Junktech Spin Art System
Clever junktech from the folks at Austin Creative Reuse, spotted at last Saturday’s Austin Mini Maker Faire, where this simple machine was keeping a lot of kids engaged, for a long time, at very low cost.
Science
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!
Math Monday: Live-In Polyhedra
This week, we look at polyhedra so large and substantial that people can live in them!
Jay Leno Scans and Prints Replacement Car Parts
In order to cut down on the development time and ensure the final part being machined will match the vehicle, Jay and his crew use a NextEngine 3D scanner and Dimension 3D printer to produce functional prototypes they can test fit on the vehicle.
R2-D2 Rain Barrel
The Water Quality Forum of Knoxville, TN, is sponsoring an artistic rain barrel contest to promote the use of rain barrels to catch roof run-off. Twenty local artists have decorated rain barrels, which are being auctioned off to raise money starting tomorrow. This one from Curtis Glover is making the rounds, but they’re all pretty awesome. Click through for the whole gallery!
Ben Krasnow’s Homemade Electron Scanning Microscope and Liquid Lens Coming to Maker Faire
From his backyard lab in Redwood City (a stone’s throw away from Maker Faire — well, maybe with the aid of a trebuchet) Ben makes things that usually require a lot of money and sophisticated equipment: an electron scanning microscope, silica aerogel, and freeze-dried astronaut ice cream.
3D Models of NASA Spacecraft
Among its multitudinous downloadable resources, NASA offers .3DS models of famous and not-so-famous spacecraft, including the NPP climatology satellite to the ISS. [thanks, Gnomic]
SpaceBread Rises in 5 Seconds
Sam Wilkinson wrote in to share his SpaceBread experiment, part of the International Space Apps Challenge: By using the process of bread aeration, by which carbon dioxide is actually forced into the bread, the only ingredients required to produce dough are water, flour and carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is mixed with water to form a […]