Projects

OpenAstroTracker is an equatorial mount which “compensates for Earth’s rotation by having one rotational axis parallel to the Earth’s axis of rotation”. You can mount a camera (mostly a DLSR or DSLM) on top of it and it rotates with the same speed as our earth rotation in order to remove stars movement relatively to the camera and allow longer... [Read More]

Printable instructions coming soon! [Read More]

Last time we decided to build a 3D model of a snowman. This week we decided to generate a gcode using Cura. The slices of the snowman were explored in Cura. [Read More]

OpenSCAD is software for creating solid 3D CAD (computer aided design) models. Unlike most software for creating 3D models (such as Blender) it does not focus on the artistic aspects of 3D modelling but instead on the CAD aspects. It is an application you are looking for when you are planning to create 3D models of machine parts. Blockscad3D is... [Read More]

Scratch is a block-based visual programming language targeted primarily at children. Kids can create projects using a block-like interface. The service is developed by the MIT Media Lab, is used in most parts of the world. [Read More]

The micro:bit is designed by the BBC for use in computer education in the UK. It was designed to encourage children to get actively involved in writing software for computers and building new things, rather than being consumers of media. [Read More]

Basic voting machine using a micro:bit. [Read More]

For STEM night, each kid got a bag with parts and printed set of instructions. The kids with a little help from their family had to build a motorized rubber car. [Read More]