PT @ Make: Online spotted these blood fountains, not made for Halloween, but a good time to share them! Mathieu writes: This Bloody Red Water Fountain was located in Unirii Boulevard, Bucharest, Romania, This was a “promotion” somehow for Hemophilia awareness.
If you haven’t checked them out already, Zaggo‘s mini documentaries on the 3D printing phenomenon are a must see. [Via the MakerBot Blog.]
Our geek BFF, Jeri Ellsworth, has tickled our exploratory fancies again (and continued to push the “don’t try this at home” envelope) with a chemistry hack of re-doping common ZnS:Cu green glow powder to arrive at her own blue electroluminescent (EL) powder. Nice work, Jer! Make Electroluminescent (EL) Ink at Home – Re-doping Glow Powder
Lion Brand Yarn has some great knitting and crochet Halloween costume patterns. Choose from the cat headband and wrist warmers, ogre headband and wrist warmers, and witchy hand. I could see myself wearing those cat wrist warmers all winter!
President to Host White House Science Fair… On Monday, October 18th, President Obama will host the White House Science Fair celebrating the winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions.รย The President will view exhibits of these studentsรขโฌโข work, ranging from breakthrough basic research to new inventions, followed by remarks […]
Via Nature comes this amazing video of an x-ray trip through a barnacle-encrusted lump from a 17th century shipwreck. It reveals the workings of a very sophisticated, gorgeous watchwork mechanism inside. The researchers (from National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh) who used this x-ray technology are excited about the prospects of using it on future, similarly […]
From CRAFT (Lish Dorset writes): How have I not seen this before? OK, the next chocolate bar I want is this one. Watch out, Han Solo. Via Instructables
