BeWareable: Gesture Sensing Helmet made at Hackn’Talk 2015
The Cycling season is on! To help kids safely cycle in the cities we created a Gesture Sensing Helmet during the Hack’n’Talk 2015 held at the Ryerson Fashion Zone from 1-3 May […]
Z-Bot: Star Spectrum, Temperature and Age (We go to Mars!)
Our family team created “Z-Bot” for explorers and educators who will go to Mars and beyond to study rocks, atmosphere and stars. Z-Bot affixes itself to Z-Series Space Suit being […]
We Go to the Moon: NASA SpaceApps 2015 Challenge
From April 10-12, we participated as a family team in the NASA SpaceApps Challenge held in Toronto. Our family (kids 8 yrs & 5 yrs) built a model of Apollo […]
GalacticBot wins Third Place at Hardware Hackathon Toronto 2015
Over 100 designers, developers, tinkerers, and innovators gathered on March 6th, 7th, 8th at MaRS for the Toronto Hardware Hackathon – a weekend dedicated to developing ideas and hacking hardware. […]
HotPopRobot @ TIFF DigiPlaySpace 2015
HotPopRobot was invited to present and display its creation at the Kids Micro Makers’ Space as a part of the TIFF digiPlaySpace 2015. A table was set up at TIFF on 7th March 2015. Some of the creations presented included a model of Toronto PlayGround complete with swing, slide, merry go round, and water fountains – all controlled by Arduino, […]
HotPopRobot @ TVO Kids for Robotics Week
HotPopRobot was invited by TVOKids on November 17, 2014 to display its Robots as a part of its TV programme related to the Robotics Week. Two robots: Curious Bot and Chris Howzitfeel along […]
Wearables for Android (WAND) Robot created at Hack n’ Talk 2014
HotPopRobot built a Wearables for Android (WAND) Robot at the Hack n’ Talk 2014 organised by the Fashion Zone at Ryerson University on 28-29 June 2014. The idea was to create […]
CODE2015: “Yes You Can” among the Top 15 in CODE 2015 Challenge
Are Canadian youths aware of the career opportunities that will come up in the future? HotPopRobot created a simple to use App: “Yes You Can”. The App presents new and […]
Penguin that Draws, Robot that Waves, Swing that Sways @MakerFaire Toronto
HotPopRobot put some of its most recent and specially made creations at MakerFaire Toronto (22-23 Nov 2014) held at the Toronto Reference Library. It included Pengy (the […]
RoboDomino created at Get Your Bot On (GYBO) 2014
As a part of GetYourBotOn (GYBO) 2014 hackathon held in the Ontario Science Centre (14 – 16 November) we created the “Robo Domino”. Robo Domino […]
HotPopRobot @MakerFaire Toronto 2014, 22-23 November 2014
What does see-saw, drawing and singing have in common? They are all fun activities for the kids, correct! But are they fun activities for Robots too? Find out by visiting us at […]
My First Double-Double at Carr Astronomical Observatory (CAO), Canada
Observations made by Artash at the Carr Astronomical Observatory Canada. Published in SCOPE: The Newsletter of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Toronto. Vol 53 / No. 5, Oct/Nov 2014. We first looked at Saturn and its beautiful rings. I learned that the rings are named alphabetically – A, B, and C rings in the order that they were discovered. In […]
Climate Selfie: Producing Clean Energy and Local Food by “Self”
“Climate Selfie” among top 12 Winners of Hack4Good. Runners up in Energy and Sustainable Business Challenge category. http://blog.geekli.st/post/97978462607/announcing-12-challenge-theme-winners-hackers-choice Artash (Grade 3) and Arushi (Kindergarten) created a working model of “Climate Selfie” […]
Arduino and Robotics Training Delivered for 20 Kids @CoderDojo Toronto
Artash, 2nd Grader and Co-founder of Hot Pop Robot http://www.HotPopRobot.com delivered a 3 hour hands-on training on Arduino and Robotics at CoderDojo Toronto on 22nd June 2014. Almost 20 kids and […]
Training on Arduino and Robotics @CoderDojo Toronto, 22 June 2014
Arduino – yes, Motors – yes, Mosfets – yes, LEDs – yes, Resistances – yes. Switches – yes. Handouts – yes. All checked. Artash, Grade 2, will deliver our upcoming […]
Hacking Household Goods for Generating Clean Energy (3v-9v)
Much of the energy produced all over the world is not clean energy. We generate very high voltage using non-clean energy but reduce it to small voltages (between 3v- 9v) for […]
