Remote learning from anywhere is easier with the right essentials.
Kit: Music + Light Show Includes:
Juku STEAM Making Music Coding Kit:
It allows students to learn how to create their own music, beats, and sounds.
Uses Scratch programming language for a STEAM learning experience.
Build a keyboard, drums and a ukulele to build melodies and play music.
Requires a computer to download the software and design the code.
It also requires an external speaker with auxiliary input to hear the sound.
For ages 10 years and up.
It comes with queen block, touch block, music block, audio cable, power cable, mini USB cable, cables with alligator clips and instrument graphics (ukulele, keyboard and drum set).
Juku STEAM LED Light Show Coding Kit:
Teaches students to create and design different LED light animations.
Features pre-loaded designs and effects and allow students to build their own.
Programmable LED light strips showcase different colors and patterns.
Requires a computer to download software and produce the code.
For ages 10 years and up.
It comes with 2 LED light strips, a queen block, and a mini USB cable.
Kit: Light Games + Car Bots Includes:
Juku STEAM Smart Car Bots Kit:
Students can learn to construct their own motor cars.
Teaches STEAM concepts with interactive activities.
Put the building bricks, motor, and electric sensor blocks together to create a car.
Activate the mic sensor to move the cars.
For ages 10 years and up.
It comes with 1 mic sensor block, 1 motor, and enough building bricks for 2 Car Bots.
Juku STEAM Light Games Coding Kit:
Students can learn to build their own games with this coding kit.
Use the Scratch programming language to bring your creations to life.
Requires a computer to download the software and make the code.
For ages 12 years and up.
It comes with queen block, joystick block, lightbox, mic block, and mini USB cable.
@GLaDOS Apparently you’re both right.
“Number Munchers is the first educational game in the Munchers series. Designed to teach basic math skills, it was popular among American school children in the 1980s and 1990s and was the recipient of several awards.[2] An updated 3D version, Math Munchers Deluxe, was released in 1995.[3]”
@mcanavino Yes, Amazon reviews have been shit for a while. So, many fakes and you can never trust the star rating. Almost every time I post an honest negative review (avoiding bad language, pricing or product names), it magically “does not meet our review standards”.
If a product there has a rating below 4 stars, you can pretty much assume it is true garbage.
@mcanavino@ponagathos I had a similar problem with PartsGeek. I bought a new alternator and some belts for my truck. I submitted good reviews for the belts, but a negative review of the alternator (Sold as a drop-in replacement for my vehicle, but +12V out is on the wrong side and almost impossible to reach, which is actually kind of dangerous).
The positive belt reviews were posted, by my negative alternator review went down the memory hole.
I don’t trust PartsGeek anymore.
While looking at these on Amazon, I saw that Juku also makes a 3D printing pen. It’d be cool if Meh found a super cheap 3D pen to sell here. (But not the Juku one, as it sounds not very good.)
@haydesigner That’s the 3-Doodler! I love those. Everything I make looks like crap but it’s really fun. I don’t know where you saw bad reviews, but the current model is great.
@haydesigner the 3doodler is super cruddy, we use it at work to fix tiny spots on our printed parts or to push in threaded inserts (works better if they’re hot). go get a Prusa mini printer, top of the line company and low end of the price range.
@haydesigner@sammydog01 Even the examples printed on the outside of the box look rough. It’s possibly beyond human capability to get something smooth and even out of those pens.
@username If you check out the driver at https://www.jukucoding.com/, it appears to be Arduino-compatible, though past that I haven’t really explored anything.
I was just looking into designing an interactive LED art project (COVID-19 boredom activity) with a Neopixel setup this afternoon.
Curious if the light show kit would provide a basic compatible starter set to build on, or if it’s a closed end system with no room for expandability. The one negative review on amazon isn’t too promising though.
@ciabelle From what I can tell, it’s just an atmega328p with a magnetic connection to a WS2812 strip. Compatible, sure, but not a clear improvement over just buying those components for yourself.
These look like a lot of fun but I just bought a touch screen for the raspberry pi I got my daughter 3 years ago that she hasn’t opened. I may have to put it together myself.
My Xmas shopping for my nephews is taken care of this year. They’re just old enough to be able to handle basic electronic logic stuff. My only concern is the building component of these kits is simpler that the building toys I’ve purchased for them past years.
Bought one of each of the two packs, daughter built the light games kit. Really enjoyed it and dug into the the programming. Programming is similar to Scratch. That said, a lot of the language is visible and she’s hitting the key concepts. Coding time is now a bargaining tool . For the money, not a bad purchase so far. Except buying the membership, because now I’m looking at stuff and going, “but now the shipping is free!”
I’m having trouble with the software. I’m trying out the tutorials and it keeps giving me an error, saying “user” is not a batch file or command. I also can’t find anything in Google search results about other people using it
I am also having issues on multiple computers of the program finding “multiple queens” and can find no documentation about the error, search results, or reply from Juku support email. Little help?
@shamste Same problem here - “We found multiple queens”. Called support, they were absolutely no help at all. A shame, it seems like it could be cool.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
Price Comparison
$70.96 for Kit: Light Games + Car Bots or $68.97 for Kit: Music + Light Show at Amazon
Warranty
1 Year Warranty
Estimated Delivery
Friday, Aug 5 - Wednesday, Aug 10
This site never ceases to amaze me with the amount of crazy useless shit you’d never see anywhere else.
@jsh139 And also some gems.
JUKU-R34LLY-W4NT-2-M4K3-M3-CRY?
