Home sports
The rules are as follows: the one jumping on the trampoline throws the ball and has scored every time the other player hasn’t managed to catch it. The trampoline is … Continue reading Home sports
Month: October 2016
Simon’s new multimeter
Simon had been dreaming of owning a multimeter and learning more about measuring resistance, voltage and current. He has spent hours playing with his new multimeter since he got it … Continue reading Simon’s new multimeter
Golden Infinity
Simon came up with this “golden infinity” concept on Monday evening and had to wait until Tuesday morning to draw it for me. He started out with an equilateral triangle … Continue reading Golden Infinity
These are a few illustrations from everyday life on how Simon’s brain works
Simon (casual question in the elevator): If A is smaller than B, and B is smaller than C, and C is smaller than D, and D is smaller E, does … Continue reading These are a few illustrations from everyday life on how Simon’s brain works
Physics with SparkFun
Simon has discovered yet another awesome resource: SparkFun, comprising a variety of projects electronics and coding based on Arduino, Intel Edison, Raspberry Pi and more. https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials In this video Simon explains … Continue reading Physics with SparkFun
Good old Spektro
Simon suddenly pulled his Spektro set from the shelf again. One more proof that he does occasionally return to the basics to fill in the gaps. Repeating the experiment he … Continue reading Good old Spektro
JavaScript
Next to the c++ in Arduino Simon is also trying to learn some JavaScript from the SAM app. He finds JavaScript more difficult.
Flow of autonomous learning and creativity
Every morning Simon smiles at me and says: “It’s morning!” That means he can get back to his projects and doesn’t have to stay in bed anymore. Friday morning he … Continue reading Flow of autonomous learning and creativity
The Elusive Liquid Crystal Display
Simon tried to program the Arduino liquid crystal display for the first time last weekend. First the code kept giving an error, it took us more than an hour to find … Continue reading The Elusive Liquid Crystal Display
Geeks out of the box 