Tinkercademy Build Log
The company we build, by the company we build with.
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Learning, Building, and Teaching: My Tinkertanker Internship
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From Vue.js to micro:bit: Twelve Weeks Building EdTech
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Games, Claude, and a New Teacher Platform
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Reframing my thoughts on website builders
Editor’s Note: Yun Xuan joined us as an intern over this recent summer break. She tirelessly worked on various projects, notably web… -
Building a Summarisation App: My Summer Internship at Tinkertanker
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Now That AI Can Generate Code, Should the Everyday Student Stop Learning How to Code?
Picture this: a world where coding is as effortless as conversing in English, where programming becomes akin to a casual chat with… -
Orange v/s PyCaret v/s Scikit: A Comparison of Beginner Machine Learning Libraries
A summary of why you should get started with each of these top 3 ML libraries -
What We Learnt from our Latest Sew & Code Camp
During the recent December holidays, we organised a unique coding camp — one that had a distinctly different flavour from our regular… -
What is it like to build games on Unity?
Between 20th to 24th November, a group of 14 to 18-year-olds, entered the computer labs of St Patricks’ School, carrying laptops, water… -
Having fun with Automata and LittleBits!
I have always been fascinated with the idea of Automata. A quick Pinterest search will yield you countless amazing examples of these, made… -
Using Python and Pandas to generate useful reports out of CSV files, part 2
Editor’s Note: Here’s Ong Yi Shen’s second blog post, which is a continuation of his first post. You can read his first post here. -
Using Python and Pandas to generate useful reports out of CSV files, part 1
Editor’s Note: We were recently engaged by a school to conduct a teaching and learning (T&L) survey. In this survey, students offered… -
Tinkertanker Internship: Bowling at Tinkertanker
Editor’s note: Mark, a self-starter and aspiring software engineer, joined us over a 12-week period as a teaching and curriculum design… -
Internship Reflection: A dive into many new things
Editor’s note: Enric Tan is currently pursuing a Computer Science degree at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He interned with us… -
Tinkerfolio: Tinkering with Purpose
This blog is written by Natasha, Sheryl, and Marcus, three inquisitive Year 3 Computing students from the National University of Singapore… -
This is What Happens When Sewing Meets Code & Conductive Thread
In a rapidly evolving world, where technology interacts with almost anything and everything we can think of, it wouldn’t be hard to believe… -
Unveiling the Top AI-Based Apps Made by Regular Teens
In today’s digital age, teenagers are not only avid users of technology but also creators and innovators. With rising advancements in… -
A Step-by-Step Guide to Building Personalised AR Experiences
Step aside, ChatGPT, there’s a new player in town, and it’s about to propel us light-years ahead, blurring the lines between the real and… -
How Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Eliminates Manual Data Entry and Empowers Innovation
Imagine you’re a regional manager of a large multinational corporation. At a recent business conference, you hear about a new technology… -
Why We Encourage Our Students to Use ChatGPT in Class
With more than 1 billion users worldwide, ChatGPT has sparked much debate about issues like academic fraud, plagiarism, and the validity of… -
Coding in The Dark — Pioneering Tools for Blind Programmers
About one in every 100 programmers is blind. How do they read and type code with low or no sight? Read on to find some handy yet fun tools! -
Coding without Computers — The Untold Power of CS Unplugged
We often cannot imagine learning computer science concepts without a computer. But low and behold, we have the powerful CS Unplugged! -
War for Talent — Could This Super Weapon Be the Answer to Your Woes?
