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!
Patti at New World Geek sent us a link to this post showing a clever use of rain gutter as a wall-borne gardening system. The photo was taken by Suzanne Forsling. It’s her gutter gardens, on her house in Juneau, AK. She took the picture for an article she wrote in the Juneau Empire called […]
Longtime recycling maven and CRAFT contributor Tiffany Threadgould is a busy, busy girl these days. Besides running her fabulously clever recycling and reuse company, RePlayGround, she’s working on articles for us here at Craftzine.com, writing a book, and is one of the stars (yes, I said it, she’s a star!) of the new show Garbage […]
Longtime recycling maven and CRAFT contributor Tiffany Threadgould is a busy, busy girl these days. Besides running her really clever recycling and reuse company, RePlayGround, she’s working on articles for Craftzine.com, writing a book, and is one of the stars (yes, I said it, she’s a star!) of the new show Garbage Moguls, in which […]
Aaron built an electromagnetic field detector using an Arduino board, 3.3MΩ resistor, LED, and wire – I was messing around with my Arduino board and figured out how to make a cheap portable electromagnetic field (EMF) detector. It only requires a led, 3,300,000 Ohm resistor, and wire. As I approach an EMF the led gets […]
Happy Birthday to the father of quantum physics! Born Karl Ernst Ludwig Marx Planck, or Max, as he was known from age 10, was born on this day in 1858 in Kiel, Germany. He studied at the University of Munich before working as a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Kiel and the […]
Rio de Janeiro-based artist Mana Bernandes has a knack for elevating everyday objects to elegance with her jewelry. Pictured above is Clasp, a gorgeous necklace made of bobby pins, fit for a green goddess. Check out more of her innovative work at Munique and on her site. (Her toothpick and pearl necklace is featured on […]
My Dorkbot DC cohort Jon Singer sent me a link to a webpage of a buddy of his, a Croatian laser-hacker, who grew his own KDP (Monopotassium phosphate) crystals for use in a Nd:YAG laser. He had a time getting the crystals to grow, but was able to finally get some suitable growth and to […]
