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Author: Slater Harrison

Dr. Tim Swait Flies a Walkalong Glider in a Narrowboat

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Slater Harrison

Dr. Swait made this video while social isolating in a narrowboat on a British canal.

Read more about Dr. Swait.

Dr. Swait's YouTube channel.

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Peter Sripol Makes Walkalong Gliders

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 Slater Harrison

Peter Sripol is a wildly popular youtube creator of amazing flight projects. He just made a video that's partly about walkalong gliders -- in a creative way as he does with all his projects. He was kind enough to give a shout-out to scinecetoyMaker.

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World Wide Boomerang on Make YouTube Channel.

April 3, 2020April 9, 2020 Slater Harrison

The World Wide Boomerang is now on the Make YouTube channel.

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Toilet Hygiene without Toilet Paper

March 25, 2020April 9, 2020 Slater Harrison

With toilet paper in short supply, it might be a good time to see how billions of people practice superior toilet hygiene without TP.

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World Wide Boomerang

February 20, 2020April 9, 2020 Slater Harrison


New SciencetoyMaker project: the World Wide Boomerang
Instructional videos and PDFs

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Talk Box

February 10, 2020April 14, 2020 Slater Harrison

One of our projects, the Talk Box, replicates vocal cords, and this is how it sounds.

https://sciencetoymaker.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Talk-Box-with-logo.mp4

In a similar vein, scientists replicated the shape of an Egyptian mummy's vocal tract. And this is what they think the tone of his voice sounded like.

More about the Talk Box project

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Walkalong Superhero!

September 19, 2019April 14, 2020 Slater Harrison

Thomas Buchwald is an amazing "Technik" teacher in Germany.

Thomas has innovated bionic gliders, materials and processes.

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Wolfgang Siess Hang glides in Interlaken, Switzerland

July 4, 2019April 14, 2020 Slater Harrison

https://sciencetoymaker.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Wolfgang-Siess-Facebook.mp4

Wolfgang Siess is the Co-Founder / Partner / Pilot at The Rhythm Of  Flight Owner-Operator at Wolfifly Tandem Hang Gliding.

The video is from his Facebook

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Ultra Light Foam

June 27, 2019August 20, 2019 Slater Harrison

New Video from SciencetoyMaker. Ultra-Light Foam is only a few times more dense than air itself, so walkalong gliders made from it fly VERY slowly.

Ultra Foam is only a few times more dense than air itself, so walkalong gliders made from it fly VERY slowly. Get Ultra Foam gliders here.  Thanks to Mike Duran for footage of Ben Saks’ indoor flight .

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Walkalong Gliding at Sheffield Hallam Explore STEM Event

April 3, 2019April 14, 2020 Slater Harrison


Photo from HallamAir - IMechE UAS Challenge Facebook page.

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