As you might know, that is the customary parlance used to refer to a car enthusiast (they can “turn a wrench” or mechanically work on a car). Such devotees are often characterized as so-called ...

When kids tinker in the classroom, they get to build many useful skills from computing to collaboration to creativity and more. Krithik Ranjan, PhD student and member of the ACME Lab, studies low-cost ...

You might have noticed that I don't do too many book reviews. Why? I guess that's just not one of the blogging options that I perform very well at. Also, reviewing books can take a serious chunk of ...

Pinterest and HGTV are full of DIY projects. And a growing number of maker spaces and fairs, across the country, are encouraging people to tinker. Tinkering, however, isn't really a hot new trend.

Annie Murphy Paul is the author of the forthcoming book Brilliant: The New Science of Smart. Last month I watched as my almost-six-year old son paged through a new book I’d given him, inspecting its ...

When most of our classics were contemporary, owners were expected to be able to carry out basic car maintenance and servicing. Don’t believe me? Well, you need only browse an owner’s manual from the ...

It took a long time, but it had to happen. Finally, there are schools, summer camps and weekend experiences where kids learn how to tinker. This is far from what some call “futzing around” and others ...

Many great discoveries are often made by tinkering. A formal definition of tinkering may imply fixing things; for example, a dictionary definition deems it an act “repair or improve something in a ...

While playing with ice balloons, robotic sensors and sound, the idea came up: What if one could lick a Popsicle embedded with a sensor to show how our bodies conduct electricity? When a young welder ...