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!
Lilliputian chemistry glassware
The listing also claims that “the tallest piece measures 3″,” which, unless an oversize penny is actually part of the set, seems like a slight exaggeration. Majorl awesomesauce, anyway. ]via Neatorama]
Cooking for Geeks author Jeff Potter on the Today Show
The work started a few weeks before my appearance. A phone call, after seeing the piece on my book in USA Today: “Would you be interested in being on The Today Show?” Of course. Then there’s a flurry of short emails: “What can you show our viewers in five minutes? Something fun, visual, and interesting?” They had a copy of the book and suggested “Brownies In An Orange.”
Frozen food dye in ice cube = cocktail color time-bomb
I love it when people get really, really serious about the preparation of drinks. Beverage and spirits writer Camper English is such a person. He has done some interesting experiments with freezing large pieces of crystal-clear ice at home (He reports boiling it first does not work), and freezing bottles of liqueur inside large blocks of it. His latest brainchild is this ice cube with a pocket of food color frozen inside, which is slowly released as the ice melts. The potential permutations on this trick are numerous: different colors in different cubes, different colors in the same cube, colors that react with citric acid in the drink and fade awhile after being released, etc., etc. [via NOTCOT]
Meteorite Men Q&A and Season 2 premiere
The second season of the Science Channel’s series The Meteorite Men premieres tonight! Today, we’re featuring an extended version of my Q&A with Geoff and Steve that appears in the current, DIY Space issue, of MAKE, Volume 24. Q&A with The Meteorite Men Geoff Notkin and Steve Arnold hunt for visitors from outer space, but […]
Lego frog dissection
By Dave Kaleta. Dissected frog in Lego. For the 2010 MOC Olympics.
Hold Fast, a documentary about anarchy and sailing
Ever dream of taking off for the equator, fixing up an old boat, and then sailing it off into the sunset?
