An Introduction to Seven Segment Displays
Seven segment displays are commonly used in many electrical applications, including alarm clocks, timers, and scales. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use your own 7-segment displays! A 7-segment display is an electronic device that can be used for displaying numerals and some letters. Different letters/numbers can be represented by connecting different pins on the […]
Make your own Bristle Bot!
These small devices run mad! Each consists of a vibrating motor, a battery, some wires, and a toothbrush head. The vibrating motor is like the ones used in cell phones to make them vibrate. We used to salvage the motors from used cell phones when we first started working on this activity. The electricity from […]
We are going to the Vancouver Mini Maker Faire!
Before talking about our upcoming participation in the Vancouver Mini Maker Faire, we would like to use this opportunity to say “Hello World!” Indeed this is the Outreach Program’s first blog post. We are excited to use this blog to share our upcoming events, fun & educational hands-on activities, “behind-the-scene” stories, and profiles of physicists and […]