DIY science is the perfect way to use your creative skills and learn something new. With the right supplies, some determination, and a curious mind, you can create amazing experiments that open up a whole world of possibilities. At home-made laboratories or tech workshops, makers from all backgrounds can explore new ideas by finding ways to study their environment in novel ways – allowing them to make breathtaking discoveries!
Simon Park’s textile designs are created with social and antisocial bacteria. These are examples from a series of works featuring purely biogenic designs, which explore the inherent creativity of, and which use nature, to directly generate textile designs. Physarum polycephalum is an intriguing and striking microorganism that exhibits simple “intelligence”. In this respect, it will […]
A user asks what the difference is between normal and archival paper.
Built using simple materials like bamboo and biodegradable plastic, Massoud Hassani’s Mine Kafons are kinetic sculptures that save lives. Carried by the wind, the tumbling dandelion-shaped orbs cover large swaths of land scattered with abandoned land mines. As the plastic pads that cover its outer surface detonates the ordnance, the device absorbs the impact of the blast with minimal damage.
Michael Ciuffo of Ch00ftech built this tiny persistence-of-vision (POV) display, based on an Attiny24, to fit on his longboard’s 72mm wheels.
Today’s column is devoted to truncated icosahedron constructions and the nerds who love.
@whiteafrican Erik Hersman’s slideshow of Maker Faire Africa 2012 in Lagos—including the gorgeous shot of the four teen girls and their smarturine powered generator that has been making the rounds on the Internet.
OK, it’s probably more accurate to say “flame resistant” or “flame retardant” paper, because the fire does actually damage the paper, but it won’t catch flame and burn on its own. The treatment couldn’t be simpler.
