這門課是在 英語講授的。

We will be focusing on three disciplines simultaneously and how they interact:
Physics (gears, levers, wheels, doors, motors, etc)
Electronics (batteries, circuits, lights, switches, resisters, etc)
Computer control (in the advanced session only)

The learning goal is to understand how each of these three aspects operates, and also how the three disciplines fit together to create a whole product, while fostering creativity and individual design and building skills. 

In addition, we will learn how to draw and read schematics and physical dimensional drawings. We will also explore the difference between assembling something and designing something. 

Each of these classes stresses individual creativity, and freedom to create new designs and solve unique problems. 

I have been involved in creating cross discipline products for a good part of my career (before retiring). 

There is a special skill in matching the abilities and challenges of several disciplines into a whole product, and this is what I specialized in. It's one thing to understand how a motor works, and another to understand how a gear works, but a new level is required to match the proper motor to the proper gear to accomplish a particular task. This is my expertise, "seeing the big picture".  It is my goal to pass along this "big picture" overall view between disciplines to young people to give them the ability that is perhaps rare but very beneficial. 

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Every week there will be a new project to understand, design and build. Most of the building will be on private time, with the meetings being primarily for presentation, discussion, designing, and review. Each participant can put in as much time as they desire to create a simple, or an elaborate version of the assigned project. 
1 - 2 每週課外時間
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