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 recorded it in slow-motion video! Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Willie watch…
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…
Fortune Teller
After I folded them for her, Isabel then asked for help writing numbers and colors on her fortune teller. Never wanting to miss an opportunity to teach more tech,…
