Andrew and his automatic dog feeder!
innate interest support carving identity drive to improve pleasure in problem seeking possibilities expertise in tech expertise in seeking
innate interest Home started out at a young age — Dad says 3!
innate interest Story from his mother of Andrew at four: Visitors’ waiting in the rain while she came to the door got him thinking about how to design doorbells better — put them halfway up the walk! Home
support parents’ recognition and response subscribing to Make bringing to Maker Faire arranging young maker’s club Home
support Home first MF in 2010 opened a world of possibilities
pleasure in problems Home a problem he solved: how to set timing
pleasure in problems Home smiling while he tells of the “countless hours”
drive to improve Home it doesn’t work 100% of the time
drive to improve Home sometimes it’s quite hard not to give up
seeking possibilities Home trying to get past factory-stripped screws
seeking possibilities Hometrying many things to fix jamming
expertise in tech Home voltage potentiometer html solder Windows batch language Mac OS servo motors Java torque screws Raspberry Pi Arduino relaysLinux
carving identity Home Exchanging cards with a visitor
carving identity Home happily being interviewed, by me, tv crew bringing list of magazines, etc he reads sending me to his website: eet-the-young-makers/andrew-katz eet-the-young-makers/andrew-katz
expertise in seeking Home modified design from Instructables.com
expertise in seeking Home “Nobody’s dreamed up every single idea, so you have to take old ideas and redo them.”
innate interest support carving identity drive to improve pleasure in problem seeking possibilities expertise in tech expertise in seeking