Improv Electronics

A pile of motors, a handful of LEDs, some battery holders, and miscellaneous parts scavenged from recycled computers - that's the recipie for fun.

On the Rebound

In a complete recovery from yesterdays slothfulness, the tinkerers go at it with full abandon. Piper's tape skills have improved this week and she's building an aesthetically pleasing and structurally sound gizmo, while Winslow perforates his FanMo+ (patent pending).

Vintner's Choice

Tywen searches the studio for something that will work as a wheel and digs up some long forgotten corks in the back of a drawer and sets to modding them for the purpose.

Who Knew You Could Make a Switch

Since switches were not supplied in the morning exercise, Fiona constructs one from a hard-drive retainer clip and a tiny bracket from a CD-ROM drive that got deconstructed last night.

Tinkerege

Although King Ozzie would normally leave these kinds of projects to his legions of servents, it seems he has become enthralled.

This Baby's Got it All

"Power windows, silver tape," explains Harlo, "stylish black power pack - what more could you want?"

Finishing Touches

Eight gizmos (portable flashlights with motorized attachements, two-wheeled skid cars, etc.) and all done in time to leave for the next adventure.

Trading the Throne for the Chair

King Ozzie renounces his throne for the Director's chair and gets his actors organized. While his vision is still evolving, he has mastered the vocabulary. "Action!"

Well Oiled Team

This scene tells it all - Ozzie and Harlo critique the rehearsal on the monitor while Piper corrects the choreography. Winslow and Tywen are waiting for their turn in front of the camera.

Backstage

It's a complicated scene and it's coming together well, but there are still some issues. Winslow and Nikhil are discussing ways to make their take look better, Piper is making sure that the action doesn't escape the safe region of the green screen, Harlo is reciting his method-acting mantra, while Ozzie wonders if it is really expressing the true heart of the story.

The Room Is Spinning

Much later in his life, Tywen will look back on this moment and wonder how he got talked into it.

3:01 PM

Snack break on the Adobe veranda leaves Tinkering School stranded when automated doors lock at 3:00 PM, more News at 11.

Your Moment of Zen

Nikhil expresses his inner superman.