Five years ago, I spoke on the Kid’s Tech Panel at the Geekwire Summit and shared my 11-year-old thoughts about science, technology, and life in general. Recently, Geekwire interviewed me and other kids from that panel to see what we’re thinking about now. Click here to read the story and watch the interview!
Building a Window Seat Bench
Kimberly had fun building this window seat bench with drawers for her room.
Building another Tiny House
In the fall, the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) put out a call for help to build additional Tiny Houses for some new tiny house villages in the Puget Sound Area. Finding partners in construction was understandably difficult due to Covid-19, so we decided to jump in and help. It was a little tricky this time around compared to the Tiny House we built two years earlier, because this was during the school year, while last time we built it in the summer while we had a lot more time. Plus, when friends came over to help this time, we all had to wear masks and follow Covid protocol. But, we were also a lot smaller back then, and hadn’t handled tools as much, so this time we were able to build it quicker.
Homelessness still continues to be a difficult issue in our region, but hopefully this Tiny House will help somebody transition off the streets into more permanent housing. A number of our friends were able to start building Tiny Houses for LIHI as well, so hopefully we can continue to spread the word and help several people in this difficult time.
Our Rube Goldberg Machine
Kimberly had fun putting together an 18-step Rube Goldberg machine, with the end goal of dropping a bar of soap into a person’s hand. She made it into the Top 10 for Grand Prize & People’s Choice for the Rube Goldberg Bar of Soap video challenge!
Published in Small Boats Magazine!
We were fortunate enough to be published in Small Boats magazine, which was really cool because they were put in touch with us by Bear Mountain Boats, who are the folks that we purchased the canoe kit from. An extra bonus was that the editor of Small Boats magazine is Chris Cunningham, who is also […]
Thanks Bear Mountain Boats!
Last year we finished building our cedar strip canoe and took it out on several trips. Well, we had purchased the canoe kit from a company in Ontario, Canada called Bear Mountain Boats, and after watching the videos and reading the definitive guide to wooden canoes, Canoecraft, over and over, it was as if we almost knew Ted Moores and Joan Barrett, the partners who operate Bear Mountain Boats.
Matt Snell, one of the folks from Bear Mountain Boats, reached out and asked us if we could answer some questions about our build, and because it was in the middle of school, we had Dad answer them instead. The result was this fun article on their blog. Thanks BMB!
https://www.bearmountainboats.com/blogs/news/meet-the-yeungs-canoe-building-as-a-family-project
Featured on KNKX Radio
KNKX Radio interviewed us about our balloon project and building Tiny Houses for LIHI. We really enjoyed chatting to the host, Gabriel Spitzer. He didn’t talk down to us and he asked some really interesting questions. You can listen to our 12-minute interview here:
Thank you KNKX!
In “Life from Above” Book
Life from Above is the PBS name for the US version of BBC’s Earth from Space. In addition to the four part miniseries, they put together a book that contains all kinds of fascinating images gathered from satellites, the International Space Station, and our little launcher.
We are tickled to be part of the publication, and are looking forward to seeing the segment in Episode One of Life from Above, airing on PBS on October 23 at 10/9c.
Behold Earth as it’s never been seen before. Cameras in space tell stories of life on our planet from a brand-new perspective, revealing its incredible movements, colors, patterns and just how fast it’s changing.
Life from Above – PBS
Watch us on BBC’s Earth from Space
We are so grateful to Barny Revill and Katie Parsons from the BBC for setting up the opportunity for us to launch into the eclipse in 2017. Almost two years in the making, the series Earth from Space tells the stories of life on our planet from a brand new perspective, revealing new discoveries, incredible colours and patterns, and just how fast it is changing.
We are thrilled to be a part of this series, and to have our little project captured in such a memorable way. The BBC producers took film from drones, satellites, telescopes, the International Space Station, and our very own Loki Lego Launcher.
Click on the link below to watch the sequence.
BBC Presents: The flight of the Loki Lego Launcher
“With a simple idea, they’ve shown us that the view from space is within the grasp of everyone.”
BBC Earth from Space
Hear us on BBC Earth Podcast
We are very grateful to BBC Earth Podcast for interviewing us via Skype, and including us in their podcast entitled “A Different View.” BBC radio journalist and producer Emily Knight reached out to us and woke up at 5am(!) to interview us at 9pm our time. She had material from the Earth from Space series and put together a really cool segment for the BBC Earth Podcast.
It’s about six minutes long, and it includes bits from our recent interview and from the material captured by the BBC during our solar eclipse launch in 2017. It’s fun to listen to how excited we were during that launch (and how young we sound), and makes us even more excited to see the TV segment when it eventually comes out on PBS!
BBC Earth’s podcast is everything you’d expect – a blend of nature, science and human experience, with worldclass story telling and immersive soundscapes. We’ll also bring you insights and stories from the BBC’s crews as they make some of the most impactful television on the planet.
The BBC Earth Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Acast, Spotify, or you can just go to https://www.bbcearth.com/podcast and scroll down to “A Different View.” Our segment is two stories in and starts around 6:30. But enjoy the whole podcast, it’s really cool!
Thank you Emily, and thank you BBC Earth!
Loki Lego Launcher 