Ecolomics II

Origins of the Socrates Bot

Pianoland

Miscellaneous

Flipbook Island

Humanoid! And Others.

Paper Computer!

Lost Levels.

Problem Structure.

Sub-Lab / Heli-Tank

Flarfball Strategies (Continued)

If you have ever played the classic Westville backyard strategy game "flarfball" then you know about the level of strategy involved.



Here we have another example
of a flarfball strategy. If you are skilled, you get to bounce for longer. That's just the ways of the world.

The Great Recycler

We might not get excited enough about trash pickup. Garbagemen remove tons of waste from everybody's doorstep each week. Thank them when you see them. They are hard-working people with difficult jobs.

New Solar Workbook

This one comes with better instructions. It isnt entirely complete just yet, but if Kid Analog has its way, every kid on planet earth will know how to solve them.


This one will show you how to wire a roof's solar system like a bunch of batteries.


It contains examples like this one:


It contains examples of different roofs, and all the different schemes you might expect to see on a residential installation.


Once you understand parallel and series wiring, you can complete the exercises in the book.

My Robot Runs On Coffee

Kid Analog built a robot to work at the coffeeshop while Kid went on tour with his music.  The robot uses Coffee to refuel.  How does this work?

The Bot flushes out electrolyte that has no more electricity in it.  Then it recharges by drinking coffee, then using the electrolytic composition in coffee to continue to run.  Kid Analog wanted to select a power source for the Bot that was both cheap, and abundantly available.  Coffee seemed like the best alternative.