I took the electric skateboard out on a smooth road in Darien last night and I was really impressed at how fast it can go. The road had a 25 mph speed limit and I’m quite sure I was going at least as fast as that at some points. Here’s the video: There are still …
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We’ve been promising a big announcement – and here it is … Rippowam Labs has a new home!! We started moving into our new space at 425 Fairfield Avenue (2nd Floor – Suite 4211) over the weekend and we’ve already started planning our calendar of activities. The place is slightly smaller than the place we …
Thanks to everyone who visited our table at Stamford STEMfest 2017! We met a lot of nice people and we hope to see you at our new location (Details TBA) very soon! The electric skateboard was a big hit! As many as 100 kids got to ride it – and no injuries occurred. Another big …
I had a great time taking part in the Bicultural Day School’s Maker Faire. The fair organizers and volunteers did a great job of transforming the grounds of this Jewish day school into an event that rivaled some of the more-established maker events I’ve attended. I was really impressed with a couple of high school …
Where has the time gone? Stamford STEMfest is this Saturday (May 20th) at Mill River Park. This is the mecca of things science, geeky, DIY and just plain COOL in the area. Students, adults and groups from around the area show up to display their cool projects and the things they’ve been studying all year. …
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I spent the last 8 Tuesdays teaching kids in the Family and Children’s Agency Aspire after-school program to build and program a robot. This agency does phenomenal work with Middle and High School kids in the area and I was happy to volunteer! Most of the kids had never done any programming or built a …
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I had a great time at the Ferguson Library in Stamford on Saturday, leading a class in making solar cell phone chargers. These little beauties will fully charge your cell phone (whether it be Android, iPhone or otherwise) after being left out in the sun for 6 hours. I’m seeing more and more of …
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This summer’s tech camps for teens are starting to shape up fast! I put the finishing touches on the prototype electric skateboard and it came out great. I wasn’t prepared for how fast or quick these could be and I’ve already wiped out a couple of times. But I did manage a wipe-out-free trip to …
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Come on out and join Rippowam Labs at the Lily Pond Greenway Project Clean Up event on Sunday March 26th, to help beautify one of Stamford’s parks!! It’s been quite some time since this park has gotten some TLC, so the Lily Pond Greenwich Project (led by Lyda Ruijter) will be spearheading this event. They …
Rippowam Labs will be teaching a class for 4th – 8th graders at Norwalk Community College on Saturday mornings in March. This is a great opportunity for the inquisitive youngster in your life to learn about: Soldering Microcontrollers Computer programming DC Motors Distance sensors Bluetooth technology To learn more, visit the NCC website. This class …
