Iterated Teacher:

Name Tag

July 22nd, 2015

This page documents the creation of my LED enhanced name tag table tent. First I sketched my name in pencil leaving at least two inches of space on each side to leave room for a battery.

My idea is to place a red LED in the pupil of the eye in the letter R. I have decided to hide the copper tape circuit on the back of the paper. I first poked the LED legs through the paper to see where my copper lines will connect noting the cathode(-) anode(+) legs.

Next I sketched out my circuit noting the direction of current flow and placing a fold pocket for the battery.

Next I run my copper lines with a continuous piece of copper from each terminal of the battery to the line for the LED. N.B. I do not have the LED through the paper at this point.

Finally I insert the LED and use copper tape to secure it to the circuit.

This is a great example of what can be accomplished with a paper circuit. The painting is by Jie Qi who developed Chibitronics paper circuits. http://technolojie.com/pu-gong-ying-tu-dandelion-painting/

This work is supported by the Center for The School of the Future at Utah State University, http://csf.usu.edu/, and Idaho National Labs, https://inl.gov.

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My Old Blog

May 1st, 2015

Please visit www.rysci.wordpress.com to view the couple of blog posts I wrote while still working as an elementary science teacher in Bedford-Styvessant. I miss all my kids and coworkers very much. I am looking forward to working with children in the near future.

An image from my last visit to Brooklyn
This is a Test of the Blog Broadcasting System

May 1st, 2015

I will be running a four day workshop on e-textiles for Utah teachers this August. The teachers will receive the same Android tablet that I am using to author this blog post. We will integrate the device as a way to document our projects.

We will preserve whiteboard conversations and document our circuits.

The device is a NuVision tablet. The first two photos were taken with the tablet. The third and fourth images were taken with my iPhone. I must I have been an Apple fanboi since 2000,so this all feels a little strange. This is a baby step towards the day I break my Apple addiction.
PennApps

November 22nd, 2014

Here are the best projects that I have made in the past few years. I am more experienced with the fabrication than programming. I would love to partner with someone else that is a programmer to make clothing that interacts with pulse in a way to encourage physical activity between friends. Ideally this device would communicate with other such devices through the internet. Thank you for reviewing my application.

The MakerBot Saves Our Fish Again

Moving from Planning to Production
Hello World!

September 19th, 2014

Welcome to my new blog. I am surviving the first month of being a PhD student. This past summer I packed up my family in NYC and headed west. I miss teaching elementary science in Brooklyn, but it was time to follow our family’s dreams. This will be a space for me to record my growth as a researcher in the hopes of making a dimple in the field of education. Thank you for visiting.