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!

3 Medical Projects Driving Maker Innovation in Health

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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Check out these creators who attended World Maker Faire New York. They’re using the act of making to improve medical care.

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Hackerfarm Builds and Donates Lights to Hurricane Victims

Hackerfarm Builds and Donates Lights to Hurricane Victims

By Akiba

Akiba

Akiba runs FreakLabs and specializes in wireless sensor networks for environmental monitoring. He's currently running HackerFarm, a countryside hackerspace in Japan focused on agriculture, and trying to balance his time between designing new products and making sure things are planted on time.

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Jacinta Plucinski

By Jacinta Plucinski

Jacinta Plucinski

Jacinta Plucinski runsZoot Publishing and publishes experimental board games and interactive fiction. She's also the author of Who Ate the Cake, a choose-your-own-adventure book for children. She's the head of the FarmLab experimental farming project at Hackerfarm and also teaches workshops on how to print and publish books and board games.

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After hearing that Puerto Rico would be without power for at least six months, Freaklabs worked to send the country some light.

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