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10Aug/111 comment
The History of the Musical Bench
One of the exhibits currently in the Tinkering Studio is a musical bench. Nicole and I made it last year by sawing into a normal museum bench and adding a cricket computer to measure resistance and turn that value into … Continue reading
Tagged as: cricket computer, exhibits, history, making of, musical bench, ohm, tinkering
9Aug/11No comments
How pencils are made
It’s often how we start a sketch for an idea, a drawing, or just something to chew on while you puzzle a problem in your head. But how are those iconic hexagonal pencils actually made? Pretty cool to observe the … Continue reading

