Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show! - programming

Sylvia Builds the Monochron Clock Kit

Dadmin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:59:21 +0000

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Need to tell the time, but looking for something less boring than a regular clock? Why not try the Monochron clock kit from Adafruit! Soldering, LCDs programming and clocks, the best things you can get in a project.

Once you get your own Monochron up and running, make sure to try out the MarioChron! Our very own Mario themed clock face. Get the source code here, or get the Intel HEX file ready to upload directly to the Monochron here. If you're not sure how to update the clock, be sure and check outLadyada's instructions here.

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Early666is it just me or does Monochron sound like glados?
MueleskiGreat video, I like the idea of our young ones getting in to making things. Plus this young lady is a regular firecracker.
TwoScrewsLooseThis little girl is better than I am at soldering. o.o
And I'm an electrical engineer.
awesomejoe12I wish my alarm clock had proton torpedoes....and a TARDIS....
NOLAMarathon2010Too cute. (And great video editing.) I'm hitting it with a "like".
Shinigaara85The answer is 42. What was the question?
radicalvashspiegalThe baconwrappedbacon is a lie!
jacgoudsmitAwesome as always! But someone really should donate a better soldering iron to Sylvia...
church132"my life was so simple, nobody tried to kill me, or put me in a little kid's clock, or get attacked by neighborhood kids."

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Sylvia builds the Adafruit MiniPOV

Dadmin — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:14:26 +0000

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In the latest episode of Sylvia's Mini Maker Show, she's at it again with this classic MiniPOV build and persistence of vision demonstration.

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Insignia96This is what happens when Makers have children. The result is kind of scary, but awesome. This kid will likely go to a great college and do very well. I wasn't able to build this kit until I was 11, and I still haven't ever gotten it to smoothly program.
MARSHOMEWORLDSylvia= WIN!
philipkoo2This kid is awesome, especially if she can use Linux and solder.
89HuskerThis wasn't so bad actually. It's a cool project. :)
hacktheplanet90all school children should watch these videos
TechBoywiiBRAINSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Setobear 2o_o This girl is going to be a NASA engineer some day...
melancholyidYou know, you see so much stupidity out there that it disenheartens you to the point of depression. Then you see something like this, and it renews your hope for humanity and its intelligence.
I really needed to see this.

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Minipovs are fun to make, and even more fun to hack

Super-Awesome Sylvia — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:58:37 +0000

Sylvia builds the Adafruit MiniPOV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MH0mw-Lgi0

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Not just because I got to solder three kits, but I got to draw some fun patterns and do some new camera experiments. And yes, that is my camera in the show.

Head over to the Maker Shed and pick yourself up a few, then maybe build it with your daughter/little brother/sister/grandpa/loved one... If anything, you're getting out there and learning, and that's one of the most important parts.

Anyways, enjoy the show!

PS-- Oh yea! Don't forget to try out my dad's MiniPOV helper app.. You can use it to help make graphics for your MiniPOV, or you can just make something and save it for others to see. Click here to give it a go!

Sylvia's Simple Arduino Projects

Dadmin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:25:56 +0000

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Super Awesome Sylvia builds two different super simple Arduino Projects: The "Randomly Influenced Finger Flute", or R.I.F.F., and an Adjustable Strobe! For these easy projects, all you need are a computer, an Arduino, and one or two other common parts. Super simple at it's best.

Don't forget one of the most Super-Awesome places to get all things Arduino on the web:
http://makershed.com/arduino

Project 1: Super Simple Adjustable Strobe
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http://sylviashow.com/strobe

Direct code link on github:
http://github.com/techninja/adjustable_strobe-learning/raw/master/adjust...

Nate True's Time Fountain:
http://cre.ations.net/creation/the-time-fountain

Video of the Time Fountain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvY7NGncCgU

Project 2: The R.I.F.F.
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http://sylviashow.com/riff

Direct code link on github:
http://github.com/techninja/riff-learning/raw/master/riff.pde

Tinker.it's soft-synth, Auduino:
http://code.google.com/p/tinkerit/wiki/Auduino

Auduino - The Arduino synthesiser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LKmtJHSLF0

Music by The Wavers - Three Minutes to Escape [CC Sharealike v2.5]

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Favorite Comments

Bruce Sterling (via Wired's Beyond the beyond)*Holy cow, kid.
Tim Carmody (via Wired's Gadget Lab)...the video’s directorial style is so fine it makes Rushmore-era Wes Anderson look like a hobo. Just sayin’.
alexWiiDSThat was a great video. Not a great video for a kid. Just a great video. I'll be watching your other videos too. I'd love for my daughter to get into this stuff too. She's only 3 right now, so I think I have to wait a bit.
hiyori13ouch. Now I really feel bad about my freeduino/seeduino lying around. Sorry, sorry, I've been meaning to play with it, I have ideas for it, just haven't gotten around to it. Twenty hail buddas and 100 lines of coding.
huertanixEpic video is epic. I wish more kids were using Linux for programming Arduinos.
vxbinacaI'll have to pick up a Ardiuno now

Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show! - programming

Sylvia Builds the Monochron Clock Kit

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Favorite Comments

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Sylvia builds the Adafruit MiniPOV

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Favorite Comments

Season

Minipovs are fun to make, and even more fun to hack

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Sylvia's Simple Arduino Projects

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