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Lightsabers! Use the Force and become a Jedi …. or a Sith!This project comes from Parts and Crafts, developed from 2008 - 2011. Parts and Crafts is a creative community & summer camp for children to learn in an environment in which they are freely able to choose what they are doing. Parts and Crafts grew out of a camp I started in 2006 called Camp Kaleidoscope, which I directed through 2008.The lightsaber kit was conceived of at Camp Kaleidoscope in 2008, and has since gone through several revisions by Parts and Crafts. We’ve tried it out in several public workshops, where children as young as 6 or 7, as well as parents and adults, have tried and generally loved the project. The project serves as both a reasonable introduction to electronics — as it requires no prior knowledge — as well as a fun way to explore making electronic props for costumes (especially for Halloween!)We now have a kit available containing all the necessary parts at http://www.lightsaberkit.comAnd for those interested, here’s a blog post from 2008 when I was running Camp Kaleidoscope, telling a few stories I saw around kids making lightsabers and what I saw them learning in the process.

Lightsabers! Use the Force and become a Jedi …. or a Sith!

This project comes from Parts and Crafts, developed from 2008 - 2011. Parts and Crafts is a creative community & summer camp for children to learn in an environment in which they are freely able to choose what they are doing. Parts and Crafts grew out of a camp I started in 2006 called Camp Kaleidoscope, which I directed through 2008.

The lightsaber kit was conceived of at Camp Kaleidoscope in 2008, and has since gone through several revisions by Parts and Crafts. We’ve tried it out in several public workshops, where children as young as 6 or 7, as well as parents and adults, have tried and generally loved the project. The project serves as both a reasonable introduction to electronics — as it requires no prior knowledge — as well as a fun way to explore making electronic props for costumes (especially for Halloween!)

We now have a kit available containing all the necessary parts at http://www.lightsaberkit.com

And for those interested, here’s a blog post from 2008 when I was running Camp Kaleidoscope, telling a few stories I saw around kids making lightsabers and what I saw them learning in the process.

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Upcycle your old PC fans into mini wind generators

Have stacks of old computer equipment gather dust ? Now you can put some of it to use! This instructable shows you how to use PC fans as mini wind generators for recharging solar lights and ni-cads. You’ll need some basic soldering skills, but this is otherwise a very easy project. My little wind generator makes around 1.5 - 2V in a 8mph wind, about 20ma into a ni-cad. This wasn’t a huge success, I’d hoped to get a little more power out of it.

04 / 03
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12 / 02
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Valentine’s Day Challenge Valentine’s Day may be a month away, but now is the perfect time to get started on that perfect gift - and enter to win an iPad! Ready to start? Click here! Multiple entries are accepted, but each entrant can only win one prize. Contest is open to entries from US, Canada [excluding Quebec], UK and Australia. Contest closes for entries at 11:59pm PT, February 21, 2012.

Valentine’s Day Challenge

Valentine’s Day may be a month away, but now is the perfect time to get started on that perfect gift - and enter to win an iPad!

Ready to start? Click here!


Multiple entries are accepted, but each entrant can only win one prize. Contest is open to entries from US, Canada [excluding Quebec], UK and Australia. Contest closes for entries at 11:59pm PT, February 21, 2012.

12 / 02
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ARDUINO CHALLENGE We haven’t been able to get enough of the Arduino and many others haven’t either. It’s helped with so many different projects that it deserves its own contest and so we’re having the Arduino Challenge, brought to you by RadioShack!The only rule for entry is that your Instructable must involve an Arduino. Bonus points for including any code you use. What you use the Arduino for is completely up to you!So get to it and show us something awesome. We have lots of prizes to give away for fantastic entries including a Canon Rebel DSLR and lots and lots of Arduinos and shields from RadioShack.com. We can’t wait to see what you’ll make! Ready to start? Click here! Multiple entries are accepted, but each entrant can only win one prize. Contest is open to entries from US, Canada [excluding Quebec], UK and Australia. Contest closes for entries at 11:59pm PT, April 30, 2012.
ARDUINO CHALLENGE

We haven’t been able to get enough of the Arduino and many others haven’t either. It’s helped with so many different projects that it deserves its own contest and so we’re having the Arduino Challenge, brought to you by RadioShack!

The only rule for entry is that your Instructable must involve an Arduino. Bonus points for including any code you use. What you use the Arduino for is completely up to you!

So get to it and show us something awesome. We have lots of prizes to give away for fantastic entries including a Canon Rebel DSLR and lots and lots of Arduinos and shields from RadioShack.com. We can’t wait to see what you’ll make!

Ready to start? Click here!


Multiple entries are accepted, but each entrant can only win one prize. Contest is open to entries from US, Canada [excluding Quebec], UK and Australia. Contest closes for entries at 11:59pm PT, April 30, 2012.

12 / 02
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