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Illuminated Book Nook Workshop
PREP PROCESS PRODUCT Book nooks created by participants in a free workshop at the North Boulder Public Library.


Chibitronics Guest Blog Post - How to Make a Light Up Nicho
This year I finally got around to making my own nichos (shadow boxes, or mini shrines). I shared my process, which includes resources...


Tinkering with Halloween: Making a Hack-o-Lantern with Paper Circuits and Automata Mechanisms
Each year the Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium invites people to join in the process of making "hack-o-lanterns" where you are encouraged to drill, solder, carve, and augment traditional jack-o-lanterns to add a tinkering twist. I took up the invitation to "let your pumpkins glow with LEDs, copper tape, coin cell batteries, switches, and motors" to create my hack-o-lantern. I was inspired by an idea that Saman, a workshop participant in the automata tinkering workshops t


Foldable Paper Battery Holder for Easy Paper Circuit Projects
In the past couple months I've been exploring paper circuits in depth from making paper circuit lanterns with families to experimenting...
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