Exploratorium Blogs

What are we thinking about? Who have we met recently? Who or what is inspiring us? Browse these blogs, written by Exploratorium staff and find out what’s happening behind the scenes at the museum.

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Waves of Data for Maverick’s Surf Competition

by Mary Miller • February 1, 2018

Surfers for the Maverick’s surf competition near San Francisco are pinning their hopes on Pacific storms, lots of data and some well-honed algorithms.

Tinkering Studio's Sketchpad

Observations from Circuit Boards in XTech

by Jake • February 1, 2018

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A Visit from Artist-In-Residence Noga Elhassid

by lianna • January 29, 2018

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Following his own ideas to build a dragon

by Sebastian • January 23, 2018

Adults and children interacting with the Sediment Trapping exhibit, a flume flowing with Bay water and sediment.

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Modeling Sediment in San Francisco Bay's Tidal Marshes

by Kevin Boyd • January 22, 2018

A new exhibit in the Exploratorium's outdoor North Gallery lets visitors investigate how sediments build up around plants in a tidal marsh.

Tinkering Studio's Sketchpad

New automata activity development: Cranky Contraptions

by Ryoko • January 8, 2018

Tinkering Studio's Sketchpad

Collaborative prototyping - exploring computational tinkering with sound

by Sebastian • January 8, 2018

Tinkering Studio's Sketchpad

Light Up Holiday Cards

by Deanna • December 19, 2017

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Weaving 1.0

by lianna • December 13, 2017

Tinkering Studio's Sketchpad

Sound Harvesting

by luigi • December 8, 2017

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Making Digital Sounds for Physical Objects

by Deanna • November 17, 2017

Tinkering Studio's Sketchpad

OFF THE WALL MARBLE MACHINES

by Gabriel • November 2, 2017

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