[{"url":"https://aron.petau.net/","title":"Home","body":"\nWelcome\nto the online presence of Aron Petau.\n\n\n\nI use he/him pronouns and am based in Berlin, Germany.\nI am a tinkerer, designer, software developer, and work in digital education research.\nThis site is a collection of my thoughts and experiences.\nI hope you find something interesting here.\n\n\t\n\t\tNote\n\tThis Page was recently redesigned and overhauled.\nAs long as the move / redesign is not fully done, here the old site is still online: old.aron.petau.net\n\n\nProgress of the rebuild:\n\n\n\t\n\t\tNote\n\tFurther, there is an initial effort to bring translations to this website.\nThat is quite the process and will take some time.\nThe site is primarily in english, so in the default you should find the most complete informations.\nGerman is being added right now.\n\n\n\nProgress of the translation:\n\n\n\t\n\t\tImportant\n\tLast updated: 2025-05-14\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n"},{"url":"https://aron.petau.net/project/","title":"Aron's Blog","body":"Find all my projects here.\nThey are sorted by date, you can also filter by tags.\n"},{"url":"https://aron.petau.net/project/studio-umzu/","title":"Studio UMZU has launched","body":"We’ve started a new project together: Studio UMZU.\nTogether with Friedrich Weber Goizel, I founded the studio to bring more workshops into libraries, schools, and other public places. Our goal is to make access to digital fabrication, robotics, and creative technologies as easy as possible for you – flexible, low-threshold, and always with the joy of experimenting.\nOn our website you’ll find more about us, our workshop formats, and how we support libraries in building makerspaces: studio-umzu.de.\nWe’re really excited that things are officially kicking off – maybe soon at your place too!\n"},{"url":"https://aron.petau.net/project/einszwovier-löten-leuchten/","title":"einszwovier: löten und leuchten","body":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlltheledLampstogether\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTheGuestbook:aquickFeedbackmechanismweuse\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTinkereingwithonlysimpleshapes\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMoreLights\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSomeovermightprints\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAcompletelyself-designedskier\n\n\n\n\n\nLötenundLeuchten\nAhands-oncourseinsoldering,electronics,andlampdesignforyoungcreators\nLötenundLeuchtenhasnowruninthreesuccessfuliterations—eachtimeoffering5thand6thgradersaguidedyetexploratorydiveintotheworldsofelectronics,making,anddigitaldesign.Atitscore,thecourseisaboutunderstandingthroughcreating:introducingyounglearnerstotangibletechnologiesandencouragingthemtoshapetheoutcomewiththeirownideasandhands.\nTheProject\nOverthreesessions(eachlastingthreehours),participantsdesignedandbuilttheirownUSB-poweredLEDlamp.Alongtheway,theysolderedelectroniccomponents,modeledlamphousingsin3D,learnedaboutlightdiffusion,andgotadirectintroductiontoreal-worldproblemsolving.Everylampwasbuiltfromscratch,poweredviaUSB—nobatteries,nogluekits,justwire,plastic,andabitofcourage.\nThechildrenbeganbylearningthebasicsofelectricitythroughinteractiveexperimentsusingtheexcellentMakeyMakeyboards.Theseallowedustodemonstrateconceptslikeconductivity,input/output,andcircuitryinaplayfulandintuitiveway.Theenthusiasmwasimmediateandcontagious.\nFromthere,wemovedtotheheartoftheproject:cuttingopenUSBcables,preparingandsolderi