This Was a Triumph [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: assume the party submission position, how to build a project bigger than you, robotic hands, and the wild history of blue LEDs.
Restoring Oakland’s 1956 Wonder-Go-Round
On this blog, I get the chance to explore my love of how people create and invent using new technology. In many ways, Children’s Fairyland in Oakland, California runs completely against the theme of this blog. It is one of the earliest theme parks in the United States, seemingly frozen in time for generations, and what little technology it has is about as analog as it gets.
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