tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61394981588021415132007-06-14T22:31:24.744-07:00Sebastian ExploratoriumBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-78519172956209136852007-06-13T09:42:00.000-07:002007-06-14T22:31:24.774-07:00<dir> <strong></strong><strong>The Light Traces I did together with Amy Snyder are featured in the Exploratorium Quarterly (July 2007)! Have a look at Light Traces of Baseball featuring Dave Barker (he is the explOratorium's baseball expert). <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/89476186@N00/sets/72157594539823950/" target="_blank" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/400170086_78f1116ced_m.jpg" alt="Curveball" height="168" width="240" /></a><br /><br />or find more light traces in this gallery:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/89476186@N00/sets/72157600356697502/" target="_blank" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/385067551_b760962ae2_o.jpg" width="240" height="168" alt="Exploratorium exhibit1" /></a><br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/scienceofbaseball">How to make Light Traces</a><br /></strong><strong></strong></dir>Sebastian Exploratoriumtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-36587803494984698832007-02-27T22:25:00.000-08:002007-06-13T09:41:08.230-07:00<dir> <strong></strong><strong>The Teacher workshop <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/scienceofbaseball">Science of Baseball</a> (02/24) was a lot of fun. Have a look at more pictures on Flickr:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/scienceofbaseball" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/400170086_78f1116ced_m.jpg" alt="Curveball" height="168" width="240" /></a><br /></strong><strong></strong></dir>Sebastian Exploratoriumtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-16593331839370139992007-05-21T09:50:00.000-07:002007-05-21T10:12:15.164-07:00<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/89476186@N00/507932026/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/205/507932026_5e7f2b3e02_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/89476186@N00/507932026/">Playful Invention and Exploration at Maker Faire</a> <br />. </span></div>The creative, performative insanity of the <a href="http://makerfaire.com/"> Maker Faire</a>! The explOratorium has a place right in the heart of the celebrated "Maker culture":<br clear="all" />Sebastian Exploratoriumtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-86802640504039781932007-05-12T19:39:00.000-07:002007-05-19T19:41:08.199-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.exo.net/~bastian/glass.mov"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.exo.net/~bastian/light-traces-blog/uploaded_images/P1010539-780506.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />It shakes, vibrates, and - yes - breaks! Watch how sound (not even very loud) shatters a wine glass:Sebastian Exploratoriumtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-28934568704182220272007-05-04T19:09:00.000-07:002007-05-10T08:57:53.624-07:00This made my day (week, month!): I just created a group on Flickr (photo sharing web) dedicated to the Exploratorium. The group grew to almost 100 pictures taken at the Exploratorium just 2 days after the group opened! Many of them come with really interesting comments/discussion. Click:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/exploratorium_san_francisco/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/29/53091240_fd3c19738c_b.jpg" width="200" height="144" alt="Squished" /></a>Sebastian Exploratoriumtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-24575712844708582732007-05-04T19:51:00.000-07:002007-05-10T08:46:45.420-07:00A really fun Exploratorium snack in a new light. Balancing a stick with a weight is a challenge that requires good hand-eye coordination. Let's explore this feedback system: Hand - Stick - Eye. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/89476186@N00/484524229/"> Read more...</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/89476186@N00/484524229/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/194/484524229_a56d562d00_o.jpg" width="200" height="150" alt="Balancing a stick - a feedback system" /></a><br />Find the activity <a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/balancing_stick.html"> here.</a>Sebastian Exploratoriumtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-89543174918814727812007-05-05T20:41:00.000-07:002007-05-05T20:50:23.849-07:00A web page with Curt Gabrielson's latest and greatest "Simple Science Tools" fresh from the Teacher Institute Workshop:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/simplesciencetools" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/193/485375654_ac0645544b_o.jpg" width="200" height="150" alt="3 wheeler" /></a>Sebastian Exploratoriumtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-59953750378642548402007-04-09T18:40:00.000-07:002007-05-04T18:48:32.604-07:00Making funky earbuds for IPods. Forgot your IPod headphones? You need nothing but a coil of wire, a magnet, and a small plastic cup to make your own! <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/89476186@N00/476030665/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/172/476030665_522e31a2a3_o.jpg" width="210" height="152" alt="Earbuds" /></a><br />Many thanks to Modesto Tamez for showing me his magic...Sebastian Exploratoriumtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-85023369974615013192007-04-23T21:51:00.000-07:002007-05-03T22:02:47.975-07:00Save the Bay! A workshop that combined hands-on activities on mapping, data collection and water sheds. A lot of fun, just like the other outdoors workshops, ...Click to see more.