• toynbee@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    That’s awesome. With what does he tinker? Some sort of screenshot technology?

    I’m the youngest in my family, so I’ve never really had the chance to guide someone’s growth until relatively recently. I take a great amount of pride in directing my kid toward things that will expand their creativity and curiosity. Hopefully you enjoy doing the same for your younger brother!

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      1 day ago

      I try to encourage him since all my tinkering was self taught. I know I’d appreciate having a guide or even just a friend to talk to about those ideas. And he definitely comes up with some ideas that help my own tinkering.

      Right now he’s really into engineering and has this box that comes monthly that I paid for him that teaches him Engineering principles. I think it’s done by Mark Rober? Not really tinkering but He also likes making models for 3D printing and he’s been trying to get into Programming, unfortunately I think that curiosity keeps distracting him though.

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        Right now he’s really into engineering and has this box that comes monthly that I paid for him that teaches him Engineering principles. I think it’s done by Mark Rober

        That’s awesome and a great gift.

        I know I’d appreciate having a guide or even just a friend to talk to about those ideas

        What are the ideas?

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          23 hours ago

          He has a ton of ideas. Right now he’s gotten really into Robotics and specifically joined his local FIRST team. This gave him the idea to build a robot of his own. I’ve tried to support him but damn can those things get expensive fast

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            14 hours ago

            It’s awesome that he has so much creativity and motivation! My wife was in FIRST way back again and I think my SIL met her husband through it. I was homeschooled, but probably would have loved it if I had gone to public school. Hopefully it’s beneficial (if expensive) to you guys as well.

            Didn’t its founder invent the Segway or something? Then go on to drive one off a cliff …

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              I could have sworn I remember hearing the founder died of Covid back when I was in FIRST myself, it’s possible I’m confusing him for someone else though.

              Luckily the robotics team covers all the parts for their robot so he’s getting a bit of the experience