I'm taking part in a Learning Party at Assemble - a community space for technology and art in my neighborhood. Tonight's theme is "Circuits & Contraptions" so what better time to make conductive playdough?
I cooked up the recipes two nights ago, and I'll be bringing both conductive and resistive playdough, some 10mm LEDs, a couple of 9-volt batteries, a tiny piezo buzzer, a small DC motor, and a handful of pipe cleaners for extra squiggly conductive shapes.
and the original conductive playdough site created by AnnMarie Thomas's research group.
I've been interested in the possibilities of conductive playdough for a while, ever since watching AnnMarie Thomas's TED talk.
Here are some other great resources, links, and recipes:
a blog post from SparkFun electronics with links and directions
a printable recipe for conductive and resistive playdough
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