The Big Gulp
A MAKE reader sent this to me, they call it the “Big Gulp” – have a clever title for this? Post it up in the comments!
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!
Galaxy Zoo – help classify the Universe
The age of the citizen scientist continues to be interesting – as opposed to using your computer for a screensaver to help compute bits, you can use the best computer ever – your brain – to help classify galaxies – You can listen to a podcast at SciAm too… Welcome to Galaxy Zoo, where you […]
Shackitecture hideaway made from windows
People in (recycled) glass houses… DIY: Backyard Hideaway Made from Old Windows Gallery
Collin’s Lab: DIY Cymatics
Cymatics explores the amazing effects that sound has on liquids and some downright bizarre effects on non-Newtonian fluids
Prehistoric lumber
Ancientwood, Ltd., is a US company that imports 50,000-year-old Kauri logs that have been preserved for millennia in peat bogs under New Zealand’s northern island. Besides its value as a conversation piece, ancient Kauri is mined, rather than logged, and no live trees are killed in the process. Kauri trees (Agathis spp.) thrive in New […]
How-To: Glassworking techniques for bottles
Mike Firth is a hobby glassblower in Dallas, Texas. His site includes a great page on a variety of techniques that can be applied to reclaimed glass bottles, including several methods of cutting them. The site also describes more exotic bottle-working techniques like slumping, stretching, drilling, and blowing out.
The Zeer pot
The Zeer pot is an African cooling gadget which, for less than $2US in local materials and without electricity, can extend the storage lifetime of fresh produce by as much as 18 days. It is of staggeringly simple design: Two clay pots are nested with a relatively thin layer of sand between them. The sand […]