Tech Projects

3D Printed Mask for Cloth Mask Chewers

Order Form Has Moved to Code4Kids One of my sons tends to chew on his cloth mask, so I modified a 3D printed surgical mask so he can no longer physically get the cloth mask into his mouth. Since creating this plastic mask, he has worn masks for therapy and in the community as needed…

Star Wars Fleet – Free Online Game

What do you do when you have a week of vacation with built-in grandparent babysitting? You make a Star Wars video game, of course! The vast majority of this game was created during a one week coding blitz. I’ve done a lot of minor tweaking due to observations and bugs found while playing the game…

A-MAZE-ing!!! Free Online Maze Game

My son loves mazes, so naturally I built him a maze game! He actually designed levels 2, 3, and 4. I tweaked them a little bit so that they make a little more sense, but the designs are his alone! We can add more levels to our heart’s content – it’s pretty easy now that…

Relaxation Breathing App

Several years ago, I was tasked with creating a simple relaxation breathing app so a counselor’s clients could practice at home. At the time, I was using Corona SDK for some game projects, so I whipped the relaxation breathing app together pretty quickly. While this app is not available for download, I decided it would…

Real Estate Investment AI

One of my most intricate projects (recently shut down) was an artificial intelligence program that identified potential real estate investment opportunities. At a high level, it combed through a particular MLS each day to look for properties that might be under-valued enough to warrant a flip. The parameters used by the application to identify potential…

Hacktoberfest 2019

For Hacktoberfest 2019 I updated the Code4Kids Level 1 Camp source files. We learned quite a bit from our second go-around with this camp. Some of the projects were dropped because they were too complicated, so I replaced them with much more straightforward projects. I also dropped the concept of badges. I thought the students…

Jabba the Hutt 3D-Printed Piggy Bank

My son loves Star Wars. That’s actually an understatement. My son LOVES Star Wars! I’ve only known one person who loves Star Wars as much as my son. Me! We’re teaching him about money and saving, so I found this Jabba the Hutt piggy bank on Thingiverse and printed it for him. I was worried…

PyGamer Games in MakeCode and CircuitPython

My son and I built the PyGamer from Adafruit a couple of months ago. He loves Blaze and the Monster Machines, so we’ve been working on a racing game in MakeCode Arcade. It’s inspired by the old game Spy Hunter. Since he loves Super Wings as well, we made a simple flying game in MakeCode…