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!
Thanks to a commenter on last weekโs Now Thatโs A Knife post for pointing out that Jeremy Hansonโs Spudgun Technology Center has a custom machine for rifling PVC pipe to make more accurate barrels for potato cannon. They sell several varieties of rifled PVC (including clear) in assorted lengths. The way I hear it, the rifling machine was first designed and build by STC founder Ed Goldmann. [Thanks, Bryce Bell!]
NASA Make: Challenge complete rules and guidelines for submissions. We’re hosting a webcast for the NASA Make Challenge next Tuesday! Dale Dougherty hosts: The NASA Make Challenge is an invitation for makers to participate in the exploration of space and give students an opportunity to build an experimental kit that can be flown on a […]
These are from deviantART user dkart71. Back in 2007, we covered similar work from a Brazilian artist who goes by Blancosur. [via Boing Boing]
Youtube user Photonicinduction shows how to erase a CD using a high voltage step up transformer. It’s probably not the most efficient way to go about things, but it does look cool! [Thanks, Matt!]
Our friends at On Orbit posted a link to this NASA poster showing their milestones in creating more open source agency in their agency and providing more tools for citizen science. As part of the NASA Open Government plan released on April 7,201 0, NASA announced more than 150 milestones related to integrating Open Government […]
Don’t miss Tuesday’s live webcast where Dale Dougherty and YOU ask questions of the experts around the NASA Make: Challenge! The NASA Make Challenge is an invitation for makers to participate in the exploration of space and give students an opportunity to build an experimental kit that can be flown on a future space flight. […]
Here’s another response to George Hart’s challenge to build a snub dodecahedron out of paperclips. A few weeks ago, we showed you Charlotte DeKoning’s build, using twist-tie wires at the junctions. This morning, we got this beauty sent to us, built by Christopher Edwards. He soldered his junctions together. Nice job, Christopher! More: Paperclip Snub […]
