tinkering

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Huang says she’s looking to build a new system that serves every Angeleno, rather than tinkering with the one that exists.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

They all contain cryostats like the one Marcel is tinkering with.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Tech companies have been tinkering with smartglasses and other face-mounted computing devices for over a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

They went to bed and I started tinkering around on it and then a bit more, bit more and then that developed into: 'Let's get a piano.'

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

He was always wandering through the woods, tinkering with a discarded two-stroke engine, chopping wood, or carving a block of wood into an animal head.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls