Author Archives: Kingarthursdog

The ‘Hole in One’ bucket is Luke’s creation, and is the result of the workshops in which our group explored what they could do with buckets, boots and baskets around a rural theme. Luke plays golf regularly and so wanted … Continue reading →

This has been a long time in the making, and we have finally got to the stage where we can add the chicken to the mechanism and electronics. The design is a chicken (made from papiermache) sitting inside a hand … Continue reading →

Rachel’s original design of the “Pig in a Bucket” is shown in the photo below, bottom centre. She wanted her pig to make sounds when you squeezed its nose. We have also added sensors to the ears! This is still … Continue reading →

Development of the mooing boot. In the image below, Sian is holding the boot that she developed at the workshop sessions that we held at MERL. She covered the boot with faux cow hide and wanted it to moo when … Continue reading →

The littleBits go LARGE project now has its own page on this site: littleBits go LARGE

As our project “Making Electronics Accessible to People with Learning Disabilities” satisfied the criteria for Design for All (http://designforall.org/) we can now use the logo in association with this part of the project:

Here is the full size potato battery. It is made from a plank of oak, with a plate of zinc and a plate of copper screwed to it. The metal plates have dimensions 80mm x 1000mm, and were chosen so … Continue reading →

The ‘smell box’ has finally arrived! It is based upon the same container as the prototype (so currently a bit large), and uses the same low power PC blower to move the air around. A 4N35 opto-isolator is used to … Continue reading →