[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: You've probably seen this: Squishy Circuits

[jim]

   "playgroup" has the right spirit, but might be 
perceived by some as having some cutesy baggage 
that could be wearying with repeated use. a plain, 
short, descriptive term might wear better over time. 
   OTOH, "playgroup" certainly has the right spirit. 

   i'm interested in your SPL example. probably good 
to remember that sometimes textbook passages are 
screwed up--the grain of salt thing. got a link? 




On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 11:50 -0700, Michael Shiloh wrote:
> Yes; I've seen you quote this rubric before and I love it.
> 
> Glenn suggested playgroup which is nice also. Which to use? I know, 
> let's put it up for a vote! Members only <ducks>.
> 
> Somehow working with dough seems more like "play" than "study".
> 
> (Re rubric: I'm teaching Audio Electronics at AiCA and boy, am I 
> learning a lot)
> 
> (Speaking of which, anyone who knows this stuff have a moment to walk me 
> through an example from one of my textbooks that isn't making sense? Has 
> to do with decibel (SPL) differences at say different power (electrical) 
> input to speaker at different distances.)
> 
> On 07/29/2010 11:37 AM, jim wrote:
> >
> >     i use the term "study group" for a scheduled
> > get-together that has no necessary leader. one
> > of my more favorite rubrics is "the teacher
> > learns the most," the implication of which is
> > that the structure should promote that each
> > participant does some teaching and leading.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 11:26 -0700, Michael Shiloh wrote:
> >> I don't have the bandwidth to organize a workshop, but please, someone
> >> pull this together. We need to see where this can be taken.
> >>
> >> (By workshop I mean something where less is taught, because there is no
> >> clear expert amongst us, and more is learned and discovered by
> >> experimentation as a group. Is there a name for this activity?)
> >>
> >> On 07/29/2010 11:04 AM, Jonathan Foote wrote:
> >>> Interesting!
> >>>
> >>> Wonder if you could make something more permanent by mixing metallic
> >>> or otherwise conductive particles into putty or modeling clay. (Water
> >>> based doughs will lose conductivity when they dry out). There's even
> >>> that clay stuff you can fire in an oven.
> >>>
> >>> You should absolutely be able to make a capacitor using a jelly roll
> >>> technique. If you can keep the layers separate, you could use EMSL's
> >>> fractal dough technique to get a large surface area (and thus large
> >>> capacitance).. Hmmm, careful, don't want to actually come up with
> >>> something useful!
> >>> http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/fimofractals
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Michael Shiloh
> >>> <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>   wrote:
> >>>> I'd never heard of this until now. Conductive dough, insulating dough:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://courseweb.stthomas.edu/apthomas/SquishyCircuits/HOMEPAGE.htm
> >>>>
> >>>> Workshop anyone?
> >>>>
> >>>>
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