In FAB

Maker Guide Helps Your Kiddos Start Their Very Own DIY Clubs

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It use to be that when you leave kids to their own volition, you would get various reenactments of Lord of the Flies or, at the very least, flour and eggs sprayed across the kitchen floor. Nowadays… well, you still get that, but with all the activities, online communities and things to make, there’s a lot less time for the mischievous impaling of boar heads on sticks and more time for the making. DIY.org is focusing the potential of children with skill badges that can be achieved through the online community. They also have a handy set of guides for parents and educators and now, they have a special guide to help kids start their own DIY Club.

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In FAB

April Fools': The Play-Doh 3D Printer is Not Real Folks, But It Most Certainly Should Be

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Few scents truly bring back the golden age of my childhood. Chocolate pudding, fruit roll-ups, and scented markers are high up on that list, but few can meet the powerhouse that is Play-Doh. To this day, if I ever catch a whiff of the colorful fun stuff I am instantly and without warning thrown into a magical time machine where I remember extruding blue ropes through the plastic equivalent of a garlic press into a delicious spaghetti dinner (neon green meatballs included). Sadly, many Play-Doh fans like myself were let down today by a great prank pulled by ThinkGeek. Yes, the Play-Doh 3D printer doesn’t exist, but we can at least pretend.

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In SMACKDOWN

Friday Smackdown: Digit Fidget

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Many times, when sifting wheat outside the barn, you’ll come across a finger. You’ll look at one hand, then the other, wondering where that finger came from. When suddenly, you feel a tap-tap-tap on your shoulder. Turning, you see another finger. Then looking up, thousands more, flying through the sky, trying to escape the wrath…

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In CAD

Autodesk Gamifies Science and Tech, Rolls Out Digital STEAM Apps [for kids]

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I know you’ve had all you can take of the magical background music and gentle voice-overs coming from that Disney fairy app. It’s time to delete the horror that is dressing baby Tinkerbell (don’t ask me how I know so much about this) and give your children a good dose of science, tech, engineering and mathematics, erupting from the idea of making the mix more fun for kids and more inclusive of the artistic ilk. Autodesk has released a set of education apps for mechanics, design and measurement with the medicine going down all the easier with a little gamification.

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