WREXlabs: Hey kids get out there and wreck something!

WREXlabs is everything that is right with parents today. This awesome site crafted by a father son team, Tim and Declan, is a forum for curiosity encouraging kids and parents alike to take stuff apart and see how they work.

According to a MAKE discussion with Tim, "As a way to support my son's interest in technology and supplement what is, except for computer class, an almost tech-free school experience, we have created a web show called WREXLabs (Reverse Engineering eXperimental Labs (the W is silent)), in which we take things apart to see how they work. We've got three episodes created so far with another one in post-production. In future episodes we will not only take things apart but we'll be taking the parts we find and using them to make new things. We've got brush bot and electrical generator episodes planned.

What we'd really like to do with WREXLabs is build a community of kids who don't look at each other funny when they say they want to take apart an RC Car or an alarm clock or a disk drive. You can check out our web page and videos at wrexlabs.com. We'd love to see teachers using reverse engineering to get kids interested in science and technology, and if WREXLabs could help in doing that then we'd be very happy."

While hiking through the WREXLAbs site I couldn't contain my tears of joy. The three videos on their site are humorous, clever, well-thought out segments complete with a debriefing section. I can't wait to share this site with my husband and nine year old son who shove potential robo-materials under my son's bed and who swear that one day they're going to finally clean out that garage and transform it into their very own robot lab. Makes me want to put on the work gloves and ask them where they'd like me to begin. Thank you Tim and Declan for reminding us over-committed parents what childhood wonderment and exploration is all about. You both are an inspiration and I can't wait to see what you wreck next.

(via MAKE)

Link: WREX Labs