The tech talent war is not a new problem. In fact, it’s been going on for more than a decade. Here’s what your team can do to win this war. -
How We Teach AI To The Leaders of Tomorrow
The ability to work with AI is now no longer a luxury, but a necessity for anyone looking to stay competitive. So how do we teach AI? -
Why We Teach Artificial Intelligence to Non-Programmers
AI is becoming part and parcel of modern-day life. Whether you’re a programmer or not, understanding AI is now a necessity. -
Launching A One-Stop Digital Wallet for Our Adult Learners
Imagine using blockchain technology to store your digital certificates on your smartphone, accessible anywhere. Introducing Ceal by Affinidi -
Reducing the Gender Gap in Tech, One Step At a Time
The gender gap in tech is narrowing, but not nearly as fast as it should be. Read on to see how Lenovo SG tackles this troubling imbalance. -
A Sneak Peek Into How A Global Finance Firm Discovers Hidden Gems
Have you ever wondered how much raw talent you could unearth from your own team? Well, it isn’t a difficult task, if you’re up for it. -
Strengthening Bonds between Parents & Kids
Countless studies prove that pro-family policies improve employee satisfaction and productivity. Here’s how your company can take action too -
Designing a fun-filled day of tech learning for a leading bank
Looking for an engaging and unique way to train employees and encourage their innate curiosity towards technology? Here’s a superb… -
Curriculum Planning at Tinkercademy
Many of the activities built, constructed, and written about at Tinkertanker/ Tinkercademy are physical toys and projects — documentations… -
Adventures in cardboard design
micro:bit kit design experiences from a 10-week internship at Tinkertanker! -
A Youth Month of Tinkerers
“This Youth Month, we want to let our youth know that all Singaporeans are committed to journeying with and empowering them to write the… -
3D Printing: Thrills and Tribulations
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Returning to Re-intern at Tinkertanker
Mireille joined us over the Christmas season, and made a whole bunch of things! -
Interning at a distance
Amelia Chan from CMU shares her remote internship experience. -
My first Work-From-Home Summer Internship
As the enthusiastic freshman I was, I volunteered to help out for school events back in my very first winter break. I met some seniors who… -
My Exciting & Fulfilling Internship at Tinkertanker
Hardware, software, curriculum, teaching, content creation, marketing, and much more! -
Internship report: Unity forever
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Internship report: Unity amidst the chaos
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Semi-automated migration from Bitbucket to GitHub: 2020 edition
Scripts for the lazy, the tinkerers, and the lazy tinkerers -
A Python-focused internship
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Learning and Building a Web Curriculum
A 2020 internship report -
Cool Trinkets with Plywood and a Laser Cutter
As a non-coder in a heavily tech environment, I found myself gravitating towards the hardware and cool machines in the office. (Read about… -
From making micro:bit holders to becoming my own Ikea
My journey interning at Tinkertanker was short but filled with many memorable learning experiences and lessons. From assisting in… -
Scanning and Cutting to make a diorama
Editor’s note: Nadya joined us as a marketing intern earlier this year. Despite coming in with little tech or coding experience, she… -
Deep Dive into the I2C OLED
In case you don’t know, the I2C OLED is a small digital display which is useful for electronics projects. I wrote a Micro:Bit library to… -
Journey to Space: A Science Centre Exhibition at the Istana Open House
Using Littlebits, Micro:bits and cardboard for an interactive game -
How I Wrote UI Tests for the Get Hacking Android App
The Android team and community advocates testing. This includes unit, integration, and UI testing. -
Laser Cutting for Dummies
I had my first experience laser-cutting some weeks ago. It was pretty sweet. Laser cutting can be quite daunting for a first-timer. Is… -
11 Months Interning at Tinkertanker
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Smart Office with a Micro:bit Hub
The simple task of making a complicated project with micro:bit -
Viennale Annals IV: In-Depth Light Remote Electronics
Editor’s note: Read Parts 1, 2, and 3 first for some background on what we call “Viennale”: the Singapore Pavilion for the Venice Biennale… -
Viennale Annals III: Prototyping Light Sticks
Editor’s note: Read Part 1 and Part 2 first for some background on what we call “Viennale”: the Singapore Pavilion for the Venice Biennale… -
Building DonkeyCar: Week 1
Editor’s note: Kevin Steven is a Computer Science undergraduate at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) who interned with us over the… -
Viennale Annals II: Light Sticks for Days
Part 2 of our journey to the Venice Biennale. Read Part 1 first to avoid spoilers. -
Viennale Annals I
Journey to the Venice Biennale, representing Singapore in the best light possible. -
Tank Tinkerer: A Micro:bit Competition
National Infocomm Digital Making Challenge 2018 (Senior Category) -
Interning at Tinkertanker
An info packet for 2017–2018 -
The Bittersweet End of a Great Adventure
Reflections on Working in Singapore -
Learning From Teaching
Intern report: Marketing for littleBits -
Learning About Education and Tech in Singapore
Attending the Early Childhood Conference and a Digital Marketing Workshop -
Designing and iterating an IoT workshop
An introduction to one of our most intricate workshops for corporate techies -
Bringing a UX Perspective to Marketing
Learnings From 2 Months Into My Job at Tinkertanker -
Lessons from building something that broke too easily
Intern report: Building a micro:bit Space Shooter arcade game -
Building the Get Hacking Android app
Intern report: Building Tinkertanker’s first Android app -
Making it to Maker Faire Singapore 2017
It’s already two months after Maker Faire, and we’re finally ready to talk about it! Perhaps it took us this long to recover from the… -
Early Childhood Computer Science Education
Observations from Working with Early Childhood Classrooms in the U.S. and Singapore -
Chattering in the Classroom
Intern report: Building an in-class chat app for Tinkercademy -
Hello Singapore
Rambling Into The Next Adventure -
Getting Singapore making with the micro:bit
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What’s a Tinkertanker
We started Tinkertanker in 2011, and haven’t written much about the company and what we do. As a result, we now regularly get emails from…