Have been working with four Park City, Utah, high school students on projects for Rockwell Collins and Overstock.com – as part of the PCCAPS program. The idea is to have students work on valid projects for corporations and to build experience with professional protocol, new types of software, problem solving, etc.
Category: YOUNG INVENTORS
Imaginative thinking for young and old to invent new things.
PCCAPS
Have been working with three high school seniors, and one junior, on projects for Rockwell Collins and Overstock.Com – as part of the PCAPS program, Park City, Utah. The CAPS concept is to link students with corporations and have them work on real projects that will build their professional skills, broaden their experience with hardware […]
Young Inventors Summer 2012
Just completed two summer workshops at the Kimball Art Center, in Park City, Utah. The morning sessions were for “Teen Inventors,” aged from 11 to 17 years, and the afternoon sessions were for “Young Inventors,” aged 5 to 10 years. Most inventors completed an invention a day – […]
Visual Imagination and Invention
This web and blog site is primarily about geometry and about new ways to model structures in space. But it is also about imagination and the need to be flexible with the “models” we create, whether they are geometric, or not; modeling anything from an atom to the way a rain drop falls, or how […]
Summer 2012 Inventor Classes
The next Young Inventor Workshop will be on July 23rd, July 24th, and July 25th. 3 to 5pm. Please visit the Kimball Art Center site for more information: http://Reg125.Imperisoft.com/KimballArtCenter/ProgramDetail/3233323037/Registration.aspx The first Teen Inventor Workshop will be held on July 23rd, July 24th, and July 25th. 10 to 12 am. Please visit […]
Young Inventor News Update
Updates following the Spring 2012 Young Inventor workshop at the Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah. Whirler Jiggle The YI concept has generated a lot of interest – the Leonardo in SLC and Science A – Z are two recent groups that have shown interest. Last week I was interviewed by Science A – Z […]
Young Inventor Spring 2012 Workshop Updated
This is an updated blog with photos. Movie clips appear in Blog 8. The latest Young Inventor workshop just ended after two hours a day for the week of April 9th. The Young Inventors were younger than before, aged 6 to 8 years, with higher energy levels, and more rapid invention development – but […]
Young Inventor Radio Interview at KPCW
To hear yesterdays radio interview at KPCW re. upcoming Young Inventor workshops, a book signing, and soon a, “Teen Inventor,” workshop please press the following link: radio1
Young Inventor Next Class
The next Young Inventors class will be held at the Kimball Arts Center, Park City, Utah. Monday through Friday. April 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. 10:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. $150 (10% discount for members) materials included. (Ages 7 to 10). Register with the Kimball Arts Center. Kids are naturally inventive and inquisitive. They also work in a different time frame […]