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| Kids activity at Torino MMF 2016 |
I couldn't miss the chance to attend a Maker Faire in my home towm.
So off we went at the Officine Arduino venue on a sunny Saturday afternoon in May 2016. In
order to let my daughters enjoy the event I registered them to the
Bareconductive lab, where they where supposed to draw a circuit with
conductive ink.
I had booked a total of 4 seats together with two more children, but
when we came (a bit late I must admit), the lab volunteers could take
only one child because they had run out of CR2032 battery holders. Too
bad, because the two boy-friends were willing to try! On the other hand the staff
had conductive ink to spare.
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| My quick and dirty button cell holder. |
I took along with me a simple TIL305 name badge powered with a CR2032
button cell, and since I had no suitable holder at home I used a small
but powerful clothes peg with adhesive copper tape as a suitable replacement. Idea! Emulate the
clothes peg using the conductive ink and folded paper!
I asked one guy if they had more LEDs. Since they had, I showed them
my "battery holder" and explained my idea of replicating it on paper.
They engineered a path for the conductive ink and could let many more
children light their LED.
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| Original (top) and hacked (bottom) versions. |
