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New Lego EV3 Mindstorms Hands On
Photo by Marziah Karch I saw the Lego EV3 in person last night, and let me tell you how much I wish I had one right now. At a CES-related trade show on Monday, Lego was on hand with multiple...
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Give Kids Arduino Adventures
Image courtesy Apress. Arduino Adventures: Escape from Gemini Station is a great introduction to Arduino robotics projects for kids (and adults who want an easy starting point.) The book was written by...
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Motherboards and Daughtercards: Build a Computer With Your Kid
Photo illustration by Marziah Karch My kids are in the kitchen all the time to help cook. Even if they’re just stirring the pancake batter, the early exposure and incrementally increased responsibility...
View ArticleDon’t Miss Maker Faire Kansas City
Kansas City is actually a pretty cool place to be a maker. It’s one of a few locations of the larger “featured” Maker Faires. The other locations are Detroit, Newcastle (UK), Rome, and Tokyo. It’s...
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EV3 Review: The Lego Robot
Photo by Marziah Karch I know I need a new Lego robot. Actually, I need two. I have the Lego Education edition, and I’ve got a retail set on order from a local toy store. I was sold the moment I saw...
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World’s Largest Walking Robot is a Dragon
Credit: Guiness World Records Sometimes playing around to make something seriously cool also leads to amazing innovations. According to the 2014 Guinness World Records, the dragon you see above is the...
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Extrageektacular Activities: Rolling Robots
image by: justjenn Extrageektacular Activities are geeky field trips that encourage your child’s creativity and are a fun time for the whole family! If dogs are man’s best friend then surely robots are...
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Modular Robotics Makes Building Robots Simple and Fun With MOSS
After an extremely successful Kickstarter campaign, this month marked the official retail launch of MOSS. This block-based robot building kit produced by Modular Robotics reached its $100,000 goal in...
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Starting From Scratch: Developing Interest
Teaching kids coding is one of the current buzz topics in schools, and rightly so. Programming is a vital skill, so much so that the National Curriculum in the UK—the government’s official guidelines...
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Let Your Pre-Readers Program Too
GeekMom Maryann has already reviewed Wonder Workshop’s Dash and Dot robots in detail a few months ago, but I’m back for more exciting news from this robotic duo. The company has now released a new app,...
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Lessons From a First-Time Mini Maker Faire Exhibitor
The excitement in our household was barely containable. Anticipation, joy, and dreams of what could be all radiated from the two geeks who live with me. What caused such enthusiasm, you ask? Was it...
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Muse of Nerds: Robots and Creative Writing
Reading Time: 4 minutesBen, Luke, Mary and Lilianna Design Their Robot Camps This past summer Siena College held robotics camps for children ages 7 – 12. They were a huge success, with children...
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Our Adventures With Robotics: The Lego Mindstorm Kit
Reading Time: 4 minutesUsing the Lego Mindstorms Kit to design robots I have a daughter who wants to design robots. She used to want to be an astronaut, and now she thinks that maybe she’d still like...
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Muse of Nerds: College Physics, Innovative Robotics, Homeschooling — Dr....
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor my Muse of Nerds this month, I’ll formally introduce you to someone I have talked about in the past: Dr. Michele McColgan of Siena College. I met her through our...
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SparkFun Free Day Returns for Round Three With More Money And Different Rules
Reading Time: 2 minutesImage CC by SparkFunElectronics This Wednesday, January 11, is SparkFun Electronics’ third annual Free Day. If you’ve never participated before, you’re missing out on a lot of...
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The GeekMoms Podcast #25 First Lego League Global Innovation Award Winners...
Reading Time: 1 minute This week I’m joined by two members of the First Lego League team Moderately Confused which recently won the Global Innovation Award. Arjun Kumar and Jacob Hoylman talk about how...
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Playing With Lego Mindstorms at FIRST Place Robotics Camp
Reading Time: 5 minutesFIRST Place, Manchester, NH, Image: Nicole Wakelin Last Christmas my daughter’s number one, must-have gift was a Lego Mindstorms kit. She started asking for it somewhere around...
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4-H Is 4 Geeks
Reading Time: 2 minutesImage courtesy 4-H One of the biggest myths I hear about 4-H is that it’s only for farming families. While it’s completely true that the organization was set up as a tool to...
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Learn Robotics With GeekMom Kathy’s Simple Projects Book
Reading Time: 3 minutesWobblebot. Image: Gina Clifford What are robots? How are they being used in the world today? How can kids make their own working robots? Where can you find parts? All this and...
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New Lego EV3 Mindstorms Hands On
Reading Time: 2 minutesPhoto by Marziah Karch I saw the Lego EV3 in person last night, and let me tell you how much I wish I had one right now. At a CES-related trade show on Monday, Lego was on hand...
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