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/ecobay/pool/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/469559685_27333aa0b2_o.jpg" width="200" height="150" alt="Water pollution" /></a>Sebastian Exploratoriumtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-75816644597834886762007-04-09T22:30:00.000-07:002007-04-10T09:44:11.883-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.exo.net/~bastian/light-traces-blog/uploaded_images/tshirtgang-791836.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.exo.net/~bastian/light-traces-blog/uploaded_images/tshirtgang-791210.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Awesome! Our Berkeley students of "Physics and Music" went on a field trip to the Exploratorium. Thanks everyone for coming, love your Physics and Musics T-Shirts!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.exo.net/~bastian/light-traces-blog/uploaded_images/P1010085-713174.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.exo.net/~bastian/light-traces-blog/uploaded_images/P1010085-713112.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://www.physicsandmusic.com/pics.html"> More</a>Sebastian Exploratoriumtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-70086126990552265102007-04-05T18:59:00.000-07:002007-04-10T08:55:26.721-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.exo.net/~bastian/light-traces-blog/uploaded_images/wave3-749366.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.exo.net/~bastian/light-traces-blog/uploaded_images/wave3-749354.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Making waves and making waves disappear, using only paper and coffee stirs. An elegant paper model showing constructive and destructive interference, my first invention at the Exploratorium. <a href="http://www.exo.net/~bastian/WaveUponWaveWeb.doc"> DocFile</a>Sebastian Exploratoriumtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-42569011518588280382007-04-02T08:31:00.000-07:002007-04-08T14:02:35.286-07:00Pictures of the Discovery Voyage Workshop.<br />We spent a half-day discovering the Estuary's ecosystem aboard the research vessel, Robert G. Brownlee. Amazing!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/discoveryvoyage" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/191/442478572_b42e58bb36_o.jpg" width="200" height="125" alt="Leopard Shark" /></a>Sebastian Exploratoriumtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-63988999210343996172007-03-24T16:08:00.000-07:002007-04-05T19:37:05.323-07:00<dir> <strong>The latest experiment of "Physics and Music": Bite on a music-box! Read more:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/89476186@N00/432634031/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/432634031_06332c76eb_o.jpg" width="170" height="145" alt="Sound bite" /></a> </dir></strong><a href="http://www.exo.net/~bastian/light-traces-blog/Originalmusicbox.mp3">orgmusicboxsound.mp3</a>Sebastian Exploratoriumtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-59694128138492892372007-03-10T17:47:00.000-08:002007-03-25T21:24:38.243-07:00<dir><strong>Just came home from the "Take it Outside" workshop with Bob Miller, Modesto, and Linda. The weather was perfect! Have a look at the pictures<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/takeitoutside/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/124/416928787_75911ac256.jpg" width="200" height="146" alt="Oscillations" /></a></dir></strong>Sebastian Exploratoriumtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-37050283334127057982007-02-25T22:26:00.000-08:002007-03-25T20:23:49.894-07:00<dir> <strong>There are new photos of "Physics and Music" on Flickr, the class I am co-teaching in Berkeley:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/89476186@N00/sets/72157594539825534/">Photos of Harmonics</a>. Photos by Andrew, Glory, and Steve </strong><strong></strong></dir>Sebastian Exploratoriumtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-76345609267338544682007-03-20T20:05:00.000-07:002007-03-25T20:21:17.008-07:00<dir><strong>Playing a pure 200 Hz tone on two speakers created an unexpected sound scape in the Berkeley lecture room:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/89476186@N00/428842311/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/160/428842311_414dbf3546_o.jpg" width="300" height="150" alt="room acoustics" /></a></dir></strong>Sebastian Exploratoriumtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-21222498058562801912007-02-28T10:13:00.000-08:002007-03-25T20:15:21.367-07:00The explOratorium's latest exhibit development project. I am one of the lucky developers who gets to invent new hands-on and body-in exhibits about geometry! <br />I am keen to hear about anything geometry related that fascinates you! Games, sculptures, architecture, classroom activities, online content, puzzles, books... please email to sebastianm at exploratorium edu.Sebastian Exploratoriumtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-88640655401911702032007-03-12T21:14:00.000-07:002007-03-25T20:08:12.468-07:00A new game on <b>"Signal and Noise"</b>: We made up sentences (a signal) and then randomly replaced letters (we added noise to the signal). Here are some examples, try to guess what the original sentence said:<br />Gon towee eogy looking<br />Eudolph soe red noae<br />(click on comments to see the answers)Sebastian Exploratoriumtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139498158802141513.post-88260648745719204272007-02-25T22:21:00.000-08:002007-03-12T21:24:19.643-07:00<dir><strong><a href="http://pie.exploratorium.edu/pieweb/ideas/index.html">PIE Institute</a> - Lightplay</strong>. <strong>Check out their cool activities!</strong> <p align="left"><img src="http://www.exo.net/%7Ebastian/PIE-Lightplay.jpg" alt="PIE Lightplay" height="165" width="223" /> </p> </dir>Sebastian Exploratorium