/giphy culture club
@stinks Your giphy made me want to hear it.
/youtube culture club do you really want to hurt me
IT’S NUMBER MUNCHERS DAMMIT
@GLaDOS Apparently you’re both right.
“Number Munchers is the first educational game in the Munchers series. Designed to teach basic math skills, it was popular among American school children in the 1980s and 1990s and was the recipient of several awards.[2] An updated 3D version, Math Munchers Deluxe, was released in 1995.[3]”
Thought it was two two-packs for $39 at first. So, $20 a pop and meh reviews…nope.
@ponagathos So this year I got some Meh bandanas and jelly beans. VMP really paying off.
@ponagathos The one 5 * review is an obvious bot/paid placement. Mr Slick reviewed 3 things in January, same exact words for two of them.
@mcanavino Yes, Amazon reviews have been shit for a while. So, many fakes and you can never trust the star rating. Almost every time I post an honest negative review (avoiding bad language, pricing or product names), it magically “does not meet our review standards”.
If a product there has a rating below 4 stars, you can pretty much assume it is true garbage.
@mcanavino @ponagathos More reviews here if interested https://www.officedepot.com/catalog/compareAction.do?skus=9435715,9435740,9435585,9435818
@mcanavino @ponagathos I had a similar problem with PartsGeek. I bought a new alternator and some belts for my truck. I submitted good reviews for the belts, but a negative review of the alternator (Sold as a drop-in replacement for my vehicle, but +12V out is on the wrong side and almost impossible to reach, which is actually kind of dangerous).
The positive belt reviews were posted, by my negative alternator review went down the memory hole.
I don’t trust PartsGeek anymore.
@ponagathos I’m a VIP member and I missed those notices! Damn.
@madamehardy @ponagathos what notices?
@madamehardy those are things @ponagathos bought, not things given away free. The freebee stuff seems to have stopped ages ago.
@ponagathos @PSUClaus1 The notices that I, as a VMP member, could buy these. I’m afraid I get a lot of offers these days.
@Kidsandliz @madamehardy @ponagathos Ahh good. I thought I missed out on some free jelly beans and a bandanna.
While looking at these on Amazon, I saw that Juku also makes a 3D printing pen. It’d be cool if Meh found a super cheap 3D pen to sell here. (But not the Juku one, as it sounds not very good.)
@haydesigner 3d pens are fairly limited. Go for cheap 3d printer
@haydesigner That’s the 3-Doodler! I love those. Everything I make looks like crap but it’s really fun. I don’t know where you saw bad reviews, but the current model is great.
@haydesigner the 3doodler is super cruddy, we use it at work to fix tiny spots on our printed parts or to push in threaded inserts (works better if they’re hot). go get a Prusa mini printer, top of the line company and low end of the price range.
@haydesigner @lwmctz The 3-doodler is for the enjoyment of crafting and working with your hands. Totally different purpose than a 3-d printer.
@sammydog01 yes, i know, i own one?
@haydesigner @sammydog01 Even the examples printed on the outside of the box look rough. It’s possibly beyond human capability to get something smooth and even out of those pens.
@haydesigner @jandrese Yep. Still enjoyable. Sometimes I print out a coloring page and fill it in with pla.
Could a 3doodler be compatible with my fondoodler?
@zachdecker I kinda wish I had bought one of those.
@zachdecker maybe if they both use chocolate?
Count Juku?
Planet Jakku
Car seems LEGO compatible? Or no?
I’d probably get car and guitar to tinker with… I’d be nice if it was also Arduino or RaspberryPi compatible. Anyone has experience with these?
@username Here’s a real Lego K.I.T.T.
@username If you check out the driver at https://www.jukucoding.com/, it appears to be Arduino-compatible, though past that I haven’t really explored anything.
I was just looking into designing an interactive LED art project (COVID-19 boredom activity) with a Neopixel setup this afternoon.
Curious if the light show kit would provide a basic compatible starter set to build on, or if it’s a closed end system with no room for expandability. The one negative review on amazon isn’t too promising though.
@ciabelle From what I can tell, it’s just an atmega328p with a magnetic connection to a WS2812 strip. Compatible, sure, but not a clear improvement over just buying those components for yourself.
These look like a lot of fun but I just bought a touch screen for the raspberry pi I got my daughter 3 years ago that she hasn’t opened. I may have to put it together myself.
Is this a toy you put together or something? It looks way to advanced for me.
Thank goodness for the pictures, because it is not obviously WTH this is. Though, even with the pictures, it’s 100% a meh.
My Xmas shopping for my nephews is taken care of this year. They’re just old enough to be able to handle basic electronic logic stuff. My only concern is the building component of these kits is simpler that the building toys I’ve purchased for them past years.
Bought one of each of the two packs, daughter built the light games kit. Really enjoyed it and dug into the the programming. Programming is similar to Scratch. That said, a lot of the language is visible and she’s hitting the key concepts. Coding time is now a bargaining tool
. For the money, not a bad purchase so far. Except buying the membership, because now I’m looking at stuff and going, “but now the shipping is free!”
@zarnog
I’m having trouble with the software. I’m trying out the tutorials and it keeps giving me an error, saying “user” is not a batch file or command. I also can’t find anything in Google search results about other people using it
I am also having issues on multiple computers of the program finding “multiple queens” and can find no documentation about the error, search results, or reply from Juku support email. Little help?
@shamste Same problem here - “We found multiple queens”. Called support, they were absolutely no help at all. A shame, it seems like it could be cool.