mastodon 4.6.9Paper meets electronics and fun!
I share DIY projects for teachers and parents who want to get creative with kids using paper, conductive tape and simple electronics.
I'll also post about open source based content creation.
Berlin based
@VVoidCamp@chaos.social was really nice with lots of fun people around! Somehow, all my photos are light-up mushrooms from different angles 😅 — apparently, I didn’t take any other pictures. Huge thanks to everyone who worked hard to organize this amazing event.
I realized that Google sends most traffic to my 'basics' page, which used to be the worst place to start exploring my site 😅, so I decided to make it awesome: https://www.voltpaperscissors.com/basics
#stem #stemeducation #papercircuit #papercraft #fediLZ #diy #education #maker #makerspace #makereducation
I made a canard using my 3D pen on tissue paper technique. Canards have a small foreplane instead of a tailplane. The main wing is at the far back with a vertical stabilizer at the end. The foreplane is great for trimming the flight. It is a bit easier to trim since the center of mass is between the two wings. A regular wing configuration needs nose weight for a propper flight.
But I am still experimenting and learning!
#stemeducation #stem #mint #fediLZ #paperplane #rcplanes #diy #3dprinting
I made a video introduction to my work. If you haven’t seen any of my videos yet, this is the perfect place to start:
https://youtu.be/JXGe0ZZCwLA
#stem #stemeducation #fedilz #maker #makereducation #diy #papercircuit #papercraft
Happy Easter! I had a fun workshop painting eggs using my spinart robot. It worked pretty smooth. Using plastic eggs for training, then real eggs was a good idea. And after easter this machine can paint paper discs.
More about this here: https://www.voltpaperscissors.com/spinartrobot
Workshop was at MBP Schöneberg (Berlin library)
#easter #eastereggs #stemeducation #arteducation #makerspace #maker #mastoart #creativetoots
I am currently editing my video series about bristle bots. I am really happy to see how easy it is to tune them the way you want.
#stem #stemeducation #mint #robotics #fediLZ #diy_electronics #diy #cardboardrobot #kids #makerspace
Playing with my Solar Powered Spin Art Robot for kids :-) more colors are more fun but I need speed controling for the two motors to change the pattern. Currently the motors are running at full speed. 😎
My last post got more than 1k boosts! Thanks everyone! 👉 I decided to share one of my paid resources here on Mastodon for free so that everyone can have a look at my educational paper circuit projects and how my workshop kits look. Feel free to download and/or #retoot
These color-changing mushrooms are a fun party trick for grown-ups or an easy educational project for kids aged 7 and up.
And here is the super secret download link :-) https://www.voltpaperscissors.com/secretdownloads
RE: @inspirationgrid@graphics.social
These paper sculptures are awesome. Would be cool to add fancy back lighting or even animated LEDs to that mix.
Ryan from Wonderfulidea.co adapted my EggBot Idea and made his own experiments. It is an interesting read and his book is a total recommendation:
https://wonderfulidea.co/blog/2026/3/26/playing-with-voltpaperscissors-eggbot
@trockenasche@chaos.social @hacklabor@chaos.social sehr cool! freut mich, dass es inspiriert hat. noch ein tipp wenn man mit Kids zum üben Plastikeier nutzen will: Schraube in Akkuschrauber einspannen und ins Plastikei drehen (meist ham die eh n Loch). Wenn das Ei fest am Akkuschraube steckt und sich dreht das Plastikei über Schleifpapier ziehen. Dann kriegt das Plastikei ne poröse Struktur und Farbe (zb. permanentmarker) haftet besser.
super cool!