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Austin Tinkering School Teaches Kids as Young as 3 to Wield Power Tools
It’s a pleasure to introduce Maggie Duval as a new guest blogger for Laughing Squid. I’ve known Maggie since the day I arrived in California nearly 20 years ago and it was with her help that I first...
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Mao Mao Ting, the Feline Android From Off World, and Other Oddities From...
Mao Mao Ting Mao Mao Ting (“the feline android from off world”), Takodon, and Tonga Joy are just a few of the monstrous creations from the mind of Austin-based artist Rory Skagen. His work evokes...
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Baby, You’re an Arthropod!, Singing Zoologist’s Love Song To Our Exoskeletal,...
Let your stridulatings ring! So proclaims multiple award-winning musician, author, and educator “The Singing Zoologist,” Lucas Miller, in his latest science song offering, “Baby, You’re an...
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Robot Turtles, A Programming Board Game That Lets Preschool Kids ‘Control’...
I’ve been told that this would never sell in the toy aisle. I’ve shown it to board game designers and manufacturers; they told me this would never work on store shelves. Learning programming just...
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Elegant AI Game Enables Godlike Creation of Self-Replicating ‘Seed Molecules’
Synthesis is an “indie game about simple nodes with simple relationships, that combine to do complex visually appealing things.” Developed by Christopher Hart, it evokes a feeling of games from the...
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William “Bill” Barker, Creator of the Schwa Universe, Launches New...
William (formerly known as Bill) Barker, the creator of Schwa universe, has happily reappeared with a new venture, alaVoid, a printmaking studio that he’s launching via an Indiegogo campaign. The...
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