The primary focus of Electroninks with its Circuit Scribe is to enhance STEM education. Specifically, it wants to address and improve how electricity and circuits are currently taught. Instead of having to buy breadboards and wires in order to perform a class demonstration, teachers can instead simply draw a circuit, link it to a battery and magnetically attach an LED light and teach from that. Students can even do this in their notebooks!
Circuit Scribe doesn't have to be limited to the classroom, either. Electroninks has included an interface between Circuit Scribe and Arduino and Makey Makey. Its website contains a selection of videos pertaining to different, more complex projects utilizing the Circuit Scribe, and even more can be found on YouTube. There is also conductive ink designed for printers, which can be used to print breadboards right onto paper, such as in this video. The Circuit Scribe has the ability to change the way we think about and teach electricity.
Wow, I really love this idea. This would've been great to have during our electrical circuit unit because it is quick and easy. In addition, I find it easier to understand physics concepts when you have a hands on experience and this pen would definitely do the job. I believe this will be able to sell really well in the US. Do you know when it will be on the consumer market? And do you know roughly how expensive each would be?
ReplyDeleteYou can order products off their website (see the link in the post) right now. But I'm not sure as to when they will be available at retailers on a mainstream fashion. 4 pens costs $100, and other accessories and kits can be purchased for various prices.
DeleteThis is very interesting. What is the cost of the pen? What material is the pen "ink" made out of? What kind of surfaces can this pen be used on? This idea has great potential and I look forward to seeing its development
ReplyDeleteLike other pens, the Circuit Scribe works on paper. If you watch the video, you'll see that they are literally drawing electric circuits on paper That's why it can be so revolutionary and change the way we view and create electric circuits.
DeleteAnd 4 pens costs $100
DeleteHi Allen, thank you for posting. Besides education, what other applications does the Circuit Scribe have?
ReplyDeleteJust YouTube "Circuit Scribe" and you'll find tons of neat projects! I've seen one video in which a person used circuit scribe and (I believe) a Makey Makey to literally "draw" a functioning computer mouse! I personally see that this will be more useful for creating schematics sketches and prototypes of products rather than actual, big final products. For instance, a current breadboard is obviously going to be preferred in a computer than one made out of paper. But a computer designer could plan out the construction of that breadboard by drawing it out on paper using Circuit Scribe.
DeleteWow Allen thanks for sharing this. I couldn't agree more with the other commenters that this could revolutionize that way circuit design is taught in school. I could even see this possibly being useful in the circuit design of our project.
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