In issue 7 of Hackspace magazine we spoke to Helen Steer, who’s making all sorts of things to show kids, and curious adults, that real things don’t have to be complicated to be beautiful and functional. Our favourite of these is this programmable unicorn. It’s a simplified kit to help kids build and program their first robot (to the extent that it uses continuous servos rather than motors, so kids don’t have to learn what an h-bridge is).
Like real unicorns, this one has a 3D horn printed out of reactive filament which changes colour from white to purple when it’s exposed to sunlight.
