STEP 1: Using the turkey baster, engineer a turkey baster ping-pong ball launcher that will shoot a ping-pong ball at least 15 feet. Using the engineering design process, which is a series of steps ...

Members from the London Hackerspace recently got a little on-air time with a ping pong ball launcher. They were invited to build something for the Click show on BBC. The launcher that they built ...

Constrained builds are often the most fun. Throw an artificial limit into the mix, like time limiting your effort or restricting yourself to what’s on hand, and there’s no telling what will happen.

In the spirit of community outreach and STEM education, I have been volunteering with high schoolers for the past six years in an extracurricular program where we have the students prototype and then ...