Hands On
Off the screen. Into the build.
Kid tells the AI what materials they have — cardboard, rubber bands, a plastic bottle, tape — and AI designs a custom STEM project with step-by-step instructions. Kid builds it, photographs the result, and AI explains the science behind what they just made. Gets kids off the screen and building something real.
Why we built it
The hardest part of doing a hands-on project with your kid isn't the building — it's figuring out what to build with what you actually have. Pinterest has a million ideas, but half need supplies you don't own and instructions written for adults. DIY STEM solves the starting problem: your kid tells the AI what's around the house — cardboard, rubber bands, a plastic bottle, tape — and gets back one specific project, designed for them, with steps they can follow. They build it. They photograph it. Then the app explains the science behind what just happened — why the bridge held weight, why the balloon car moved, what made the catapult launch farther at that angle. The science arrives after the fun, not before. We built this because in a studio full of screen-based apps, we wanted one that puts the phone down in two minutes and puts something real in your kid's hands.
- Ages
- 6–13
- Platforms
- iPhone, iPad
- Skills
- engineering, science, hands-on building, problem solving