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Solar Sculptures at the Naturwerkstatt Breisach

Solar Sculptures at the Naturwerkstatt Breisach

Motorized Balance Sculptures at Technorama

Motorized Balance Sculptures at Technorama

Ryan JenkinsSeptember 16, 2025bildungscongress, technorama, switzerland, professional development, the tinkering workshop, prototyping, weighted wobblers, balancing sculptures, wires, weights, motors, pager motors

Recycled Roly Poly Rollers Prototyping

Recycled Roly Poly Rollers Prototyping

Fireplace Fan Motor Experiments

Fireplace Fan Motor Experiments

Ryan JenkinsFebruary 10, 2025energy harvesting, peltier elements, phaeno wolfsburg, prototyping, exhibit design, motors, generators, thermoelectric generators

Going Deeper with Cardboard Kaleidoscopes

Going Deeper with Cardboard Kaleidoscopes

Ryan JenkinsNovember 24, 2023kaleidoscopes, mirrors, kaleidoscope, cardboard, motors, LEGO, simple kaleidoscopes, Gary Newlin, Octo Studio, Magna-tiles, lights, flashlights, experiments, prototypes

Tinkering with New Materials in Udaipur

Tinkering with New Materials in Udaipur

Ryan JenkinsFebruary 8, 2019materials, tinkering, udaipur, india, marble machines, light play, chain reaction, junkyard, motors, screens, wind-up pigeons, linkages

Drawing Automata Ideas

Drawing Automata Ideas

Ryan JenkinsMay 9, 2017art machines, chabot, prototyping, motors, DAGU motors, crank slider, mechanisms, painting, STEAM, R&D, lasercutter, prototypes