[hackerspaces] littlebits

[Xer0Dynamite]

Interesting.  Sounds like most are using it for kids.  What age group
are you guys talking about?  k-6, 7-12, some other range?

\m

On 4/27/16, Joshua Pritt <ramgarden at gmail.com> wrote:
> We keep the standard and expansion pack at the Melbourne Makerspace for the
> younglings.
> Then one of our members created the "pencil box projects" for the older
> kids/adults.  Each pencil box holds an arduino and a servo, or a raspberry
> pi and an LCD screen, etc. so that there are 48 separate, self contained
> projects that anyone can walk in off the street and follow the instructions
> he painstakingly wrote up on his website to learn more about these things
> for free.
> https://48projectsblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/22/easy-intermediate-advanced-project-list/
>
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Chris Weiss <cweiss at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> we have some at archreactor, they are great for kids, but they are kind
>> of
>> expensive and some of the parts are easy to break.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 2:22 PM Mars Brown <itcamefrommars at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've used the korg audio ones for teaching basics of sound synthesis...
>>> bought a bunch of other components cheap when radio shack had them and
>>> was
>>> closing stores.
>>>
>>> For me they are a little expensive for what you get... as I like to
>>> build
>>> stuff from scratch.  But they are easy to use and quick to slap ideas
>>> together for basic stuff... but I wouldn't have bought them if it wasn't
>>> just great for teaching.
>>>
>>> I guess I would say it depends on your experience level w homebrewing
>>> circuits or how much money you wanna spend.
>>> the same parts to do the same things would cost much much less... but
>>> the
>>> time saved in throwing little circuits together might be worth it to
>>> you.
>>>
>>> I think they are great... just wish there were more customizable options
>>> (blank boards of different types/sockets) for stuff that fits their
>>> system
>>> and maybe priced a little better.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> hope that helps some :).
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Xer0Dynamite
>>> <dreamingforward at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone tried or evaluated these kits?
>>>>
>>>> http://littlebits.cc/
>>>>
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