• MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world
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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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            2 hours ago

            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