{"id":7443,"date":"2021-10-02T16:45:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T23:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/?p=7443"},"modified":"2021-10-03T07:32:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T14:32:34","slug":"making-on-the-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2021\/10\/02\/making-on-the-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Making on the Go!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I like to <em>make<\/em> things.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This stems partly from a need to get the physical mechanical ideas that bounce around my head into the real world. Historically, this catharsis was only possible with pen-and-paper or a high powered CAD computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now you can accomplish that on a tablet. TinkerCAD is an AutoDesk product that they have been using as their entry level 3D modelling technology and it is one that works very well with the touch-based interface of most tablets and phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Welcome to Tinkercad!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LrU2zm_g7lE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The key, as with many recent developments in software, was the off-boarding of the processing power needed for CAD modelling to the AutoDesk servers. This cloud-based integration has been happening for a variety of applications and softwares including video games as the speed of our internet increases and makes it more and more sensible to do the graphics processing at a datacentre somewhere else (this is 100% the concept behind Chromebooks).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To take that even further, TinkerCAD now has integrated my favorite part of their 123D Designs platform, 123D Circuits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blink an LED With Arduino in Tinkercad\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yyG0koj9nNY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want to prototype how an electric circuit will operate? Done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Need to know how your Micro:Bit will interact with the real world? Done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want to program an Arduino in virtual space without working about the quality of your connections? &#8230;this is just a me problem, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of the tools to help you <em>make<\/em> those ideas in your head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like to make things.&nbsp; This stems partly from a need to get the physical mechanical ideas that bounce around my head into the real&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2021\/10\/02\/making-on-the-go\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Making on the Go!<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":86672,"featured_media":7457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobileeducation","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86672"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7443"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7445,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7443\/revisions\/7445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}