempting to surf a rapid a few of us got the opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to the…
Isabel looses a tooth
As you watch the video you may notice that Isabel’s tooth is already a little bloody. In our preparation for launch, while positioning children and cameras (phones and iPad) some…
