Set Up Your Laboratory
Fill a box full of premium quality junk so you'll have the proper stuff for building. Check out the Stock Room for parts, tools and supplies. Build a machine that greets visitors. Make a brainstorm bonnet and decorate your lab jacket. Then hang a "shingle" on your door so everyone will know you're open for business. |
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AI Smart Robots
Mirror, Mirror on the wall: Who's the smartest in the land? |
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Soap Box Racers
You gotta be fast. And you gotta look cool! |
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Flying Machines
We're looking for some hot shot aeronautical engineers to build the next generation of flying machines. You will learn the physics of flight in the process of building paper airplanes, sling shot gliders, and compressed air rockets. |
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Chain Reaction Machines
Build a contraption that will activate a chain reaction of events. Make a ball roll that trigers a pendulum to swing that releases a can of rocks to fall that triggers a series of books to fall. Finally, throw candy, tell a joke or squirt water. |
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Catapult Engineering
Ever wanted to chuck a water balloon or pumpkin across the play ground at some unsuspecting bully. Here's your chance without the risk of going to the Principal's Office. |
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Nature Engineering
"Look deeply into nature and then you will understand everything better." Albert Einstein |
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Art of Cooking - Just Desserts
Are you into dessert before Brussel sprouts? |
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Inventor-Entrepreneur
Wanna be an inventor of the next revolutionary widget? |
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Remote Control Goblins
Did your mom ever tell you not to play with your food? You'll need a good collection of funny-looking fruits and veggies, acorns, sea shells, craft supplies and premium quality junk. Then you'll need to dream up some jokes and cartoon story lines. Finally, you've got to make your critter come to life and act out your storyline using a remote control device! |
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Pirates' Cove
Build-It-Yourself is recruiting a crew of scallywags and misfits to build a fleet of pirate boats that will search the seas for fat bankers who have too much money! "Avast ya bloody, nat brain, pigeon gut, lying weasel, double talking politician! Yer money or yer life." |
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Friendly Dragons
You can't judge a dragon by its scales! Your mission is to design, build and present a dragon that dispels all prejudices against dragons. The dragon that wins the most friends and fans will be awarded the Build-It-Yourself Peace Prize. |
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3D Graphics
2D games and videos are so last fall. If you want to be a hot shot game designer or animator, you will need to move from the 2D world to the 3D world. Build-It-Yourself is looking for a few hot shot artists and computer game designers to create knock-your-socks-off 3D computer graphics. |
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Scratch Cartoon Stories
Build-It-Yourself is looking for hot shot artists, cartoonists and animators to make the world laugh. |
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Wanted: Minecraft Builders
The world is desperate for a few bright builders and clever architects to become heroes in an epic quest to protect the people of Minecraft. In this mission, builders will work together in teams to build a high-tech fortress of redstone creations to protect the citadel's most precious intelligence. Join the crew now! Learn clever Minecraft tricks from our wizards. |
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Website Design
Evolve from know-nothing, nat-brain rookies |
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Emojis
Make way cool emojis to communicate complex thoughts or feelings. |
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Computer Graphics and Animation
Civilizations are often measured by the art they leave for future generations. If we want to be recognized as a hot shot civilization, some of our art and design needs help! Your mission is to design digital artifacts, such as screen savers, Web pages, computer game graphics and animated stories that will make future civilizations say, "Wow!" |
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Scratch Computer Games
If you want to be a hot shot game designer, this is a good place to start. Design graphics for friendly dragons, super heroes and other wacky characters. Lay out fantasy settings. Record outrageous sound effects. Integrate all the components. Test the game with your friends and then post it on the Web for the world to play. |
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Scratch Voice Recognition
How should humans communicate with machines? |
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Digital Music
Do you and your buddies like to dance, sing and make music? Your mission is to use computer tools to: |
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Robots that Earn Money - LEGO
Build-It-Yourself is looking for some hot shot inventors to fix the global economy. Your mission is to design a machine that creates value, entertains, offers a service, puts people to work, and pays its inventors handsomely! Max made $27.25 in one day from his candy machine. |
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Experimental Theater
Build-It-Yourself is looking for some hot shot artists and engineers to pioneer a new form of contemporary art theater. |
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Time Machines
The world needs an invention that wakes one up in a civilized way. It could tickle you, tell you the joke of the day, play a Hip Hop tune and finally, dump a cup of cold water on you. |
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First LEGO League (FLL) Coaching
Wanna compete in the mother of all robotic competitions? 160,000 kids competed in 2012! |
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Mechanical Garden
This project was initiated at MIT for a workshop at the Smithsonian Museum. Simulate the sounds and motions of plants and animals in an exotic garden. |
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Political Campaign
Do politicians make you say, "Arrrrrrrrg!#$?" Your mission is to design a robot that knows how to make voters happy and can win an election for President of the Wild Things! |
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Rock-n-Robots
Rock n Robots band is auditioning musicians and engineers. |
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Towers of Power
Humans like to build symbols that represent smarts, strength and beauty. Do you have what it takes to design and build the mightiest Towers of Power in the land? |
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Robots that Earn Money - Scratch
Build-It-Yourself is looking for some hot shot inventors to fix the global economy. Your mission is to design a machine that creates value, entertains, offers a service, puts people to work, and pays its inventors handsomely! Build a coin sensor to trigger a Scratch project. |
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Robots that Earn Money - Scratch and Arduino
Build-It-Yourself is looking for some hot shot inventors to fix the global economy. Your mission is to design a machine that creates value, entertains, offers a service, puts people to work, and pays its inventors handsomely! Use an Arduino microprocessor to make your money robot move. |
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Formidable Forts
Build a formidable fort to protect the Queen's candy from the evil doers. Beware! The other side may hurl wet projectiles, stink bombs, and trash talk your way. |
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Invention Universe Maker Portfolio
In the vast expanse of space, there exists an alternate universe. It's called Invention Universe where the cosmic rulebook gets tossed out the spaceship window. Discover a new planet and turn it into your own utopia. Bring forth your cosmic portfolio, a holographic scroll that unfurls your quirks, passions, and accomplishments. |
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